Olympics-Cycling-Britain's women win track cycling team sprint gold

Paris 2024 Olympics - Track Cycling - Women's Team Sprint, Finals - For Gold - Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France - August 05, 2024. Katy Marchant of Britain, Sophie Capewell of Britain and Emma Finucane of Britain in action. REUTERS/Matthew Childs

SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (Reuters) - Britain won the first gold medal on offer in the Olympic track cycling competition at the Paris Games when their women powered to victory against New Zealand in the team sprint final on Monday.

Germany beat the Netherlands in the bronze-medal race at the National Velodrome.

(Reporting by Martyn Herman; editing by Clare Fallon)