Paris 2024 Olympics - Track Cycling - Men's Sprint, Semifinals - Race 1 - Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France - August 09, 2024. Jack Carlin of Britain and Harrie Lavreysen of Netherlands in action during heat 1. REUTERS/Matthew Childs
SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (Reuters) - Harrie Lavreysen closed in on his second gold medal of the Paris Olympics as the flying Dutchman easily qualified for the men's sprint final later on Friday at the National Velodrome.
The 27-year-old reigning champion ended British sprinter Jack Carlin's hopes of racing for gold with two comfortable wins in their semi-final heat, just as he did in Tokyo.
