Records tumble as Netherlands, Australia light up Olympic velodrome

Dutch stars Harrie Lavreysen, Roy van den Berg and Jeffrey Hoogland flew round the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome in a blistering 40.949secs to consign Britain to silver. Australia took the bronze. That time followed the trio thrilling the capacity crowd with a new world best 41.191 in the heats to better the 41.225 they set at Berlin in 2020. "It's crazy," said Lavreysen, the world's top sprinter. "Of course we were going for the gold medal but breaking world records and going under 41, that was really special.