Australia and USA power to Olympic track team pursuit crowns
On another lightning quick day at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome, Dutch star Harrie Lavreysen shattered the men's sprint world record, stopping the clock at 9.088sec.
Led by Sam Welsford, the Australian pursuit quartet roared through 16 laps in 3:42.067.
It was 1.5 seconds outside their own world record set in qualifying, but enough to relegate fierce rivals Britain into second.
Defending Olympic champions Italy beat world champions Denmark in the bronze medal race.
"It is pretty crazy to call ourselves Olympic champions now.
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