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Team Britain wins track cycling men's team sprint at Rio Olympics

Xinhua, August 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

Team Britain snatched their first track cycling gold of the Rio Olympics after setting a new Games' record to win the men's team sprint in the Rio Olympic Velodrome here on Thursday.

British cyclists Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner clocked a winning time of 42 seconds 440, a new Olympic Games record, beating Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Edward Dawkings of New Zealand to the second place in 42.542.

France took the bronze by defeating team Australia. Endit