August 7, 2024; Montigny-Bretonne, France; Team USA’s Jennifer Valente competes in the first round of the women’s team pursuit event at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics at the National Circuit Saint-Quentin in Yvelines. Mandatory Credit: Andrew P. Scott-USA TODAY Sports SAINT-QUENTIN-YVLINES, France — American Jennifer Valente won gold in the women’s all-around on Sunday at the Olympic Games at the National Velodrome.
Valente easily retained the title she won in Tokyo with solid performances across four matches.
Poland’s Daria Pikulik won the silver medal and New Zealand’s Ellie Wollaston finished third.
Valente, who was part of the U.S. team that won the team pursuit earlier this week, has two gold medals at the Paris Olympics.
Men’s Keirin
Flying Dutchman Harrie Lavreysen confirmed his status as the men’s sprint king with a remarkable hat-trick in the Olympic keirin.
Lafretsen flew around the final corner, beating Australia’s Matthew Richardson to take the silver medal.
The 27-year-old powerhouse also won the team sprint and sprint titles with the Netherlands earlier this week, repeating his feat in Tokyo when he only managed a bronze medal in the keirin. .
Australian Matthew Glazer was third.
The final scene of the race was overshadowed by a high-speed crash involving Malaysia’s Mohammad Shah Firdous Salom, Japan’s Shinji Nakano and Britain’s Jack Carlin, who tumbled on the track.
Salom skated across the finish line but was demoted for causing an accident. After treatment, all three managed to leave.
Women’s sprint gold medal
New Zealand’s Ellesse Andrews had an incredible week as she won sprint gold.
Andrews became the first New Zealand woman to win a discipline event at the Olympics, defeating Germany’s Leah Friedrich 2-0 in the final. She also won the keirin and won the team sprint. Earn a silver medal.
“Honestly, it was beyond my expectations,” Andrews told Eurosport.
“I know what my strengths are and I bring them out.”
British sprint world champion Emma Finucane beat Dutch rider Hetty van de Wouw to claim bronze, a first for the 21-year-old Briton at the Olympics The third medal.
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