Emma Finucane became the first British woman to win three medals at a single Olympics in 60 years when she won bronze in the individual sprint event on the final day of the Paris Olympics.
The 21-year-old is the reigning world champion of the event and needed just two races to defeat Dutch rider Hetty van de Wouw in a best-of-three victory.
Finucane was part of the GB team sprint team that won gold on Monday and keirin bronze on Thursday, her latest success making her the first person since Mary Lander in 1964 to win three medals at the Olympics. British women with medals.
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It was one of two medals won by Team GB on the final day, with Emily Campbell taking bronze in the women’s 81kg and above weightlifting event, taking GB’s final total to 65 medals, more than they won at Tokyo. The number of medals is one more.
“Honestly, it feels great,” Finucane said. “I knew I had expectations going into these games, but to be honest, a gold medal and two bronze medals exceeded my expectations. It’s been a roller coaster this week.”
New Zealand’s Ellesse Andrews easily defeated Lea Friedrich in the final to claim gold after defeating Finucane in the semi-finals. Team GB’s Sophie Capewell won the graded event, finishing fifth.
Campbell cartwheels to celebrate bronze medal!
Emily Campbell became the first British weightlifter to win two Olympic medals in more than half a century as she celebrated with a cartwheel after winning bronze in the women’s over 81kg event.
Emily Campbell is Team GB’s 65th and final Olympic medal in Paris
The 30-year-old set a new personal best of 288kg in the snatch and clean and jerk events, trailing defending champion Li Wenwen of China and 21-year-old Park Hye-jung of South Korea.
Campbell’s total scores of 126kg and 162kg in each category were also her personal bests, and her cumulative score was 5kg better than her silver medal-winning performance in Tokyo.
“Today’s field was much tougher than Tokyo,” Campbell said. “I really had to take it out of the bag, it’s been a really long road. We’ve had a tough year, a really tough 18 months, so I’m really happy with my performance. You can’t really complain about personal bests.
Chinese player Li Na, who withdrew from last year’s World Championships due to injury, won the gold medal with a total score of 309 kilograms. Although she was still far from her best score, it was enough to easily defeat the 10 kilogram challenge of rising star Park Ji-sung.
Carlin ends Team GB’s winning streak in men’s keirin
Jack Carlin It was a painful game for Team GB after being knocked out of the men’s keirin final. He initially struggled to stand up after a high-speed incident at the final corner of the race, but eventually walked off the track without having to wait for a stretcher.
The Scot was stuck at the back of the pack, struggling to catch up when Japanese rider Shinji Nakano and Malaysian rider Mohamed Salom tangled up in front of him, leaving him with nowhere to go but to collapse .
Jack Carlin misses out on medal in men’s keirin
Carlin’s teammates Hamish Turnbull Turnbull did not compete in the race that determined places 7 to 12 after crashing badly in the semi-finals while trying to avoid an incident involving Germany’s Luca Spiegel.
The title was won by Harrie Lavreysen of the Netherlands, who won both the team sprint and individual events and wore all three gold medals on the podium for the first time since 2004 in men’s keirin. For the first time the race was not won by a British rider.
Evans In the women’s all-around, she fell in the first round and finished 15th, with American Jennifer Valente taking the gold.
Frenchman misses pentathlon defense due to illness
defending champion Kate French Despite comfortably advancing from Saturday’s semi-finals and becoming one of the medal favourites, she withdrew from the women’s modern pentathlon final due to illness.
teammate Kerenza Bryson, She set an Olympic record by winning the semifinals, but was unable to match her performance in any of the five events and struggled to finish ninth.
“I came here to get a medal,” Bryson said. “The way I’ve played this season and how I’ve felt, I really think I’m capable of doing this. I haven’t quite put in the performance that I know I’m capable of.”
Sifan Hassan, on the other hand, had a remarkable week as she claimed Olympic gold in the women’s marathon, finishing third in the 10,000m final just 36 hours after finishing in 2:22 The time of 55 seconds was an Olympic record.
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Sifan Hassan becomes the only woman in history to win Olympic gold medals in the 5,000m, 10,000m and marathon
The Ethiopian-born Dutchman also won bronze in the 5000m on Tuesday, beating Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa by three seconds in the sprint while Britain’s He defeated Ethiopian player Tigst Assefa by 3 seconds. Clara Evans She set a season-best finish of 46th.
compatriots Ross Harvey It’s No. 78, Carly Hauge-Thackry Not finished.
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