Jennifer Valente made a dominant defense of her Olympic omnium title, earning her second gold medal of the week and wrapping up the most successful Summer Games for the U.S. cycling team in 40 years. Daria Pikulik of Poland took silver and Ally Wollaston of New Zealand got bronze.
Jennifer Valente of the United States celebrates winning the gold medal of the women’s omnium event, at the Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Paris, France. Harrie Lavreysen of Netherlands celebrates winning the gold medal of the men’s keirin event, at the Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Paris, France. Jennifer Valente of the United States celebrates winning the gold medal of the women’s omnium event, at the Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Paris, France.
Earlier in the final session of cycling, Harrie Lavreysen of the Netherlands won his third gold medal of the Paris Games by holding off Australians Matthew Glaetzer and Matthew Richardson in the finals of the men’s keirin, and Ellesse Andrews of New Zealand captured her second gold and third medal overall by sweeping Lea Friedrich of Germany in the sprint finals.
In the elimination race, where one rider is taken from the field every two laps, Valente continued to dictate the way it would all play out. On the final lap, she nudged ahead of Baker to once again earn maximum points. The finale was marred by a heavy crash just as Lavreysen hit the front stretch, Kaiya Ota of Japan swerved up the track and collided with Jack Carlin. The British rider went down hard and slid to a stop on the bottom of the track, where he lay motionless for a moment while medics rushed to check on him. Carlin eventually stood up and was able to walk off the track.
Richardson took the keirin silver medal to go with silver in the sprint and bronze in the team sprint, while Glaetzer earned his second bronze medal of the Paris Games after also competing for Australia in the team sprint.
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