Italy won the gold medal in the Olympic men's team pursuit at the Izu Velodrome on Wednesday, beating Denmark in the final.
IZU, Japan -Italy produced an electrifying finish to beat favourites Denmark for gold in a thrilling finish to a see-sawing men's team pursuit final at the Izu Velodrome on Wednesday.
The blue-clad Italian train led for the first half of the 16 laps around the 250-metre wooden oval, but Denmark piled on the pressure to take the lead and then turned the screw.Ganna poured on the power and his team began eating into the deficit and took gold on the last lap.Australia won the ride-off for bronze after New Zealand suffered a crash. Britain, who had bossed the event since 2008 but were thrashed by the Danes in controversial circumstances on Tuesday, had to settle for seventh.
Denmark had ripped up the team pursuit blueprint when they smashed the world record to win gold at the 2020 world championships in Berlin and headed to Tokyo looking set to win the team pursuit for the first time since 1968.
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