US EditionLavreysen Makes History with Quadruple Gold Haul at World Championships
- Harrie Lavreysen from the Netherlands became the first cyclist to win four gold medals at a UCI Track Cycling World Championships, including the sprint event.
- Harrie Lavreysen has now won an impressive total of 20 world titles and five Olympic gold medals, including three from the Paris Olympics.
- Mina Sato of Japan won the women's keirin gold medal, defeating Emma Finucane of Britain.
- Elia Viviani of Italy won the gold medal in the men's elimination race during his final professional race.
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Dutch track star Harrie Lavreysen finished the World Championships in Santiago, Chile, with his fourth gold medal.
The Viennese Tim Wafler also missed a top 10 place on the final day of the World Championships in Santiago de Chile. The road champion took 12th place on Sunday in the final race. In the Scratch at the start of the title fights he had reached 13th place. Also his team-mates Raphael Kokas and Maximilian Schmidbauer did not reach a top place at the World Championships, in the final Madison the duo 14th "It was not catastrophic, but it is no secret…
Cycling-Lavreysen makes history with quadruple gold haul at world championships
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Dutch sprint king Harrie Lavreysen became the first cyclist to win four gold medals at the same UCI Track Cycling World Championships on Sunday as he rounded off a remarkable week of domination by winning the sprint.
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The Straits TimesLavreysen makes history with quadruple gold haul at world championships
SANTIAGO :Dutch sprint king Harrie Lavreysen became the first cyclist to win four gold medals at the same UCI Track Cycling World Championships on Sunday as he rounded off a remarkable week of domination by winning the sprint.Lavreysen had already won the team sprint, the keirin and the 1km time trial in Sant
Harrie Lavreysen demonstrated four times in Chile that he is the best track cyclist in the world. More surprising were the world titles for Hetty van de Wouw (sprint) and the women's sprint team (team sprint).
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