Australia rides back to the top with blistering team pursuit victory at Paris 2024 Olympic Games

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Australia rides back to the top with blistering team pursuit victory at Paris 2024 Olympic Games
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In Tokyo, Australia was embarrassed and bloodied by faulty handlebars. Just three short years later at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Aussies are back on top.

Australia . Team GB. The team pursuit .Power, endurance and graceful precision from the riders marry with technological innovations that allow those riders to get the best out of their machines.

Since the event became professionally incorporated at the 1993 UCI World Championships, the world record time has dropped precipitously from over four minutes Welsford had described a contest with Britain as "the biggest rivalry there is," after his team broke the world record on Tuesday.Australia has won 13 out of a possible 32 rainbow jerseys in this event — more than double the next most successful team. Yep, Great Britain.

Having been the most dominant force throughout the early part of the century, Australia and Great Britain have dropped off slightly.

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