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Jennifer Valente already had become the most decorated American track cyclist in history at this year’s world championships, winning a gold medal in the scratch race and a bronze medal in the elimination race to give her 19 medals for her career. Valente capped her week in Glasgow, Scotland, on Wednesday by making that total…
GLASGOW (AFP) – Emma Finucane won the women’s sprint title at the track cycling world championships on Wednesday, beating Germany’s Lea Sophie Freidrich 2-0 in a best-of-three final. The 20-year-old from Wales edged the first round at the Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow with 4,000 fans in the stands, coming from behind. She then went […]
Jennifer Valente already had become the most decorated American track cyclist in history at this year's world championships, winning a gold medal in the scratch race and a bronze medal in the elimination race to give her 19 medals for her career. Valente capped her week in Glasgow, Scotland, on Wednesday by making that total a nice, round — and golden — number. The Olympic champion in the multi-event omnium, Valente built a substantial lead over the first three of four races, leaving her only to keep track of her closest pursuers in the concluding points race.