Greig Leach

The British quartet of Elinor Barker, Josie Knight, Anna Morris, and Jessica Roberts got off to a bit of a slower start in their Bronze Medal race against Team Italia. They did manage to keep building up (or Italy began to waiver) as the laps progressed. You can just see the British coach giving them their split times as they fly past at roughly forty miles an hour. Bear in mind that they are riding a single speed fixed gear bike with a huge gear ration. They did come back to take the Bronze medal continuing their streak of medaling in every Olympic game in this event since its introduction into the Summer Olympics. Sadly, despite their great start, Italy will continue to be the bridesmaid and never the bride in this track cycling contest. The country only has two medals in track cycling total. I guess they will leave their prowess to road cycling.