Olympics: Dutch beat Great Britain to win men's Team Sprint gold

IZU JAPAN AUGUST 03 Roy van den Berg Harrie Lavreysen and Matthijs Buchli of Team Netherlands sprint to setting a new Olympic record ahead of Team Australia during the Mens team sprint qualifying of the Track Cycling on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Izu Velodrome on August 03 2021 in Izu Japan Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
The squad from the Netherlands in the Team Sprint qualifying (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

The Netherlands delivered on their favourite status in the men’s team sprint at the Tokyo Olympics Games taking the gold medal ahead of Great Britain with a new Olympic record of 41.369.

Jeffrey Hoogland bought it home for his Dutch teammates Roy van den Berg and Harrie Lavreysen while Great Britain’s Jack Carlin, Jason Kenny and Ryan Owens had to settle for silver with a time of 44.589. Great Britain were initially in contention but then Kenny lost contact, ending Great Britain's hopes. 

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Men's Team Sprint Qualifying
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Netherlands 0:00:42.134
Row 1 - Cell 0 Roy van den Berg
Row 2 - Cell 0 Harrie Lavreysen
Row 3 - Cell 0 Matthijs Buchli
2Great Britain 0:00:42.231
Row 5 - Cell 0 Ryan Owens
Row 6 - Cell 0 Jack Carlin
Row 7 - Cell 0 Jason Kenny
3Australia 0:00:42.371
Row 9 - Cell 0 Matthew Richardson
Row 10 - Cell 0 Nathan Hart
Row 11 - Cell 0 Matthew Glaetzer
4France 0:00:42.722
Row 13 - Cell 0 Florian Grengbo
Row 14 - Cell 0 Sebastien Vigier
Row 15 - Cell 0 Rayan Helal
5New Zealand 0:00:43.066
Row 17 - Cell 0 Sam Dakin
Row 18 - Cell 0 Ethan Mitchell
Row 19 - Cell 0 Sam Webster
6Russian Olympic 0:00:43.097
Row 21 - Cell 0 Ivan Gladyshev
Row 22 - Cell 0 Denis Dmitriev
Row 23 - Cell 0 Pavel Yakushevskiy
7Germany 0:00:43.140
Row 25 - Cell 0 Timo Bichler
Row 26 - Cell 0 Stefan Boetticher
Row 27 - Cell 0 Maximilian Levy
8Poland 0:00:43.516
Row 29 - Cell 0 Mateusz Rudyk
Row 30 - Cell 0 Patryk Rajkowski
Row 31 - Cell 0 Krzysztof Maksel
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Men's Team Sprint First Round Heat 1
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1France 0:00:42.294
Row 1 - Cell 0 Florian Grengbo
Row 2 - Cell 0 Rayan Helal
Row 3 - Cell 0 Sebastien Vigier
2New Zealand 0:00:42.978
Row 5 - Cell 0 Sam Dakin
Row 6 - Cell 0 Ethan Mitchell
Row 7 - Cell 0 Sam Webster
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Men's Team Sprint First Round Heat 2
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Australia 0:00:42.103
Row 1 - Cell 0 Matthew Glaetzer
Row 2 - Cell 0 Nathan Hart
Row 3 - Cell 0 Matthew Richardson
2Russian Olympic 0:00:42.915
Row 5 - Cell 0 Denis Dmitriev
Row 6 - Cell 0 Ivan Gladyshev
Row 7 - Cell 0 Pavel Yakushevskiy
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Men's Team Sprint First Round Heat 3
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Great Britain 0:00:41.829
Row 1 - Cell 0 Jack Carlin
Row 2 - Cell 0 Jason Kenny
Row 3 - Cell 0 Ryan Owens
2Germany 0:00:42.733
Row 5 - Cell 0 Timo Bichler
Row 6 - Cell 0 Stefan Boetticher
Row 7 - Cell 0 Maximilian Levy
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Men's Team Sprint First Round Heat 4
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Netherlands 0:00:41.431
Row 1 - Cell 0 Jeffrey Hoogland
Row 2 - Cell 0 Harrie Lavreysen
Row 3 - Cell 0 Roy van den Berg
Row 4 - Cell 0 Matthijs Buchli
2Poland 0:00:43.307
Row 6 - Cell 0 Krzysztof Maksel
Row 7 - Cell 0 Patryk Rajkowski
Row 8 - Cell 0 Mateusz Rudyk
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Men's Team Sprint Final
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Netherlands 0:00:41.369
Row 1 - Cell 0 Jeffrey Hoogland
Row 2 - Cell 0 Harrie Lavreysen
Row 3 - Cell 0 Roy van den Berg
Row 4 - Cell 0 Matthijs Buchli
2Great Britain 0:00:44.589
Row 6 - Cell 0 Jack Carlin
Row 7 - Cell 0 Jason Kenny
Row 8 - Cell 0 Ryan Owens
3France 0:00:42.331
Row 10 - Cell 0 Florian Grengbo
Row 11 - Cell 0 Rayan Helal
Row 12 - Cell 0 Sebastien Vigier
4Australia 0:00:44.013
Row 14 - Cell 0 Matthew Glaetzer
Row 15 - Cell 0 Nathan Hart
Row 16 - Cell 0 Matthew Richardson
5Germany
Row 18 - Cell 0 Timo Bichler
Row 19 - Cell 0 Stefan Boetticher
Row 20 - Cell 0 Maximilian Levy
6Russian Olympic
Row 22 - Cell 0 Denis Dmitriev
Row 23 - Cell 0 Ivan Gladyshev
Row 24 - Cell 0 Pavel Yakushevskiy
7New Zealand 0:00:43.703
Row 26 - Cell 0 Ethan Mitchell
Row 27 - Cell 0 Callum Saunders
Row 28 - Cell 0 Sam Webster
Row 29 - Cell 0 Sam Dakin
8Poland 0:00:46.431
Row 31 - Cell 0 Krzysztof Maksel
Row 32 - Cell 0 Patryk Rajkowski
Row 33 - Cell 0 Mateusz Rudyk

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