Netherlands Sets Men's Team Sprint World Record

In an exciting turn of events at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Japan's Mori Ai took the lead in the Lead climbing competition before being surpassed by Brooke Raboutou of the USA and then by Slovenia's Janja Garnbret, who secured her second Olympic gold with a score of 168.5 points. Meanwhile, the Dutch trio of Roy van den Berg, Harrie Lavreysen, and Jeffrey Hoogland defended their Olympic team sprint gold medal in cycling, setting a new world record of 40.949 seconds. Australia's men's team pursuit squad also broke the world record with a time of 3:40.730, setting up a gold medal race against Britain. Jessica Pilz of Austria secured a medal in the climbing event with an emotional performance, while Australia edged out France for the bronze in the team sprint cycling event. The Netherlands' new world record in the men’s team sprint was also noteworthy as they bested their previous mark of 41.191 seconds.