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Katie Sands

Wales claim second medal at 2022 Commonwealth Games as cycling trio claim bronze in team sprint

Wales has its second 2022 Commonwealth Games medal thanks to cycling trio Lowri Thomas, Rhian Edwards and Emma Finucane, who won bronze in the women's team sprint finals on day one of the Games.

They clocked 47.767 seconds to pip Australia for a place on the podium by more than three tenths of a second, with New Zealand winning gold and Canada claiming silver at London's Lee Valley VeloPark, where track cycling is taking place despite Birmingham hosting the Games.

It is the second medal for Team Wales, following James Ball's silver medal earlier on on day one.

"To get a medal at our first Games is absolutely amazing," said 23-year-old Lowri, from Abergavenny.

"Being as young as these two are and barely riding for more than three years is absolutely wicked. We reset ourselves, spoke about what we needed to do for the next ride and we nailed absolutely every part of it."

Elsewhere, Megan Barker, Ella Barnwell, Anna Morris and Jessica Roberts finished fourth in the women's team pursuit after missing out on a bronze medal to England. The men's quartet of Rhys Britton, Joe Holt, William Roberts and Josh Tarling also had to be content with fourth after losing the bronze medal race to Australia.

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