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Tokyo 2020 Olympics track cycling LIVE: Live updates from day two

More gold medals will be decided, including the women's team pursuit and the men's team sprint

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Good morning and welcome to live coverage from day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic track cycling events, including the women's team pursuit and men's team sprint finals 

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Good morning cycling fans!

Here is the schedule of events this morning: 

Big news already this morning for Team GB, as team pursuiter Ed Clancy has been forced to withdraw from the games due to back problems.

The first competition up tonight is the first round of the team pursuit. This morning, two teams will go head-to-head on the track, to decide which medal they will compete for. 

Katie Archibald pulling off the line for GB, and it's a great start, they're .3 of a second up on the US early.

US have now pulled ahead after 600m, the gap is .3 of a second. Now up to .5

USA continue to lead by almost a second after 1km, but Team GB are starting to pull it back now. The gap is down to .4 after 2,000m.  

Team GB back in the lead now! Katie Archibald doing an absolutely massive turn here, but it's insanely close. The gap is .132

USA pulling it back slightly after 2,800m, GB down to three riders as they continue to lead. This is so so close 

GB pulling out the lead with Katie Archibald back on the front. Gap is now half a second after 3600m. 

Half a lap to go and its Archibald vs Dygert, but Team GB are still and front and BOOM it's done! Team GB qualify for the gold medal race with a new world record! 

Oh no we've had a crash after the finish! 

Absolutely rapid time by GB, 4-06.748, a new world record, beating the time of 4-10.236 set by Germany yesterday. 

This is the decisive race for Team GB now, Germany vs Italy in the women's team pursuit.

Italy are slightly up after the first lap by .3 of a second, but as we saw with Team GB in the last race Germany will be likely to close that gap down later into the race.  

Germany have just pulled ahead in this women's team pursuit race against Italy. 

Ah it's all gone wrong for Italy. They're down to three riders early and the gap is now 1.8 seconds. 

Last lap and Germany have pulled out a huge gap now, almost three seconds. 

It's done, Germany win! That puts them through to the gold medal in the women's team pursuit final against Team GB later today. 

It's another world record as well, Germany have just nicked the WR set by Team GB about five minutes ago. 

We're onto the qualifying round for the men's team pursuit now, Netherlands are currently the fastest team with a new Olympic record of 42.134, followed by Australia with a 42.371. 

Team GB on track now, with Ryan Owens, Jack Carlin and Jason Kenny. 

Lively atmosphere here at Herne Hill Velodrome, as Team GB are up on the Netherlands after the first lap. 

GB still quickest as Jason Kenny hits out for his final lap but he slipped back slightly. It's still a very good time for Kenny and GB with a 42.231, a fraction slower than the Dutch Olympic record of 42.134. 

That's the qualifying done for the men's team sprint. 

Next up it's the men's team pursuit round one, 

Canada are currently leading by .8 of a second after 1,000m  and they're continuing to extend their advantage.  

Canada are pulling out a big gap now, it's above a second at the halfway point and it's too much for Germany to pull back now. 

Canada win their first round race against Germany in the men's team pursuit by a big margin. 

Next up in the men's team pursuit it's Switzerland vs Australia. 

Australia are more than two seconds up on Switzerland after 1,000m, they're storming through this run. 

It looks like the Aussies want to catch Switzerland and get in the slipstream to help them get rapid time. 

Just over half way and Australia are a quarter of a lap behind the Swiss team. 

New Olympic record for Australia and applause here for the team at Herne Hill Velodrome. 

Now this next head is a fascinating one, Italy vs New Zealand in the men's team pursuit first round.

Italy are up after 1,000m but it's close. There's 0.09 in it 

New Zealand have pulled ahead! 

New Zealand might have this won! 

Wow now that was a race, absolutely rapid as Italy take the victory with a new world record! 

New Zealand led for most of that heat, but Filippo Ganna hit the front and completely flipped the tables for Italy 

Next up it's the final heat, Team GB vs Denmark, with the winner going up against Italy in the gold medal final tomorrow. 

Here we go this is the big one, a lot of excitement here at Herne Hill Velodrome, where Ethan Hayter kicked off his cycling career. 

Denmark vs GB in the men's team pursuit is under way. 

All cheers here at Herne Hill for GB, as Denmark are now trailing by 0.3 of a second. 

Denmark pulling it back slightly and are now a fraction again after 1,300m 

Denmark starting to pull ahead now, they're .9 up at the halfway mark. 

Denmark have really pulled ahead now, they're more than two seconds up on Team GB now. 

One of the Team GB riders has become detached from the back of the unit into the final lap but woah more drama, there's been a crash out on the course. 

The Danish train have just ploughed into the back of the Team GB rider who was trailing off the back. 

So it looks like what has happened:

Here's some thoughts from Cycling Weekly columnist Dr Hutch on that incident in the men's team pursuit between Denmark and Team GB. 

In the first heat for round one of the men's team sprint, France have just beaten New Zealand with a time of 42.294. 

Onto the second heat and it's Australia vs ROC and Australia have taken the win with a new Olympic record of 42.103. 

Here's how round one works in the men's team sprint: 

Germany vs GB is the next men's team sprint race on the boards. And they're away. 

GB are slightly ahead on the first lap, and again still ahead on the second lap! Jason Kenny hits the final lap and BOOM he wins! 

It's a 41.829 for Team GB and Kenny, putting them in good position to make it through to the gold medal finals. 

Netherlands vs Poland now in the last of the men's team sprint heats. 

That means it's GB and the Netherlands who have qualified for the men's team sprint gold medal race, securing them at least a silver medal.  

Now it's the big one - time for the women's team pursuit finals. 

From PA's Ian Parker, who is out in Tokyo covering the games,

France have just won their women's team pursuit finals against New Zealand, which means New Zealand have finished eighth, and France take seventh place. 

Here's a short update on the crash in the men's team pursuit between GB and Denmark: 

Now in the women's TP it's Australia vs Italy in the race for sixth and fifth place. 

We have a decision from the organisers of Tokyo 2020 after the crash between the Danish and Team GB pursuit squads.

Meanwhile Australia have won their race against Italy in the women's TP to take fifth place, Italy finish sixth. 

USA are pulling ahead in the bronze medal race against Canada, 1s up after 1,300m. 

Canada are pulling it back however, USA have .6 of a second half way. 

And USA have done it, they take the bronze medal in the women's team pursuit finals. They dominated that race over Canada, taking control early and keeping it, even after losing a bit of time in the middle section of the race.  

Now it's the gold medal final in the women's team pursuit, between Germany and GB! 

More confirmation from British Cycling that Denmark progress through to the men's TP final after the crash with Team GB. 

Back to the women's TP final between GB and Germany and they're out of the gate. Katie Archibald leads for GB and they're .2 up after the start. 

Gemany are back ahead now after 600m by 0.5 of a second. 

GB are now 1.3 down after 1,000m. It's a big margin for Germany who have gone out rapidly at the start. 

Germany continue to extend the lead to 1.8, now out to 2 seconds at the halfway mark.

We're into the final 1,000m of the women's TP final and Germany are leading by a big margin, three seconds. 

Germany are very quickly catching GB, both teams on the same straight now with 500m to go. 

It's gold for Germany with an unbelievable time, a new world record of 4-04.249.

No time to rest as we're now into the men's team sprint finals, as New Zealand and Poland go head-to-head for eight and seventh places. 

New Zealand take the win to finish seventh in the Olympic men's team sprint with a 43.703

Next up we have the Russian Olympic Committee vs Germany for fifth and sixth place in the men's team sprint finals. 

After a second false start in ROC vs Germany, they've now skipped that race and we're onto Australia vs France for the bronze medal rides in the men's team sprint.  

Here's the full story on the women's team pursuit finals: 

Time for the gold medal final now in the men's team sprint, between the Netherlands and Team GB.

Netherlands got the better start but it's so so close. 

It's another Olympic record for the Netherlands with their time of 41.369.

That's the end of racing from today's event. 

Here is the round-up from day two of the Tokyo 2020 track events, including a round-up of medals: 

Here is the reaction from the women's team pursuit squad after their silver medal: 

Next it's the final for fifth and sixth place in the men's team pursuit.

Now it's onto the bronze medal race, Australia vs New Zealand. 

A crash for the Kiwi team as they're now down to three riders and their third rider has lost contact as a result of the crash.

Australia have caught the trailing New Zealand rider and that's race over!

Time for the big one - the men's team pursuit gold medal final. It's Italy vs Denmark. 

They're away and Denmark led by the narrowest margin after 250m. But Italy have just pulled it back and lead by .3 of a second. 

After 1,000m Italy still lead by three 10ths of a second, but Denmark have pulled back a 10th. 

Italy are still the leaders but they have just one tenth of a second with 2,000m still to ride. 

Denmark have come back and are now in the lead with 1,000m to the line.

Just 500m left and Denmark lead by .6 of a second. 

IT'S ITALY! What a ride, that was absolutely phenomenal.

That was such a close race, Italy with a 3-42.032 and Denmark with a 3-42.198.

Well after all that excitement, we now have the relatively tame spectacle of some more match sprints. 

Heat two in the 1/16 finals and Harrie Lavreysen from the Netherlads goes up against Jair Tjon En Fa from Suriname. 

Heat three now and it's Team GB's Jack Carlin up against Muhammad Sahrom (Malaysia) in the men's sprint. 

Heat four now on the men's sprint 1/16 finals, Nicholas Paul from Trinidad and Tobego up against Azizulhasni Awang from Malaysia.

Next up we have Nick Wammes vs Denis Dmitriev in the 1/16 finals for the men's team sprint. 

Heat six is Max Levy (Germany) vs Patryk Rajkowski (Poland). 

Next up it's heat seven in the men's sprint 1/16 finals, Sam Webster (New Zealand) vs Sebastien Vigier (Fra). 

Big one up next - home favourite Yuta Wakimoto takes on reigning champion Jason Kenny.

Right, we're now onto the final four sprints of the day - the men's sprint finals 1/16 Repechages. 

Now for heat two in the 1/16 finals Repechages for the men, Jair Tjon En Fa (Suriname) against Sebastien Vigier (France).

Heat three in the men's sprint Repechages. 

We've now skipped over to the final Repechages in the men's sprint - Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia) against Nick Wammes of Canada. 

We're now switching back to the race between Sahrom and Rajkowski after that really odd crash.

And that brings the track competition to an end for the day. 

Here is the full round-up of action from today's track at the Tokyo Olympics: 

Magazine editor Simon Richardson has put together this piece on Ed Clancy, who has retired from the British Cycling Olympic squad after 20 years: 

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