Great Britain set world record in Rio women's team pursuit to reach gold final

Great Britain break USA's world record set just a few minutes before to book place in gold medal final against USA

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Great Britain's team pursuit quartet of Joanna Rowsell-Shand, Laura Trott, Katie Archibald and Elinor Barker set a new world record at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games to progress to Saturday's gold medal final against USA.

Prior to GB's first round ride against Canada, the USA team of Sarah Hammer, Kelly Catlin, Chloe Dygert and Jennifer Valente had beaten GB's previous world record set during qualifiers.

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