Trott, King and Rowsell keep gold medals coming

Team GB team pursuit women on podium, London 2012 Olympic Games, track day three evening session

published 4 August 2012

Three rides, three world records, and at the end of it all, three Olympic gold medals. The British women's team pursuit trio dominated their event in London even more so than their male counterparts.

The team of Laura Trott, Dani King and Joanna Rowsell put together three sensational rides through the competition to become the first Olympic champions in this event, and bring the world record down to three minutes, 14.051 seconds. Prior to the London world cup in February this year that record had stood stubbornly at the three minute 19 second mark.

This was perhaps the most formidable performance of all the British cyclists who have so far won five gold medals, one silver and a bronze (four wins out of five on the track). They faced the American team of Sarah Hammer, Dotsie Bausch and Jennie Reed in the final who had posted a time of 3-16.8 minutes in their first round ride just an hour before. This significantly closed the gap on the British trio who were light years ahead of everyone else in yesterday's qualifying round.

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