Finucane creates Games history with fourth gold
Welsh cyclist Emma Finucane has made Commonwealth Games history by becoming the first sprint cyclist to win four track gold medals at a single Games, adding the keirin title to her earlier golds in the team sprint, individual sprint and 1,000m time trial. Her achievement, secured over four consecutive days at the Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, surpasses the previous best of three track titles held by Australia's Anna Meares and New Zealand's Ellesse Andrews, who finished second to Finucane in the keirin final.
The 23-year-old is now also the first Welsh woman to win four golds at a single Commonwealth Games and has become Wales' most successful female athlete in Games history, overtaking Para-sprinter Olivia Breen just two days after she set the mark. Weightlifter David Morgan remains Wales' overall most decorated Commonwealth Games athlete with nine golds and three silvers. Finucane's keirin win was Wales' 31st medal of the Games, with the nation now on nine gold, 10 silver and 12 bronze.
- Emma Finucane wins record fourth track gold at Commonwealth Games
- First Welsh woman to claim four golds at a single Games
- Becomes Wales' most successful female Commonwealth Games athlete ever
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The Commonwealth Games bring together teams from countries and territories linked to the Commonwealth, with athletes competing in sports including track cycling. On the velodrome, sprint events test riders’ speed and tactics over short races; the keirin is a mass-start race in which riders follow a motorised pacer before sprinting for the finish.
Emma Finucane is a Welsh track cyclist. Her four golds came in the team sprint, individual sprint, 1,000m time trial and keirin, across four days at Glasgow’s Chris Hoy Velodrome.
The record refers to track cycling medals at one Games, rather than all-time Commonwealth achievements. Finucane is also Wales’ most successful female athlete at a single Games; weightlifter David Morgan remains the country’s overall leading Commonwealth medal winner, with nine golds and three silvers.