History-maker Finucane claims third Games gold
Emma Finucane won gold in the women’s 1,000m time trial to become the first Welsh woman to claim three gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games. The result strengthens her status as one of Wales’ leading cyclists and leaves her one victory away from becoming the most successful Welsh woman in Commonwealth Games history.
The 23-year-old Carmarthen rider, already an Olympic champion, had won team sprint gold on Thursday and individual sprint gold on Friday. She set a time of 1 minute 5.285 seconds in the event’s Commonwealth Games debut, ahead of England’s Sophie Capewell and New Zealand’s Ellesse Andrews; Welsh team-mate Megan Barker finished fifth in 1:06.345. Finucane will compete in the women’s keirin on Sunday.
- Finucane wins third Commonwealth Games gold
- First Welsh woman to achieve the feat
- Keirin offers chance for historic fourth gold
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The Commonwealth Games bring together athletes from countries and territories with links to the Commonwealth. Track cycling is held in a velodrome, where riders race on a steeply banked oval track; the time trial is a solo race against the clock.
Emma Finucane is a Welsh track cyclist from Carmarthen and an Olympic champion. The women’s 1,000m time trial is a new event at these Games, adding another test alongside sprint events, in which riders compete for speed over shorter distances.
Commonwealth Games records help compare athletes’ achievements across different sports and editions of the event. Finucane’s three gold medals place her among Wales’ most successful women competitors, while her next race is the keirin, a short track race that begins behind a motorised pacer.