Geraint Thomas adds Olympic track event to his bucket list for 2024: "I'd love to do one more Olympics, but I don't want to go and just get another tracksuit"

Before his very successful road career, Geraint Thomas was also a formidable track racer. And not just that, the Welshman became two-time Olympic champion in Team Pursuit at Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympic Games. Now 37-year-old Thomas would like to give it one last shot at his third Olympic medal, in a year where he's already attempting the challenging Giro-Tour double.

"I'd love to do one more Olympics, but I don't want to go and just get another tracksuit," he told The Observer. "I want to be good enough to be in with a shout of a medal. I've got four tracksuits already - I don't need another one."

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