Olympic Games Track recap - Harrie Lavreysen sprints to dominant gold

It was another thrilling day of action in the Velodrome in Paris, with more medals up for grabs. Friday night's action had a lot to live up to, following on from Benjamin Thomas home gold on Thursday. The men's sprint finally crowned a winner, but would Richardson or Lavreysen take home the bragging rights?

And in the women's omnium, Team GB came in as the world champions, and favourites for gold. Could they add to Team GB's track success?

Let's find out who got amongst the medals on the track today.

Men's Sprint

At the conclusion of the men's sprint, the Netherland's Harrie Lavreysen lived up to his billing as the favourite, by defeating his Australian rival Richardson in back to back races.

Lavreysen, 27, powered into the sprint finals by decisively overcoming Britain's Jack Carlin, whom he had also crushed 3 years ago in Tokyo during the semi finals.

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Throughout the competition it has been clear that Richardson was Lavreysen's only true threat. The Australian set up the final show down by defeating Lavreysen's team mate Jeffrey Hoogland in his semi-final.

Lavreysen, who has been the dominant force in the sprinting world for years, boasts an incredible five consecutive world championships in addition to his Olympic title. Earlier this week, he added the team sprint gold at the Paris Games, triumphing alongside Hoogland and Roy van den Berg.

Richardson had already secured a bronze medal in the team sprint at Paris, but was no match to Lavreysen's raw power and speed. His Dutch rival had already defeated him on this very track in the world championship finals two years ago. Lavreysen will now go for a third gold in Paris in the Keirin.

Women's Madison

In the women's madison, Italy's Consonni and Guazzini stormed to the gold medal with a total of 37 points, across the 120 lap race.

The Italian duo launched a ferocious attack on their opponents and managed to take a lap, and earned a whopping 20 points. Combined with the 17 points they earned from the sprints, the Italians built an unassailable lead. Behind them, Team GB picked up a silver with 31 points, while the Netherlands secured the final podium spot with 28 points.

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Team GB came into the Olympics as the World Champions, but were the only team who were unable to take the 20 point bonus for gaining a lap. Despite this, Barker and Evans' medals mean that every single member of Team GB's track squad has won a medal in Paris.

There was initially a roar from the French crowd as their riders took the first sprint, but they were unable to build on this and finished outside of the medals in fifth.

Looking ahead tomorrow, there's plenty of action to look forward to across the women's sprint, the men's keirin, and the medal race in the men's madison.