How Kenny and Archibald pulled off magical madison for Olympic gold | William Fotheringham
06-Aug-2021 11:51:21 | The Guardian
In a madison, teams make their own luck and the British duo’s control left the other competitors wondering what had hit them
Making the unpredictable look predictable is one measure of greatness in sport. Seen against that yardstick, Laura Kenny’s and Katie Archibald’s dominant ride in the madison in the Izu velodrome will go down as one of the greatest moments in this year’s Olympic Games.
For Kenny, there could hardly have been a more appropriate way to become Great Britain’s most decorated female Olympian, taking her personal tally to five gold medals and a silver across three Games; for Archibald it was surely a presage of more titles to come. For the other 28 competitors it was 32min 49sec of wondering quite what had hit them.
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