In the photos shared on social media this week, the young Matt Walls can be seen collecting the autograph of one of his heroes, Ed Clancy.
Thirteen years later, the two are teammates Tokyo48 hours after Clancy announced that he had retired from the sport as one of Britain’s greatest cycling Olympic champions, Walls became the latest, thanks to the outstanding performance of men’s all-around sports.
Clancy won the bronze medal when he made his Olympic debut at the 2012 London Olympics. Another British cycling legend, Mark Cavendish, Performed better when he won the silver medal in Rio, but Walls has now completed the set and achieved success, while legends such as Laura and Jason Kenny performed poorly in the game British teamThe first racing track gold medals that are badly needed in these games.
The decision to condense the daily race into a short section at these games is almost unpopular among riders. Few people can complain like those who received the endurance training of the omnic quartet in a little more than two and a half hours, but at any time in the afternoon, Walls was not on the right track, except for the gold medal.
They started at zero. The British made a perfect start in the game, joined a breakout, ran a full lap on the field, and then crossed the first place in the group in the sprint, scoring a maximum of 40 points.
Next came the chaos of the rhythm game. Walls broke through again to score a lap worth 20 points, and also scored three additional sprint points, sharing the lead with France’s Benjamin Thomas and Jan William Van Ship at the midpoint of the Dutch.
The knockouts proved that there was nothing but a chance for Walls to win a medal, because he surpassed his opponent. The 23-year-old driver looked on track to achieve another complete victory until he was overtaken by Elia Viviani of Italy in the final lap, but the second place result allowed him to enter the final race. Van Shipe was 4 points ahead of Van Ship in the battle for points.
Leading 100 laps, the gold medal did not completely hang on Walls’ neck, but another lap he won in advance allowed him to play the role of a policeman for most of the game, monitoring the actions of his potential opponents, and covering up any to be cleared Actions.
Although Walls has been looking for the first medal, the most successful Olympian in British history is pursuing his ninth medal, but this is not for Jason Kenny. His reign as the reigning individual sprint champion was four. The stage ends in the one-finals.
After winning the silver medal in the men’s team sprint on Tuesday, Kenny admitted that this event has always been his best chance to surpass Sir Chris Hoy, and even if the Kailin match has not yet arrived, he looks likely to be proven right. , The Dutch team” Harrie Lavreysen (Harrie Lavreysen) was far apart in their head-on confrontation.
Instead, after Jack Carlin’s series of outstanding performances allowed the 24-year-old to advance to tomorrow’s semifinals, the task of trying to destroy the Dutch sprint supremacy will fall to Jack Carlin. ) On the shoulders.
Although Walls found himself resting all day long, teammate Katie Marshant was currently unable to catch one. On Wednesday, the sprinter thought she had won the preliminaries in the women’s Kellin, but was forced to pass the rematch after being relegated due to a sideline violation. On Thursday, she felt even more difficult for Dutch driver Laurin van. In Laurine van Riessen’s game, the two had to be stretched off the track after the two had a dramatic crash.
“I’m not sure what happened,” she said. “I’m very focused on going forward, I’m not sure if she is holding me aside. She fell down, and her wheels just dropped mine.
“I think I came at the right time. I guessed the wrong place, the wrong time, but it was a bicycle race.”
