Finucane ends Britain's wait for women's sprint champion
Riding in a velodome named after Chris Hoy, a British track sprinting icon, the 20-year-old Finucane announced herself by beating two-time world individual sprint champion Emma Hinze in the semi-final and then overpowering Friedrich 2-0 in final.The final night of competition on the boards provided a big upset as Colombia's Kevin Quintero left the big favourites in his wake to win the men's keirin gold.
Archibald, whose partner Rab Wardell died in his sleep from a cardiac arrest a year ago, launched a brave early attack in the final points race but ended up fourth with American Jennifer Valente retaining her title ahead of Denmark's Amalie Dideriksen and Lotte Kopecky. It was Valente's second gold in Glasgow.
The host nation ended on top of the medals table with their best showing in terms of golds since 2016 with the Netherlands second and the United States third.Britain's women's track cyclists have dominated endurance events in the past decade but they have been in the doldrums in the sprints with the Becky James the last to win the individual title in 2013.
In the qualifiers on Monday she rode the fastest ever 200m flying lap by a woman at sea level and she continued that speed all the way to the gold medal.
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