Netherlands’ Roy van den Berg (left), Harrie Lavreysen (centre) and Jeffrey Hoogland celebrate their gold medal win in a new world record time to successfully defend their men’s track cycling team sprint title at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, south-west of Paris, on Tuesday. They clocked a blistering 40.949secs at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome to consign Britain to silver. Australia took the bronze. The same trio won gold in Tokyo three years ago, ending the dominant reign of the Jason Kenny-led British team that owned the title in Beijing, London and Rio.