Bigham: Britain’s Hayter ‘found the limit’ of his saddle in claiming silver in Paris Olympics team pursuit

The excitement at the Paris Olympics velodrome rose to a huge crescendo in the closing laps of the men’s team pursuit gold medal round as Great Britain’s fans tried to cheer them on to chase down a small gap to their Australian rivals. With two laps to go, they were within two-tenths of a second and accelerating behind powerhouse rider Ethan Hayter when he nearly crashed after sliding off the front of his saddle.

Dan Bigham, the team’s aerodynamics specialist, ‘randomer’, and a quarter of its engine on Wednesday, explained that the mistake was the result of the team pushing Hayter to take longer pulls.