Paris Olympics: Madison mayhem sees Portugal snatch gold as Italy suffer late crash

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Portugal’s Iuri Leitao and Rui Oliveira prevailed in one of the most chaotic Olympic madisons ever witnessed, taking advantage of a late crash from Italy’s Simone Consonni to steal a lap inside 20 laps to go and rocket into the gold medal.

Italy had been leading over Denmark after taking five sprints and 20 points for a lap in the first half of the 200-lap race, but a botched change left Consonni on the deck and his partner Elia Viviani having to continue racing, waiting for Consonni to rejoin.