World records plummet as team sprinters take to Paris Olympics velodrome

The Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome outside Paris is considered to be a fast track, but a perfect storm of low barometric pressure, high temperatures and humidity and the intensity of the 2024 Olympic Games competition sent the world records plummeting on Monday.

The women’s team sprint kicked off with the qualifying round, during which Great Britain’s Katy Marchant, Emma Finucane, and Sophie Capewell broke China’s world record set in June, chipping 0.01 seconds off the record with a 45.472.