Iúri Leitão and Rui Oliveira got Portugal's first-ever Olympic gold medal outside of athletics with a men's track cycling madison win in at the Paris Games on Saturday. The Portuguese duo scored 20 ...

Track cycling at the Olympics consists of three sprint events (individual sprint, team sprint, keirin) and three endurance events (Madison, omnium, team pursuit). A total of 95 men and 95 women will ...

MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Harrie Lavreysen was walking through the purple-carpeted infield of the velodrome after defending his Olympic title in the men's sprint competition Friday night ...

The Madison is one of the most eye-catching track cycling events on display at the Paris Olympic Games, with teammates hand-slinging each other in and out of the race. With the women's event taking ...

SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France, Aug 9 (Reuters) - So chaotic is the Olympic track cycling Madison event that all the best-laid plans can be shredded in the blink of an eye - so newly crowned ...

The women’s Madison is one of the more confusing events held in the track cycling discipline. It is a relay race for 120 laps where every 10th lap a sprint is held. The scoring can also be a bit ...

SANTIAGO, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Britain's Katie Archibald and Maddie Leech produced a powerful late surge to win gold in the women's Madison at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships on Saturday, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Katie Archibald and Maddie Leech took an impressive victory in the Madison (Simon Wilkinson/SWpix.com) Great Britain finished this ...

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