ENLARGE From left, Great Britain's Joanna Rowsell Shand, Elinor Barker, Laura Trott and Katie Archibald celebrate following their gold medal in the Women's Team Pursuit final. Photo: Zuma PressRIO DE JANEIRO—The Great Britain women’s team pursuit cyclists only ever raced one opponent on their way to gold: the clock. “That’s everything I had.”During the earlier heats on Saturday morning, both the U.S. and Great Britain had set the velodrome on fire. Great Britain punched its ticket to the final with a record of its own. Great Britain has now finished first in three out of five events in the lightning-quick velodrome.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 13, 2016 21:56 UTC