Sophie Capewell safely through in women's sprint
Sophie Capewell will continue her bid for a second Olympic medal on Saturday after reaching the third round of the women’s sprint.
The 25-year-old from Lichfield, part of the squad which claimed a brilliant gold in Monday’s team sprint at Paris 2024, must negotiate two more rounds to secure a spot in Sunday’s semi-final.
Capewell has never won a global medal in the individual sprint but is in excellent form and cannot be discounted after cruising through Friday's opening stages at the San-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
Her fellow team sprint gold medallist Emma Finucane, world champion in the individual discipline, also progressed serenely. The smart money is on at least one of them adding to a GB medal tally inside the velodrome which grew further yesterday with silver for Elinor Barker and Neah Evans in the madison and bronze for Jack Carlin in the men’s sprint.
