Carlin set a new Olympic record of 9.306sec in his first round of qualifying, although that time was later beatenJason Kenny said it was his team-mate Jack Carlin who was Great Britain’s best chance of a gold medal in the men’s individual sprint tomorrow after both progressed through the early rounds of the event at the Izu velodrome. Kenny, who is the defending Olympic sprint champion after winning the event at London 2012 and Rio 2016, said that Carlin was “definitely our best chance”. Carlin, who won silver alongside Kenny and Ryan Owens yesterday, set a new Olympic record of 9.306sec in his first round of qualifying, although it was later broken by Jeffrey Hoogland of the Netherlands, who went 0.091 seconds faster. SponsoredBritain’s most successful Olympian said he was “playing a bit of a supporting role for the first time”, to Carlin.

Source: The Times August 04, 2021 11:03 UTC