Team GB’s Track Cyclist Emma Finucane Wins Bronze Medal At The Paris Olympics 2024

Emma Finucane,21, the team GB’s track cyclist won her third medal of the Paris Olympics on the final day of the Games, adding bronze in the women’s sprint, gold in the women’s team sprint, and bronze in the women’s keirin.

First British Women to Win Three Medals 

Finucane became the first British woman to win three medals at the Olympics since track athlete Mary Rand in 1964. She already had a gold from the women’s team sprint event and an individual bronze from the women’s keirin.

Finucane replied on what she learned from this week: “I’ve learned that emotions aren’t negative and they mean you’re not weak.

“I’ve cried a lot this week, and it just shows that I’m strong enough to get it out and reset for me to be able to cry and then get on the track and reset and go again.” She added

“I think that’s really important to speak to people and let it out. It’s been a long week. I’ve raced for seven days now, and my mind’s been on a mad one. I’ve just learned a lot about myself that I’ll take forward for the coming years.”Finucane further stated 

With High-Expectations 

Finucane came to Paris with high expectations, as Laura Kenny had predicted she might become the first British woman to win three Olympic golds in one Games. However, she ended up getting the Bronze medal despite being very talented. 

On the final day at the velodrome Finucane aimed to add to her gold-medal tally, but she could not be overcome by champion Ellesse Andrews of New Zealand. She later won the bronze medal after defeating Netherlands’ Hetty van de Wouw. 

“I wasn’t actually crying at the pressure.I was crying because I was exhausted and my mind was just telling me things like, you can’t do it. But then I was like, I want to do it. It goes into many things.

“The pressure I’ve dealt with pretty well this week. It was more my internal pressure and how I want to deliver myself, and my legs screaming at me, telling me to stop, but I was like, ‘I need to keep going.’ It’s been many emotions.” Finucane said 

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