Barker, 29, Already Finished Her Olympic Medal Hat-Trick
Elinor Barker, a cyclist for Team GB, is the first woman to win four Olympic medals, making her the most decorated female Olympian in Wales history.
At the women’s Madison. At the Paris Olympics on Friday, August 9. Welsh cyclist Barker and Scottish teammate Neah Evans, took home a silver medal for Team GB.
As Italy’s Chiara Consonni and Vittoria Guazzini celebrated gold. Britain won the final of the 120-lap race and moved ahead of the Netherlands. Thanks to a strong late charge from Barker.
Italy had 37 points at the end. Compared to 31 for Britain and 28 for the Netherlands.
This comes after Barker, 29, already finished her Olympic medal hat-trick on Wednesday. She was a member of the Welsh trio. That won bronze in the women’s team pursuit, along with Jessica Roberts and Anna Morris. Josie Knight completed the GB quartet.
The fact that Barker could enjoy the occasion with her son Nico, made it even more memorable for her.
Barker took home silver in Tokyo five years after winning gold in Rio in 2016.
“It’s hard to say, we really really wanted gold.” she told the BBC. As the reigning world champions. We placed that kind of pressure on ourselves. We may have had a target on our back.
We said that it wouldn’t affect how we raced. But at times it was difficult to avoid, feeling like we had to accept responsibility for our actions. Maybe that’s what our analysis will reveal. But I also believe it will result in an Olympic medal.
“This week, there are many world champions, who have not won a medal. Every medal, in my opinion is a tremendous accomplishment.
“This means that every single rider on our team has received a medal, which is fantastic. So we’re a pretty happy group.”
