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It was only a matter of seconds after New Zealand's three man sprint team crossed the line on day one of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Track Worlds that Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins were raising their arms in triumph having defended the title 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:they won last year in Cali. In a matter of minutes, the tables had turned with France celebrating as New Zealand, judged to have committed a technical infringement during the changeover,  were relegated to the silv✅er medal despite winning by point three of a second.

"It"s a technical rule that did notﷺ affect the result or the time but it is a rule nonethel𝄹ess and we have to wear it," said Cycling New Zealand head coach Dayle Cheatley.

New Zealand set the fastest time in qualifying with a 42.892s, 0.2s ahead of France. In the final, the trio improved on that time, simultaneously extending꧅ its advantage over France by posting a 42.892🐻s, 0.3s faster than the host nation and were quick to rejoice in their feat.

However while they celebrated on the track, the commissaries checked the footage and fo🌞und that Webster had ov𓆏erlapped Mitchel's rear wheel in the changeover.

"It🌃 was pretty grim at the time because we deserved that even m𒆙ore than we ever had," said lead rider Mitchell. "Our bad luck came around this time. It"s a technical thing not a performance thing. It was about a tyre-width or so on the overlap and at 75kph that not a lot of leeway.

"But on the positive side, we had our🌼 fastest sea level time, we were the only team under 43 seconds in ﷽both rides and we have put nearly half a second on the rest of the world as we look towards Rio."