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Vernon was the bronze medalist in the elimination race a year ago, but the 22-year-old Brit was able to outsprint Dylan Bibic at the finish to take the gold medal this year.

In similarly snowy weather, 'The Cannibal' took off from his pursuers with 92km to go, and still had enough energy to outsprint Georges Pintens on the line following the latter's heroic late comeback.

Tammy Abraham was limping after picking up a knock but still managed to outsprint Napoli defender Amir Rrahmani, before firing wide of the right post.

I was as exhausted by the pandemic and numbed by the litany of Olympic problems as anyone else, but as I watched Simone Biles teach gravity a lesson and Sha’Carri Richardson outsprint her competition, ambivalence dissolved.

It was like winning the 100-meter dash at the Olympics, then having to outsprint a kid pulled from the stands to get your gold medal.