Finucane Makes Games History With Fourth Track Gold
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- Emma Finucane became the first sprint cyclist to win four track gold medals at the same Commonwealth Games, adding keirin to her team sprint, individual sprint, and 1,000m time trial victories.
- Ellesse Andrews of New Zealand, the reigning Olympic champion, finished second in the keirin while defending her Commonwealth title.
- Finucane completed her quartet of golds across four successive days at Glasgow's Chris Hoy Velodrome.
- The 23-year-old Finucane became the first Welsh woman to win four golds at a single Commonwealth Games and Wales' most successful female athlete in Games history, surpassing Para-sprinter Olivia Breen, who had held the record for just two days.
- Weightlifter David Morgan remains Wales' most successful Commonwealth Games athlete overall, with nine golds and three silvers.
- Finucane's keirin gold was Wales' 31st medal of the Games — nine gold, 10 silver, and 12 bronze — with New Zealand's Aaron Gate the only previous cyclist to win four golds at a single Games (Birmingham 2022).
- Anna Meares (Australia, 2010) and Ellesse Andrews (New Zealand, 2022) had previously held the mark of three track titles at a single Games before Finucane surpassed it.
Why it matters: Finucane, 23, has reset the benchmark for women's track cycling at a Commonwealth Games in a single week, while Wales sits on 31 medals and Finucane has leapfrogged Olivia Breen as the country's most decorated female Games athlete — though David Morgan's overall Welsh record of nine golds remains untouched.
