https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-track-cycling-records-51664e20515bbfc506dd0b3b7372c093

MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Sam Welsford had just dismounted from his space-age bike, the one that costs about as much as a Range Rover, and looked at the record time his teammates from Australia had just set in the men's pursuit at the Paris Olympics.

“I reckon," Welsford said with a charmed smile, “we'll have to go faster for gold.”