Our Australian women’s pursuit team - the reigning champions from Birmingham 2022 - progress to the gold medal race later today with flying colours - they’ll face New Zealand, who finished 0.229 seconds behind the Aussies.

The team of Sophie Edwards, Claudia Marcks, Alyssa Polites and Felicity Wilson-Haffenden finished with a time of 4:13.469.

Similar to swimming relays, cycling teams can substitute riders in and out between heats and the finals. Expect Georgia Baker to come into the team for the pursuit final - she was part of the gold winning team in 2022.

Tandem sprint cyclist Jessica Gallagher and pilot Jacqueline Mangher-Mohr are also through to the semi-finals.