Portugal win first-ever Olympic track cycling gold

Paris, France

The Daily Tribune - www.newsofbahrain.com

Iuri Leitao and Rui Oliveira kept their cool to win a chaotic men's madison littered with crashes and claim Portugal's first-ever Olympic track cycling gold medal on Saturday.

The duo took control in the final stages of the 200-lap race at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome to finish eight points ahead of Italy, with Denmark taking the bronze.

Avoiding a series accidents, they won all four of the last sprints in a sensational finish to overtake the Italians for a famous victory.

Notoriously chaotic and unpredictable, the madison is a two-person tactical relay event, featuring a mass start.