Glaetzer rallies to reach keirin final
Australian Matthew Glaetzer has made an outstanding recovery to reach the keirin final on the last day of Olympic track cycling.
Glaetzer, who pulled out of the sprint because he was unwell, finished second in his semi-final.
This is Glaetzer's third Olympics and he has never won a medal, with four fourth placings.
He was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in late 2019 and missed the world championships early in 2020 because of a calf muscle injury.
Glaetzer was fourth again in the team sprint on Tuesday and said that event "completely broke me", leading him to pull out of the match sprint.
He finished fourth in his quarter-final earlier on Sunday at Izu Velodrome, while compatriot Matthew Richardson was eliminated when he finished second-last in his quarters heat.
Also on Sunday at Izu Velodrome, Annette Edmondson was well-placed initially in the omnium after a mass pileup took out British favourite Laura Kenny.
But after Edmondson finished third in the opening scratch race, she lost a lap in the tempo event.
Kenny won the tempo to make an improbable bid for the podium, with the elimination and points races to come.
Nine riders went down in the crash as they fought for position near the end of the 10km scratch race.
A trackside official was stretchered off Izu Velodrome after he was knocked over by one of the riders in the pileup.
Edmondson showed the benefit of riding near the front, with the crash happening behind her and she finished third with three events left.
Kenny's madison win with Katie Archibald earlier this week was her fifth Olympic gold medal, making the British endurance ace the most successful woman in the sport at the Games.
Also on Sunday, Matthew Glaetzer finished fourth in his keirin quarter-final and advanced to the semis.
Compatriot Matthew Richardson was eliminated when he finished second-last in a separate quarter-final heat.
