Last update on. From the section OlympicsItaly is now the eight-time men's team pursuit championTokyo Olympic Games on BBC Dates: 23 Jul-8 Aug Time in Tokyo: BST+8. Listen live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer and BBC Red Button; Listen live on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra, and Sounds; Live text and video clips available on BBC Sport app and website.Italy broke their world record to become the men's team pursuit Olympic champions at Tokyo 2020 for the first time since 1961.In just three minutes and 42 seconds, the quartet of Simone Consonni (Filippo Ganna), Francesco Lamon, Jonathan Milan, and Francesco Lamon beat Denmark to gold.This was 0.166 seconds faster than the world champions Denmark.Italy is now the eight-time event champion, but they have not won the title since 1960's Rome Olympics.Their previous world record, 3:42.307, was set in the first round of Tuesday's competition.After New Zealand saw a rider go down, Australia was declared the race winner and won bronze.Lasse Norman Hansen (Niklas Larsen), Frederik Madsen, Frederik Malsen, and Rasmus Petersen from Denmark were able to improve on the bronze medal they won in Rio five years ago.Italy's win ended the reigns of Great Britain, who were the team pursuit gold medallists in the previous three Olympics.On Wednesday, Team GB's line-up of Ethan Hayter (Charlie Tanfield), Ethan Vernon, and Ollie Wood - all making Olympic debuts in Tokyo – set a new national record at 3:45.636 to place seventh.After a controversial collision on Tuesday against the Danes, they missed out on a spot in the medal races.
