Canadian Cyclist Kelsey Mitchell Wins Olympic Women's Sprint Gold

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Cycling - Track - Women's Sprint - Gold Final - Izu Velodrome, Shizuoka, Japan - August 8, 2021. Kelsey Mitchell of Canada celebrates with a Canadian national flag after winning gold. REUTERS/Matthew Childs
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Cycling - Track - Women's Sprint - Gold Final - Izu Velodrome, Shizuoka, Japan - August 8, 2021. Kelsey Mitchell of Canada celebrates with a Canadian national flag after winning gold. REUTERS/Matthew Childs
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Canadian Cyclist Kelsey Mitchell Wins Olympic Women's Sprint Gold

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Cycling - Track - Women's Sprint - Gold Final - Izu Velodrome, Shizuoka, Japan - August 8, 2021. Kelsey Mitchell of Canada celebrates with a Canadian national flag after winning gold. REUTERS/Matthew Childs
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Cycling - Track - Women's Sprint - Gold Final - Izu Velodrome, Shizuoka, Japan - August 8, 2021. Kelsey Mitchell of Canada celebrates with a Canadian national flag after winning gold. REUTERS/Matthew Childs

Canada's Kelsey Mitchell won gold in the women's sprint on the final day of the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, just four years after taking up the sport.

Mitchell won the first two races in a best-of-three final against Olena Starikova of Ukraine to clinch Canada's first gold medal at the Izu Velodrome.

Hong Kong's Lee Wai-sze took bronze.

It is only Canada’s second Olympic gold medal ever in track cycling and the first since Lori-Ann Muenzer won the same event at Athens 2004.

Mitchell clenched her fists as she performed her victory lap while the Canadian coaches nearby hugged and celebrated the 27-year-old’s remarkable triumph.

She only took up track cycling after attending a Canadian training event in August 2017 and was quickly recruited by Cycling Canada.

Her victory never looked in doubt against Starikova while the favorite for gold, Emma Hinze of Germany, was beaten by Lee in the battle for bronze.



Bayern Keeper Urbig Eyes Another Title after Winning Bundesliga

Munich's Jonas Urbig reacts during the German Bundesliga soccer match between RB Leipzig and Bayern Munich in Leipzig, Germany, 03 May 2025. EPA/Filip Singer
Munich's Jonas Urbig reacts during the German Bundesliga soccer match between RB Leipzig and Bayern Munich in Leipzig, Germany, 03 May 2025. EPA/Filip Singer
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Bayern Keeper Urbig Eyes Another Title after Winning Bundesliga

Munich's Jonas Urbig reacts during the German Bundesliga soccer match between RB Leipzig and Bayern Munich in Leipzig, Germany, 03 May 2025. EPA/Filip Singer
Munich's Jonas Urbig reacts during the German Bundesliga soccer match between RB Leipzig and Bayern Munich in Leipzig, Germany, 03 May 2025. EPA/Filip Singer

Bayern Munich keeper Jonas Urbig celebrated his first Bundesliga title on Sunday with his team sitting eight points clear at the top with two games left to play.
But the 21-year-old, who is first choice at Bayern with Manuel Neuer injured, could end up collecting a second title with second-tier club Cologne.
Urbig made 10 appearances for them this season before his January transfer to Bayern. Cologne are second in the standings, a point behind leaders Hamburg SV with two matches remaining.
"I am in very good contact with the lads and I would be extremely happy if Cologne win the second division title," Reuters quoted Urbig as saying.
Only two players have previously achieved this feat, Pasi Rautiainen with Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen in the 1980/81 season and Frank Hartmann in 1986/87, with Bayern Munich and Hannover 96.