Men's pursuit team set up bronze medal contest with NZ

Australia's men's team pursuit is set to race for bronze on Wednesday after bravely bouncing back from a day one crash to qualify for the medal rounds.

Alex Porter - who crashed in qualifying on Monday when the handlebars snapped on the bike he was riding - was rested on Tuesday and replaced by Luke Plapp who joined Leigh Howard, Kelland O'Brien and Sam Welsford.

They rode an Olympic Record 3mins 44.90secs against Switzerland which was enough to secure them a tilt at a bronze medal against New Zealand on Wednesday.

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Men's Team Sprint

The men's team sprint has again narrowly missed the podium after finishing fourth at the fourth Olympics in a row going back to 2008 in Beijing.

Matthew Richardson, Nathan Hart and Matthew Glaetzer produced a blistering ride in qualifying to post the third fastest time in 42.37secs, then faced the Russian Olympic Committee in their next round where they won by 0.8 of a second.

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Women's Team Pursuit

The women's team pursuit finished fifth after beating Italy in their final race of the competition.

Maeve Plouffe came in for Alex Manly and joined Georgia Baker, Ashlee Ankudinoff and Annette Edmondson and they defeated New Zealand in their first heat in a time of 4mins 9.99secs.

Although out of medal contention they backed up with a time of 4mins 11.04secs against Italy in the race between fifth and sixth as Germany beat Great Britain with a World Record ride of 4mins 4.24secs in their final.

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