The Chinese duo of Jinjie Gong and Tianshi Zhong beat the Russian pair of Daria Shmeleva and Anastasiia Voinova to take the gold medal in the women's team sprint at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Friday.
China had set a new world record in the first round, and convincingly beat Russia to take the Olympic title, with Russia coming away with silver. It made up for the disappointment for China in London 2012 when they were relegated in the final and missed out on gold, which went to Germany.
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