Title has so far eluded the triple world champion and his sprint team are strongly fancied after several near misses
Australian track cycling star Matthew Glaetzer has said the 2024 Olympics will be his last, as the sprinter and his team-mates aim for a historic team sprint gold medal in Paris.and five-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist, but an Olympic medal has eluded him throughout a storied career. Speaking at a press conference as the Australian track team finalised their preparations ahead of the Games, Glaetzer said he would be hanging up the bike following his fourth Olympics.
“To go another four years is a big commitment,” he said. “I may have another couple of years in me, but not another four – I know that much. Our sport, what we do, isn’t easy on the body. I don’t want to put my body too far back for later in life. I am ready for some other challenges in life.” “We’re obviously going to aim for gold – there’s no point in settling for anything else,” said Leigh Hoffman, who will ride alongside Glaetzer and Matthew Richardson in the three-rider event. “Even if we did get a silver medal, we’d still be pretty devastated – even though that would be the best result Australia’s got since where they first introduced the team sprint.”The team sprint was added to the program at the Sydney Olympics, with Australia winning bronze on home soil.
Standing in the Australians’ way will be the Netherlands, who claimed gold in Tokyo and have won five out of the past six world titles. But Glaetzer insisted his team were not overawed by their Dutch counterparts.
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