The home crowd were delighted with the French team's ride in the men's
team pursuit qualifying, as the quartet set the fastest qualifying time, a full four seconds quicker than their nearest rivals.
Not exact matches
Day one in Hong Kong also saw the men's
team pursuit team qualify for the bronze medal race on Thursday, while the women
qualified fifth fastest in their event.
Earlier in the evening, both
team pursuits squads enjoyed successfully
qualifying rides with the women in particular in blistering form, setting a new world record with their opening effort at Rio 2016.
Kenny, Hindes and Callum Skinner will bid for glory in the
team sprint as track cycling starts at the Games with the men's and women's
team pursuits also in
qualifying action.
The women's
team pursuit squad, after setting the third fastest time in
qualifying on Wednesday, rode their first round heat against second fastest
qualifiers Poland.
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