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Jennifer Valente has won gold at the women’s omnium, the final track race of the Paris Olympics, matching her feat at the the last Tokyo Games and winning her second title of the French Games. The 29-year-old, who also helped win the team pursuit, picked up 144 omnium points to prevail ahead of Poland’s Daria Pikulik and New Zealander Ally Wollaston. Valente narrowly missed a medal in the madison event in the French capital, finishing fourth. The 80 laps of the track, corresponding to 20 kilometres, included eight sprints for points. Overall in the Paris track cycling, the Netherlands won the …

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