What Are The Odds - Women's Madison Final - Cycling

Written by :

Ean Lamb

Published on :

5 August, 2021

What Are The Odds - Women's Madison Final - Cycling - Tokyo Olympic

Not surprisingly, the Netherlands Women were coming in as the -135 favorites to win the Women's Madison Final in Cycling early Friday morning (4:15 am Eastern Standard Time).

The Dutch have racked up three gold medals, two silver and one bronze in cycling at this summer's Olympics in Tokyo so far.

As sporting comeback stories go Dutch rider Shanne Braspennincx's surprise gold medal in the women's keirin at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday is as about inspirational as they get. Six years ago the 30-year-old suffered a heart attack.

"I thought so yeah, a heart attack isn't like something you have when you are an athlete," Braspennincx, who required surgery to widen an artery that had become totally blocked and also had a stent fitted, said.

"It was a long six months to see if I was able to get the green light to be an athlete again and even when I did it was not smooth sailing to get back to my old level and to get the trust back in my body because that had left me."