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Australia win team pursuit gold medal
The world champions and world record holders smashed Britain by more than three and a half seconds to skate away to the gold.
The crack Australian team overpowered Britain to win the 4000-metre team pursuit gold medal at the Athens Olympics on Monday.
The world champions and world record holders smashed Britain by more than three and a half seconds to skate away to the gold.
Australia's winning time was three minutes 58.233 seconds, outside the world record of 3:56.610 they set on Sunday in winning through to the gold medal ride-off.
The team of Graeme Brown, Brett Lancaster, Brad McGee and Luke Roberts have been the undisputed leading pursuit team over the last three years and in that time they have accumulated three consecutive world championship titles.
Australia had an iron grip on the Olympic gold after crushing the Lithuanian team in a new world record in Sunday's qualifying round.
It was a repeat result of Australia's win over Britain in the final at the world championships in Melbourne last May.
The Australian combination on that occasion of Peter Dawson, Ashley Hutchinson, Luke Roberts and Stephen Wooldridge trailed in the mid-stages before pulling away to win their third world title by 1.5 seconds in four minutes 00.322 seconds.
Britain's time in Monday's final was 4:01.760.
Spain came from behind to beat Germany for the bronze medal.
It was Australia's second golden medal at the Olympic track cycling following Anna Meares' victory in the women's 500m time trial on Friday.
