Welsh cyclist Emma Finucane continued her dominance of women’s track sprinting winning three golds at the UCI Track Nations Cup in Hong Kong.

Wearing the rainbow bands as reigning sprint World champion, Finucane began her golden triple in the women’s team sprint on Friday, bringing her team home to beat Germany in the final.

The Great Britain team of Katy Marchant, Sophie Capewell and Finucane are in spectacular form, also winning gold at the previous, and season opening, Track Nations Cup in Australia.

Finucane, from Carmarthen, lost in the quarterfinals of the women’s sprint in Australia, eventually finishing fifth.

But in the solo event in Hong Kong, Finucane qualified quickest before making her way through the rounds and beating France’s Mathilde Gros in the final on Saturday.

The 21-year-old had to come from behind in the semi-final against Lea Sophie Friedrich but otherwise didn’t lose a race in her pursuit of gold.

“It feels amazing,” said Finucane after her win on Saturday.

“After Adelaide, I had a few things I wanted to work on, so coming into this racing I didn’t know where I’d be at.

“I put together some really good rides and I’m really proud of how tactically I pulled this off.

“This means everything to me in an Olympic year and I couldn’t have done anything more.”

Finucane became the first British woman to win European sprint gold in January and will hope to continue her good form on towards the Paris Olympics this Summer.

The former Towy Riders cyclist will also be hoping to take part in the women’s keirin in Paris but will face tough competition from Friedrich after finishing second behind the German at the last two European Championships, in Switzerland in 2023 and the Netherlands a year later.

The Welsh rider finished agonisingly fourth in the Australia Track Nations Cup in February as teammate Marchant won silver behind Japan’s Mina Sato.

But on Sunday, Finucane showed her superior speed to the rest of the field in the final, overtaking Sato on the final lap and comfortably winning her third gold ahead of Germany’s Emma Hinze with Alina Lysenko, competing as a neutral athlete, in third.

“It feels amazing,” said Finucane after her third podium ceremony of the weekend.

“It’s my first gold in a keirin event on this stage. It was an interesting race, I love riding my bike and getting stuck in and to come away with the win in two sprint events and the keirin is amazing.

“It puts GB women in a good position for the Olympics this year so I’m really proud.”

Next up in the Track Nations Cup is the final round in Milton Canada from the 12^th-14^th of April, where Finucane will be hoping to continue her momentum in a bid for her first Olympic medal in Paris.