She led by 3.72 seconds at the halfway mark, eventually crossing 1.38 seconds ahead of the field.
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“Right now it is certainly time to set away and I think there is a big wide world out there, but who knows, never say never”.
Kim Brennan celebrates winning gold.
Twigg finished less than half a second behind China’s Duan Jingli while Australia’s Kimberley Brennan claimed gold and American Genevra Stone was second.
“I’m just so happy I could pull it off”.
Stone was in the top three for much of the race and made a charge at eventual gold medal victor Kim Brennan, of Australia, who held the lead for much of the race.
With a bronze medal in the women’s Keirin in Rio, Anna Meares has become Australia’s most decorated cyclist at Olympic medal by pushing her career tally to six medals.
New Zealand’s Emma Twigg, fourth in London and world champ in 2014, again came in fourth after retiring from competition last year and only getting back in training this year. I would much rather be reading about other people. “The amount of time my coach, Lyall McCarthy, has put in, you can’t put into numbers”, said Brennan. “I was all prepared for a tough, physical race”. My sole focus was to be tall and to breathe and to race my race.
“I really love racing, I love that moment of peace that you get before the start”, she told the Seven Network.
Lingli of China, the fastest women into the final, was in lane four whilst the second fastest qualifier, Brennan, in lane three.
Scott confirmed the couple would head to South Africa after the Olympics.
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Rhys Grant, who just missed out on a place in the A-final in the men’s single sculls, raced in the B-final of the competition and finished third in that race.
