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Olympics | Unbeatable Netherlands break world record to win men's team sprint

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PARIS, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Defending champions the Netherlands set their second world record on Tuesday night to win gold in cycling's track men's sprint team event, beating Britain in the final.

The Netherlands' Roy van den Berg, Harrie Lavreysen and Jeffrey Hoogland completed the three circuits of the 250-meter track in 40.949 seconds - the first time anyone has ever broken 41 seconds.

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