#GC2018 Women soar to MAIDEN COMM GAMES women's TP gold

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Australia's women’s team pursuit soared to a dominant gold medal performance against Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand to win the first ever Commonwealth Games women's team pursuit gold medal.  

Ashlee Ankudinoff, Amy Cure, Annette Edmondson and Alexandra Manly rocketed to a new Games record time of 4 minutes 15.214 seconds in the final to defeat the Kiwis by nearly 10 seconds, actually catching their rivals inside the sixteenth and final lap. 

More:  Watch live via  7commgames.com.au  | Visit  gc2018.com for all the event information. 

□AUSTRALIA WIN□

What a classic □□ AUS v □□ NZ battle in the Women's 4000m Team Pursuit Final □

We are all so proud □#7CommGames #GC2018 pic.twitter.com/pcy3GSci7n

— 7CommGames (@7CommGames) April 5, 2018

Amy Cure

It was amazing, so good to win but it's not just us four girls who ride the bike, it's Georgia Baker, Rebecca Wiasak who made the journey over here and didn't get a ride but have been pushing us at training every day to perform. We owe it to them as much as we won there and to all the people who help us.

Annette Edmondson

To win a gold medal is really cool and there's nothing quite like doing it in front of a home crowd

Unfortunately sport has its ups and downs and that (Rio) was not what we wanted after all that build up but we had to look at this as a new opportunity and focused on what we could control - and that was going fast.

Alex Manly

We just set out to go as fast as we could and I knew the home crowd could get us home, we were wanting a quick time and we got it.

I couldn't have asked for three better teammates who were riding with me but also Bec Wiasak and Georgia Baker who pushed us all the way and are a part of it as much as we are.​

Follow all the action at commonwealthgames.com.au, or via the official CommGamesAUS social media channels / #TeamAus 

The women's TP squad looking focused and fierce ahead of the final for the gold! Good luck! @GC2018 #AussieCycling pic.twitter.com/HawVezWFIi

— AusCyclingTeam (@AusCyclingTeam) April 5, 2018