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Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Emily Kay (Cycling - track)

Kay is an exciting relatively new Team Ireland member

Emily Kay has previously represented Great Britain in cycling. Photograph: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile
Emily Kay has previously represented Great Britain in cycling. Photograph: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile
Ian O'Riordan
Sat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30

Age: 25

Event: Women's Madison/Women's Omnium

Born in Coventry, Kay is an exciting relatively new Team Ireland member, who has been performing extremely strongly on the world stage in the Omnium in particular, including a podium finish at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Canada in 2020, where she won bronze. A bronze medallist in the 10km scratch race at 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, she will also race the Omnium in Tokyo. Lydia Gurley is the team reserve.

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Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan is an Irish Times sports journalist writing on athletics