Ed Lowe bringing home Olympic silver

At the Olympics, one of the East's athletes Ed Lowe celebrated silver in the men's team sprint in Paris.

The 20-year-old, who only recently was pounding the streets of Peterborough, having attended King's School, made his first foray into the sport at the Fenland Clarion Cycling Club in Peterborough.

Ed was joined by Jack Carlin and Hamish Turnbull on the podium in what was his fist Olympic Games.

The team were beaten by Harrie Lavreysen, Jeffrey Hoogland and Roy van den Berg of the Netherlands, who broke the world record for the second time in an hour to win in 40.949 seconds.

Ed Lowe and his team completed the sprint in 41.814.

Before the Olympics Lowe's first elite level World Cup in Canada in 2023 ended with a bronze medal alongside Harry Ledingham-Horn and Hayden Norris.

While earlier this year Lowe took part in two UCI Track World Cup rounds for Great Britain, winning bronze in Adelaide and silver after defeat by the Dutch in Canada.

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