New Olympic gold medalist Rui Oliveira 'I've never won a single race in my life - WTF?'

Men’s madison gold medalists Rui Oliveira and lIuri Leitao of Portugal celebrate on podium
Men’s madison gold medalists Rui Oliveira and lI🐠uri Leitao of 🉐Portugal celebrate on podium (Image credit: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)

The contrast could not have been more obvious between the experienced champions and the young upstarts after the men's Madison in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Paris Olympics

While Elia Viviani and Simone Consonni of Italy framed their silver amid multiple Olympic medals, and Michael Mørkøv compared his new bronze medal to a dream gold medal in the Madison in Tokyo, surprise gold medalist Rui Oliveira spontaneously dropped f-bombs in his disbelief that his first pro win as a cyclis🌺t was g🐻old at the Olympics.

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