Archive · 2 Aug 2026
Emma Finucane Wins Historic Fourth Commonwealth Track Gold
Emma Finucane is a Welsh cyclist who won four gold medals in track cycling at the Commonwealth Games.
She won the keirin, team sprint, individual sprint, and 1,000‑meter time trial.
She beat New Zealand’s Ellesse Andrews in the keirin.
This makes her the first woman from Wales to win four golds at one Games.
It also broke the record for the most track golds by a sprint cyclist in a single Games.
Wales now has 31 medals in total.
Emma’s win shows how hard she trains and how fast she can ride.
She is now the top track cyclist at the Games.
Her achievement is a big moment for Wales and for cycling fans everywhere.
Emma Finucane won four track gold medals (keirin, team sprint, individual sprint, 1,000m time trial) at the Commonwealth Games.
She claimed the keirin gold at Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, finishing ahead of New Zealand’s Ellesse Andrews.
Finucane surpassed Anna Meares and Ellesse Andrews, who previously held the record of three golds at a single Games.
She became the first Welsh woman to win four gold medals at one Commonwealth Games, making her Wales’ most successful female athlete in Games history.
Wales’ medal tally rose to 31 (9 gold, 10 silver, 12 bronze) after her fourth gold.
- Who
- Emma Finucane
- What
- Won four track cycling gold medals at the Commonwealth Games
- When
- Sunday during the Games
- Where
- Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Glasgow
- Why
- To set a new record for sprint cyclists at a single Commonwealth Games
- Athlete
- Emma Finucane
- Event
- Commonwealth Games
- Medals Won
- 4 gold
- Record
- First sprint cyclist to win four track golds at a single Games
- Country
- Wales