Australia's Ryan Bayley celebrates with the Australian fans after finishing first and winning the gold medal in the men's track cycling sprint final at the Olympic Velodrome within the Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on Tuesday.

Bayley beat Dutch world champion Theo Bos by little more than the width of a tyre in a thrilling third race in the best-of-three final.

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