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Emma Finucane won four track cycling gold medals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, setting a record for a single edition. The 23-year-old Welsh rider claimed the team sprint with Rhian Edmunds and Lowri Thomas before winning the individual sprint, 1,000-metre time trial and keirin. She is now the most successful Welsh woman in Commonwealth Games history. Finucane has six medals from two appearances, while Welsh cycling ended the Glasgow Games with a record haul of 11 medals: six gold, three silver and two bronze.
Emma Finucane won four track cycling titles at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, according to the BBC and Yahoo Sports. No cyclist had previously achieved that total at a single edition of the Games.
The 23-year-old rider from Carmarthen also became the most successful Welsh woman in Commonwealth Games history.
Finucane first won the team sprint alongside Rhian Edmunds and Lowri Thomas. She then claimed the individual sprint, the 1,000-metre time trial and the keirin.
All four titles were won at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome.
On the final day of competition, Finucane began her first keirin heat at 9am and secured her fourth gold medal 12 hours later.
After winning the keirin title, she carried the Welsh flag at the closing ceremony in Glasgow.
Finucane heard the Welsh anthem on four consecutive days: first with her two team sprint partners and then at three individual medal ceremonies.

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After two Commonwealth Games appearances, Finucane has six medals: four gold and two bronze.
The Welsh cycling team won 11 medals in Glasgow—six gold, three silver and two bronze—its best Commonwealth Games tally.
Finucane had already become an Olympic champion at 21. She won three medals at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, including one gold.
She represents Wales at the Commonwealth Games but usually competes for Great Britain at the Olympic Games and World Championships.
Finucane said she drew particular motivation from a speech by her Welsh teammate Lewis Oliva about what it means to represent Wales.
She won four gold medals in track cycling.
No cyclist had previously won four track titles at a single edition of the Commonwealth Games.
She won the team sprint, individual sprint, 1,000-metre time trial and keirin.
After two appearances, she has four gold medals and two bronze medals.
It won 11 medals: six gold, three silver and two bronze.