A dramatic last-lap crash occurred in the men's team pursuit at the Tokyo Olympics when Denmark's Frederik Rodenberg Madsen collided with Great Britain's Charlie Tanfield.

Denmark appeared to win the ride and advance to the final after Great Britain collapsed and the third rider, Tanfield, lost contact. However, when Denmark caught Tanfield, Rodenberg failed to notice Tanfield and slammed into the back of him, causing a crash.

Neither team was able to record a final time for the entire 4 km, leaving the race commissary to determine who had qualified for the final.

Ultimately, it was ruled that Denmark had officially caught up to Great Britain and would face Italy in Wednesday's gold medal final.

Great Britain was then issued a time of 4:28.489 after Tanfield ran to the finish. However, this time was too slow to qualify for the ride-off for the bronze medal.

New Zealand and Australia qualified for the bronze medal, but Great Britain will file an appeal before Wednesday's race.

"After our ride, I spoke to the commissaires to clarify what the outcome would be," British coach Ian Dyer told Eurosport. 'In my opinion, they were going to get a DQ for [Denmark's] crash with [GB's] opponent. The same thing happened just a month ago when a Swiss athlete crashed into his opponent in the individual pursuit at the St. Petersburg World Cup.

"So I was also very keen to get Charlie back on his bike after his fall.

"As a result, the commissaire decided that the overlap had already taken place and that Denmark was the winner. But of course, not being able to finish the race had a huge impact on us. The time given to us was 4:28 and we have no idea where that time came from. Tomorrow we will be fighting for seventh and eighth place."

Italy set a new world record in a close race against New Zealand, running clean and fast to advance to the gold medal final. Filippo Ganna led the last three laps to pull Italy back from defeat and set a new record of 3:42.307.

New Zealand took the lead late in the race but had to run for the bronze medal after clocking 3:42.397.

Australia recovered from their qualifying crash to record 3.44.902 and have a chance at bronze.

By changing their lineup and checking their equipment, Australia set a new Olympic record in the ride and confirmed their true level.

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