Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Emily Kay (Cycling - track)

Kay is an exciting relatively new Team Ireland member

Emily Kay has previously represented Great Britain in cycling. Photograph:  David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile
Emily Kay has previously represented Great Britain in cycling. Photograph: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Age: 25

Event: Women's Madison/Women's Omnium

Born in Coventry, Kay is an exciting relatively new Team Ireland member, who has been performing extremely strongly on the world stage in the Omnium in particular, including a podium finish at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Canada in 2020, where she won bronze. A bronze medallist in the 10km scratch race at 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, she will also race the Omnium in Tokyo. Lydia Gurley is the team reserve.

Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan is an Irish Times sports journalist writing on athletics