GRITTY BRITS DEFEAT ODDS RADIS 2324

Joy for Evans and Carlin after months of despair

- Mike Walters

IN the chaos of cycling's biggest Neah bunfight, Evans summoned the willpower to find a silver lining when she could not even climb the stairs four months ago.

Then Jack Carlin, reprieved after a bizarre, low-speed collision with Jeffrey Hoogland in his best-of-three duel for sprint bronze, won the decider after the commissaires chose not to disqualify him.

And Carlin, like Evans, beat the clock to join the party in Paris after breaking his ankle in April and only removing the strapping last week.