9:06 am today

Proud dad and coach Jon Andrews

From Nine To Noon, 9:06 am today
New Zealand's Ellesse Andrews celebrates winning the women's track cycling keirin final for gold of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, south-west of Paris, on August 8, 2024. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)

Photo: SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP

Ellese Andrews won gold in the women's keirin at the Olympics in Paris this morning.

She becomes only the second New Zealander to win gold in track cycling after Sarah Ulmer in 2004.

Ellese started at the front in the motorcycle-paced race before attacks came from other riders in the field.

The biggest threat came from sprint world champion Welsh rider Emma Finucane who she held off before launching to the win.

New Zealand cycling sprint coach Jon Andrews was watching on inside the Paris velodrome during that race. But he isn't just the coach - he's also Ellese Andrews' dad.

Paddy spoke to him not long after Ellese won the gold and this was his reaction.