Finucane was the star of the 2023 British Cycling National Track Championships, after she won four national titles (taking her total to 5). They were the 500 m Time trial, the Sprint, the Keirin and a second team sprint title.[9][10]
At the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, at the Chris Hoy National velodrome, she claimed her first major title as she took gold in the women's track sprint competition — the first British woman to do so since Becky James in 2013 — beating Lea Friedrich of Germany in the final.[11]
During the flying 200 sprint qualifying she set a new British record and a new sea level record time of 10.234s.[12][circular reference]
She was also part of the British Women's Team sprint team who took silver in the same competition.
Finucane was named BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year for the second year in succession in December 2024.[22]
Personal life
Finucane is a great niece of Irish Second World War RAF pilot Wing Commander Brendan 'Paddy' Finucane (1920–1942), who in June 1942 became the RAF’s youngest wing commander at just age 21.[16]
