Track World Championships: Trott back on top with omnium victory

Laura Trott (Great Britain) doubled her gold medal tally on the final day of competition at the Track World Championships with a calm and composed victory in the omnium. Her last major omnium title came on the same track in 2012 and it is the one that she will be defending at the Olympics in Rio this summer. She adds the gold medal to the one that she claimed in the scratch race and the bronze medal in the team pursuit. 

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Born in Ireland to a cycling family and later moved to the Isle of Man, so there was no surprise when I got into the sport. Studied sports journalism at university before going on to do a Masters in sports broadcast. After university I spent three months interning at Eurosport, where I covered the Tour de France. In 2012 I started at Procycling Magazine, before becoming the deputy editor of Procycling Week. I then joined Cyclingnews, in December 2013.