Kenny beats Hoy to take British sprint crown

Jason Kenny provided spectators with a show of sprinting supremacy at the National Track Championships in Manchester on Day four, by winning the National sprint title and beating four time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy along the way.

Despite qualifying only fourth fastest, the fast man from Bolton stepped it up a notch both technically and tactically in the later rounds and proved too much for the Scot in the semi-final, before beating Matt Crampton in the event's final.

Peter Kennaugh won his second National title of the championships after he clocked a time of 4:27.112 in the Men's Individual Pursuit beating last night's point race winner, George Atkins. Kennaugh looked comfortable throughout the day, as he recorded a time of 4:25.215 in qualifying, catching his opponent. Sam Harrison beat Jon Mould to claim the bronze.

Anna Blyth left it late to take gold after a tactical battle in the Women's point race. The 100% ME rider timed her attack perfectly on the last lap to capture the win. Dani King took the reigns leading into the last lap but Blyth came through to take her first national title, with Harriet Owens taking silver and King bronze.

In other action, Darren Kenny won the para-cycling pursuit title, while World and Paralympic champion Jody Cundy set a national record that earned him the bronze medal. He over took his rival, Tel Byrne and set a new benchmark time of 4:10.772.

Men's Sprint

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Flying 200m Qualifying
1Chris Hoy0:00:10.233
2Matt Crampton0:00:10.270
3Peter Mitchell0:00:10.337
4Jason Kenny0:00:10.339
5Ross Edgar0:00:10.381
6David Daniell0:00:10.391
7Chris Pritchard0:00:10.687
8Lewis Oliva0:00:10.688
9Kian Emadi0:00:10.744
10Miles Stovold0:00:10.867
11John Paul0:00:10.886
12Callum Skinner0:00:10.942
13Kevin Stewart0:00:10.969
14Dave Readle0:00:10.983
15Bruce Croall0:00:11.077
16Andrew Kelly0:00:11.179
17Adam Welch0:00:11.296
18Anthony Gill0:00:11.304
19Tom Baker0:00:11.310
20Kenneth Ayre0:00:11.340
21Tom Powell0:00:11.470
22Miles Anon0:00:11.490
23Iewan Williams0:00:11.514
24Michael Partridge0:00:11.551
25Rowan Elliott0:00:11.588
26John McClelland0:00:11.595
27Maher Al-Ausi0:00:11.619
28John Coolahan0:00:11.701
29Ivor Reid0:00:11.714
30Steve Cronshaw0:00:11.778
31John Bagnall0:00:11.792
32James Carlsson0:00:11.815
33Jack Webb0:00:12.072
34Andy Stewart0:00:12.082
35Jonathon Cosh0:00:12.128
36Neil Withington0:00:12.238
37Joseph Wood0:00:12.479
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Round 1 - Heat 1
1Chris Hoy
2Callum Skinner
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Round 1 - Heat 2
1Matt Crampton
2John Paul
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Round 1 - Heat 3
1Peter Mitchell
2Miles Stovold
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Round 1 - Heat 4
1Jason Kenny
2Kian Emadi
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Round 1 - Heat 5
1Ross Edgar
2Lewis Oliva
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Round 1 - Heat 6
1David Daniell
2Chris Pritchard
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Repechage - Heat 1
1Callum Skinner
2Kian Emadi
3Chris Pritchard
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Repechage - Heat 2
1Lewis Oliva
2Miles Stovold
3John Paul
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Quarter Finals - Heat 1 - Race 1
1Chris Hoy
2Lewis Oliva
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Quarter Finals - Heat 1 - Race 2
1Chris Hoy
2Lewis Oliva
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Quarter Finals - Heat 2 - Race 1
1Matt Crampton
2Callum Skinner
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Quarter Finals - Heat 2 - Race 2
1Matt Crampton
2Callum Skinner
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Quarter Finals - Heat 3 - Race 1
1Peter Mitchell
2David Daniell
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Quarter Finals - Heat 3 - Race 2
1David Daniell
2Peter Mitchell
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Quarter Finals - Heat 3 - Race 3
1David Daniell
2Peter Mitchell
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Quarter Finals - Heat 4 - Race 1
1Jason Kenny
2Ross Edgar
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Quarter Finals - Heat 4 - Race 2
1Jason Kenny
2Ross Edgar
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5th-8th Final
5Peter Mitchell
6Ross Edgar
7Callum Skinner
8Lewis Oliva
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Semi Finals - Heat 1 - Race 1
1Jason Kenny
2Chris Hoy
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Semi Finals - Heat 1 - Race 2
1Jason Kenny
2Chris Hoy
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Semi Finals - Heat 2 - Race 1
1Matt Crampton
2David Daniell
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Semi Finals - Heat 2 - Race 2
1Matt Crampton
2David Daniell
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Bronze Medal Round - Race 1
3Chris Hoy0:00:10.715
4David DaniellRow 1 - Cell 2
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Bronze Medal Round - Race 2
3Chris Hoy0:00:10.655
4David DaniellRow 1 - Cell 2
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Gold Medal Round - Race 1
1Jason Kenny0:00:10.635
2Matt CramptonRow 1 - Cell 2
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Gold Medal Round - Race 2
1Jason Kenny0:00:10.441
2Matt CramptonRow 1 - Cell 2

Men's 4,000m Individual Pursuit

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Qualifying
1Peter Kennaugh0:04:25.215
2George Atkins0:04:30.817
3Sam Harrison0:04:33.369
4Mark Christian0:04:37.503
5Owen Doull0:04:38.411
6Jon Mould0:04:38.695
7Mark Holton0:04:39.601
8Adam Duggleby0:04:41.470
9Eric Rowsell0:04:42.995
10Tim Kennaugh0:04:44.176
11Arthur Doyle0:04:44.444
12Nino Piccoli0:04:47.257
13Alistair Rutherford0:04:48.192
14Richard Lambert0:04:48.585
15Nicholas English0:04:49.845
16Xavier Disley0:04:50.588
17John Brearley0:04:51.849
18Matt Gittings0:04:51.944
19Jack Green0:04:52.681
20Joshua Papworth0:04:54.383
21Alistair Taylor0:04:55.850
22Matthew Hamilton0:04:57.060
23James Hawkins0:04:59.768
24Bryce Dyer0:05:01.357
25Andy Stuart0:05:02.000
26Derek Timmins0:05:06.032
27Joshua Yetman0:05:09.034
28David Brearley0:05:09.900
29Mark Brown0:05:16.123
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Bronze Medal Round
3Sam Harrison0:04:38.387
4Mark Christian0:04:39.011
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Gold Medal Round
1Peter Kennaugh0:04:27.112
2George Atkins0:04:31.956
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Women's Scratch Race Final (60 laps)
1Anna Blyth
2Harriett Owen
3Dani King
4Ruby Miller
5Helen Scott
6Laura Trott

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Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.

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