Wild wins Omnium, Ganna goes close to pursuit world record
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Jan-Willem van Schip of the Netherlands celebrates winning the gold medal in the Men's Points Race Final(Image credit: Getty Images)
Hong Kong's Wai Sze Lee celebrates after winning the Women's Sprint final at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
Hong Kong's Wai Sze Lee celebrates after winning the Women's Sprint final at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
Kirsten Wild of Netherlands celebrates winning the gold medal in the Women's omnium final(Image credit: Getty Images)
Lee Wai Sze of Hong Kong celebrates winning the Women's sprint Gold Medal Final on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Image credit: Getty Images)
Letizia Paternoster of Italy (Silver medal) Kirsten Wild of Netherlands (gold) and Jennifer Valente of USA (bronze) pose on the podium for the Women's Omnium final (Image credit: Getty Images)
Domenic Weinstein of Germany (silver medal), Filippo Ganna of Italy (gold) and Davide Plebani of Italy (Bronze) celebrate on the podium for the Men's individual pursuit(Image credit: Getty Images)
Quentin Lafargue of France celebrates on the podium after winning the gold medal in the Mens 1 km time trial(Image credit: Getty Images)
Hong Kong's Wai Sze Lee celebrates after winning the Women's Sprint final at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
Stephanie Morton and Wai Sze Lee race for gold in the Women's Sprint(Image credit: Getty Images)
The winner from The Netherlands Jan-Willem van Schip celebrates on the podium after the Men's Points Race(Image credit: Getty Images)
Filippo Ganna of Italy celebrates winning the gold medal in the Men's individual pursuit final on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Image credit: Getty Images)
Filippo Ganna of Italy celebrates winning the gold medal in the Men's individual pursuit final on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Image credit: Getty Images)
Filippo Ganna of Italy celebrates winng the gold medal in the Men's individual pursuit final on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
Stephanie Morton of Australia and Lee Wai Sze of Hong Kong compete in the Women's sprint Gold Medal Final on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
Mathilde Gros of France and Lea Friedrich of Germany compete in the Women's sprint Bronze Medal Final(Image credit: Getty Images)
Domenic Weinstein of Germany competes on his way to winning the silver medal in the Men's individual pursuit final(Image credit: Getty Images)
Cyclists compete during the Men's Points Race 40 km at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Pruszkow, Poland(Image credit: Getty Images)
Cyclists compete during the Men's Points Race 40 km at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Pruszkow, Poland(Image credit: Getty Images)
Cyclists compete during the Men's Points Race 40 km at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Pruszkow, Poland(Image credit: Getty Images)
Cyclists compete during the Men's Points Race 40 km at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Pruszkow, Poland(Image credit: Getty Images)
Cyclists compete during the Men's Points Race 40 km at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Image credit: Getty Images)
Kristina Vogel in the commentary booth at the UCI Track World Championships(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
France's Quentin Lafargue reacts after winning the gold medal in the men's 1 km time trial at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
Davide Plebani of Italy competes in the Men's Individual Pursuit Qualifying race on day two of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
Jan-Willem van Schip of the Netherlands celebrates winning the gold medal in the Men's Points Race Final(Image credit: Getty Images)
Mark Downey of Ireland celebrates winning the bronze medal in the Men's Points Race Final (Image credit: Getty Images)
The Netherlands' Jan-Willem van Schip (L) celebrates with a team member after winning the Men's Points Race 40 km at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
Jan-Willem van Schip of the Netherlands leads on his way to winning the gold medal in the Men's Points Race Final (Image credit: Getty Images)
Jan-Willem van Schip of the Netherlands leads on his way to winning the gold medal in the Men's Points Race(Image credit: Getty Images)
Kelland O'Brien of Australia competes in the Men's Points Race Final on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
Santiago Ramirez Morales of Colombia competes in the Men's 1Km Time Trial race on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
Joseph Truman of Great Britain competes in the Men's 1Km Time Trial race on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
Joseph Truman of Great Britain competes in the Men's 1Km Time Trial race on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
Marc Jurczyk of Germany competes in the Men's 1Km Time Trial race on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
John Archibald of Great Britain or Team GB competes in the Men's Individual Pursuit Qualifying race(Image credit: Getty Images)
John Archibald of Great Britain or Team GB competes in the Men's Individual Pursuit Qualifying race on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Image credit: Getty Images)
Stefan Bissegger of Switzerland competes in the Men's Individual Pursuit Qualifying race on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Image credit: Getty Images)
Claudio Imhof of Switzerland competes in the Men's Individual Pursuit Qualifying race on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
Ashton Lambie of the USA competes in the Men's Individual Pursuit Qualifying race on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
Ashton Lambie of the USA gets ready to compete in the Men's Individual Pursuit Qualifying race(Image credit: Getty Images)
Filippo Ganna of Italy competes in the Men's Individual Pursuit Qualifying race on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
Ivo Oliveira of Portugal competes in the Men's Individual Pursuit Qualifying race on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
Alexander Evtushenko of Russia competes in the Men's Individual Pursuit Qualifying race on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
Leon Rohde of Germany competes in the Men's Individual Pursuit Qualifying race on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
Alexander Porter of Australia competes in the Men's Individual Pursuit Qualifying race on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
Alexander Porter of Australia competes in the Men's Individual Pursuit Qualifying race on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)
Clement Davy of France competes in the Men's Individual Pursuit Qualifying race (Image credit: Getty Images)
Jan van Schip (Netherlands) secured his first world title in the men's Points Race, dominating the evening race from start to finish. Van Schip was one of four riders to lap the field three different times, patiently timing his forays off the front to scoop up maximum points. In all, the Dutchman won six separate sprints to end the race with a massive 104 points to claim gold over Sebastian Mora (Spain).
The bronze medal came down to finishing position, with Ireland's Mark Downey tied on points with Wojciech Pszczolarski (Poland) coming into the sprint. Downey followed a surge to finish fifth in the final sprint to the Pole's 12th to round out the podium.
The women's Omnium kicked off with a victory by young Italian Letizia Paternoster in the scratch race. She beat Australia's Annette Edmondson and Jen Valente (USA) to take the early lead.
The tempo race saw a surprise win by Yumi Kajihara (Japan) in the tempo race. Kajihara topped Rushlee Buchanan (New Zealand) and Ina Savenka (Belarus) to take the lead in the overall standings. In the elimination race, however, Kajihara made an early exit, finishing seventh and dropping down the rankings.
Valente raced with surgical precision, making the final sprint against Kirsten Wild (Netherlands) and then winning with a well-timed dive down the banking.
Paternoster fought valiantly to hold on for third in the elimination, taking the overall lead with 104 points, with Wild two points down in second and Kajihara third with 98. Valente's win moved her back into fourth at 92 points.
Wild went on to win secure the overall victory in the points race, claiming four more points than Paternoster to push the Italian into the silver medal position.
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