Track Worlds: Chloe Dygert wins women's Individual Pursuit, breaks world record

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Gold medalist US Chloe Dygert poses on the podium after the womens individual pursuit final at the UCI track cycling World Championship at the velodrome in Berlin on February 29 2020 Photo by Odd ANDERSEN AFP Photo by ODD ANDERSENAFP via Getty Images (Image credit: Getty Images)

Silver medalist Frances Clara Copponi and Frances Marie Le Ne pose Netherlands Kirsten Wild and Netherlands Amy Pieters and Bronze medalists Italys Letizia Paternoster and Italys Elisa Balsamo pose on the podium after the womens 30km Madison final at the UCI track cycling World Championship at the velodrome in Berlin on February 29 2020 Photo by Odd ANDERSEN AFP Photo by ODD ANDERSENAFP via Getty Images (Image credit: Getty Images)

BERLIN GERMANY FEBRUARY 29 Silver medalist Clara Copponi and Marie Le Ne of France Kirsten Wild and Amy Pieters of The Netherlands and Bronze medalists Letizia Paternoster and Elisa Balsamo of Italy pose on the podium after the womens 30km Madison final during day 4 of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships Berlin at Velodrom on February 29 2020 in Berlin Germany Photo by Maja HitijGetty Images (Image credit: Getty Images)

American Chloe Dygert smashed her own world record, twice, in the women's Individual Pursuit on her way to winning the world title at the 2020 UCI Track World Championships in Berlin on Saturday.

In what was the highlight of Day 5 of racing, Dygert qualified with the fastest time in the three-kilometre Individual Pursuit with a time of 3:17.283, which beat her own world record set in Apeldoorn in 2018 by three seconds. She then went on to win the gold medal with a time of 3:16.937, which broke her world record for the second time in the same day.

Germany secured the silver with Lisa Brennauer, the bronze with Franziska Brausse and fourth place with Lisa Klein.

Dutch duo Kirsten Wild and Amy Pieters won the world title in the women's Madison scoring 36 points to beat France; Clara Copponi and Marie le Net. Italy's Letizia Paternoster and Elisa Balsamo took home the bronze.

France's Benjamin Thomas won the men's Omnium world title with a total of 158 points. He beat runner-up Jan Willem van Schip from the Netherlands, who earned the silver medal with 135 points. Bronze went to Matthew Walls with 117 points.

Germany's Lea Sophie Friedrich won the women's 500m Time Trial beating Mexico's Jessica Salazar Valles and Italy's Miriam Vece.

The racing continues at the fifth and final day at the UCI Track World Championships in Berlin on Sunday.

Results

Women's Individual Pursuit

Women's Individual Pursuit
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Chloe Dygert (United States of America)	0:03:17.283
2	Lisa Brennauer (Germany)	0:03:18.320
3	Franziska Brausse (Germany)	0:03:20.222
4	Lisa Klein (Germany)	0:03:21.828
5	Annie Foreman-mackey (Canada)	0:03:24.968
6	Emma White (United States of America)	0:03:25.667
7	Jaime Nielsen (New Zealand)	0:03:26.508
8	Ariane Bonhomme (Canada)	0:03:26.513
9	Georgia Simmerling (Canada)	0:03:26.712
10	Maeve Plouffe (Australia)	0:03:26.742
11	Bryony Botha (New Zealand)	0:03:26.837
12	Josie Knight (Great Britain)	0:03:27.875
13	Kirstie James (New Zealand)	0:03:28.006
14	Ashlee Ankudinoff (Australia)	0:03:28.118
15	Kelly Murphy (Ireland)	0:03:29.699
16	Silvia Valsecchi (Italy)	0:03:30.640
17	Tamara Dronova (Federation Russian)	0:03:32.304
18	Coralie Demay (France)	0:03:33.870
19	Marta Cavalli (Italy)	0:03:36.142

Women's Individual Pursuit - Finals for gold
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Chloe Dygert (United States of America)	0:03:16.937
2	Lisa Brennauer (Germany)	0:03:23.229

Women's Individual Pursuit - Finals for bronze
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
3	Franziska Brausse (Germany)	0:03:24.284
4	Lisa Klein (Germany)	0:03:26.342

Women's Madison

Women's Madison
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Netherlands	36
	Kirsten Wild
	Amy Pieters
2	France	24
	Clara Copponi
	Marie le Net
3	Italy	20
	Letizia Paternoster
	Elisa Balsamo
4	Belgium	13
	Jolien d'Hoore
	Lotte Kopecky
5	Denmark	12
	Amalie Dideriksen
	Julie Leth
6	Great Britain	10
	Elinor Barker
	Neah Evans
7	Poland	9
	Daria Pikulik
	Nikol Plosaj
8	Russia	4
	Maria Novolodskaya
	Diana Klimova
9	United States	2
	Jennifer Valente
	Megan Jastrab
10	Germany
	Franziska Brausse
	Lisa Klein
11	Ireland
	Lydia Boylan
	Lydia Gurley
12	Ukraine
	Ganna Solovei
	Anna Nahirna
13	Switzerland
	Lena Mettraux
	Andrea Waldis
14	Hong Kong, China
	Bo yee Leung
	Yao Pang
15	Japan
	Kie Furuyama
	Kisato Nakamura
16	China
	Xiaofei Wang
	Jiali Liu
17	Australia
	Amy Cure
	Annette Edmondson
18	Belrus
	Palina Pivavarava
	Ina Savenka

Men's Omnium

Men's Omnium - Scratch Race
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Benjamin Thomas (France)
2	Matthew Walls (Great Britain)
3	Lasse Norman Hansen (Denmark)
4	Artyom Zakharov (Kazakhstan)
5	Christos Volikakis (Greece)
6	Campbell Stewart (New Zealand)
7	Jan Willem van Schip (Netherlands)
8	Gavin Hoover (United States of America)
9	Elia Viviani (Italy)
10	Eiya Hashimoto (Japan)
11	Roger Kluge (Germany)
12	Daniel Staniszewski (Poland)
13	Derek Gee (Canada)
14	Cameron Meyer (Australia)
15	Ka yu Leung (Hong Kong, China)
16	Joao Matias (Portugal)
17	Fabio van den Bossche (Belgium)
18	Ignacio Prado Juarez (Mexico)
19	Thery Schir (Switzerland)
20	Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi (Spain)
21	Raman Tsishkou (Belarus)
22	Volodymyr Dzhus (Ukraine)
23	Liang Guo (People's Republic of China)
24	Krisztian Lovassy (Hungary)

Men's Omnium - Tempo Race
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jan Willem van Schip (Netherlands)	31
2	Benjamin Thomas (France)	31
3	Roger Kluge (Germany)	25
4	Lasse Norman Hansen (Denmark)	21
5	Derek Gee (Canada)	2
6	Gavin Hoover (United States of America)	2
7	Matthew Walls (Great Britain)	1
8	Artyom Zakharov (Kazakhstan)	1
9	Eiya Hashimoto (Japan)	1
10	Campbell Stewart (New Zealand)	1
11	Cameron Meyer (Australia)
12	Fabio van den Bossche (Belgium)
13	Christos Volikakis (Greece)
14	Elia Viviani (Italy)
15	Joao Matias (Portugal)
16	Daniel Staniszewski (Poland)
17	Thery Schir (Switzerland)
18	Krisztian Lovassy (Hungary)
19	Liang Guo (People's Republic of China)
20	Volodymyr Dzhus (Ukraine)
21	Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi (Spain)
22	Ignacio Prado Juarez (Mexico)
23	Ka yu Leung (Hong Kong, China)
24	Raman Tsishkou (Belarus)

Mne's Omnium - Elimination Race
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Campbell Stewart (New Zealand)
2	Roger Kluge (Germany)
3	Jan Willem van Schip (Netherlands)
4	Benjamin Thomas (France)
5	Elia Viviani (Italy)
6	Eiya Hashimoto (Japan)
7	Daniel Staniszewski (Poland)
8	Cameron Meyer (Australia)
9	Thery Schir (Switzerland)
10	Gavin Hoover (United States of America)
11	Matthew Walls (Great Britain)
12	Raman Tsishkou (Belarus)
13	Artyom Zakharov (Kazakhstan)
14	Joao Matias (Portugal)
15	Fabio van den Bossche (Belgium)
16	Volodymyr Dzhus (Ukraine)
17	Ka yu Leung (Hong Kong, China)
18	Ignacio Prado Juarez (Mexico)
19	Derek Gee (Canada)
20	Christos Volikakis (Greece)
21	Liang Guo (People's Republic of China)
22	Krisztian Lovassy (Hungary)
23	Lasse Norman Hansen (Denmark)
24	Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi (Spain)

Men's Omnium - Final standings after Points Race
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Benjamin Thomas (France)	158
2	Jan Willem van Schip (Netherlands)	135
3	Matthew Walls (Great Britain)	117
4	Roger Kluge (Germany)	97
5	Campbell Stewart (New Zealand)	94
6	Cameron Meyer (Australia)	90
7	Gavin Hoover (United States of America)	82
8	Lasse Norman Hansen (Denmark)	81
9	Elia Viviani (Italy)	79
10	Artyom Zakharov (Kazakhstan)	77
11	Eiya Hashimoto (Japan)	76
12	Derek Gee (Canada)	64
13	Daniel Staniszewski (Poland)	59
14	Christos Volikakis (Greece)	50
15	Thery Schir (Switzerland)	42
16	Fabio van den Bossche (Belgium)	38
17	Joao Matias (Portugal)	36
18	Ka yu Leung (Hong Kong, China)	21
19	Raman Tsishkou (Belarus)	20
20	Krisztian Lovassy (Hungary)	18
21	Ignacio Prado Juarez (Mexico)	16
22	Liang Guo (People's Republic of China)	6
23	Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi (Spain)	4
24	Volodymyr Dzhus (Ukraine)

Women's 500m Time Trial

Women's 500m Time Trial - Qualifying
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Lea Sophie Friedrich (Germany)	0:00:33.197
2	Pauline Sophie Grabosch (Germany)	0:00:00.065
3	Jessica Salazar Valles (Mexico)	0:00:00.102
4	Miriam Vece (Italy)	0:00:00.213
5	Daria Shmeleva (Federation Russian)	0:00:00.273
6	Kyra Lamberink (Netherlands)	0:00:00.324
7	Anastasiia Voinova (Federation Russian)	0:00:00.353
8	Urszula Los (Poland)	0:00:00.458
9	Olena Starikova (Ukraine)	0:00:00.581
10	Luz Daniela Gaxiola Gonzalez (Mexico)	0:00:00.673
11	Ekaterina Rogovaya (Federation Russian)	0:00:00.791
12	Steffie van der Peet (Netherlands)	0:00:00.867
13	Natalia Antonova (Federation Russian)	0:00:00.877
14	Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia)	0:00:00.942
15	Helena Casas Roige (Spain)	0:00:01.389
16	Junhong Lin (People's Republic of China)	0:00:01.514
17	Juliana Gaviria Rendon (Colombia)	0:00:01.631
18	Linyin Zhang (People's Republic of China)	0:00:01.659
19	Sarah Orban (Canada)	0:00:01.895
20	Charlene du Preez (South Africa)	0:00:01.986
21	Soohyun Kim (Republic of Korea)	0:00:02.087

Women's 500m Time Trial - Final
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Lea Sophie Friedrich (Germany)	0:00:33.121
2	Jessica Salazar Valles (Mexico)	0:00:00.033
3	Miriam Vece (Italy)	0:00:00.050
4	Pauline Sophie Grabosch (Germany)	0:00:00.058
5	Anastasiia Voinova (Federation Russian)	0:00:00.355
6	Daria Shmeleva (Federation Russian)	0:00:00.373
7	Urszula Los (Poland)	0:00:00.802
8	Kyra Lamberink (Netherlands)	0:00:00.883

Men's Sprint

Men's Sprint - Qualifying
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands)	0:00:09.253
2	Jeffrey Hoogland (Netherlands)	0:00:00.069
3	Mateusz Rudyk (Poland)	0:00:00.181
4	Denis Dmitriev (Russian Federation)	0:00:00.269
5	Mohd Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia)	0:00:00.295
6	Nicholas Paul (Trinidad and Tobago)	0:00:00.303
7	Jason Kenny (Great Britain)	0:00:00.308
8	Yudai Nitta (Japan)	0:00:00.309
9	Quentin Caleyron (France)	0:00:00.311
10	Stefan Botticher (Germany)	0:00:00.315
11	Matthijs Buchli (Netherlands)	0:00:00.322
12	Sebastien Vigier (France)	0:00:00.342
13	Tomohiro Fukaya (Japan)	0:00:00.354
14	Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom (Malaysia)	0:00:00.356
15	Sam Webster (New Zealand)	0:00:00.362
16	Nathan Hart (Australia)	0:00:00.371
17	Matthew Richardson (Australia)	0:00:00.375
18	Sandor Szalontay (Hungary)	0:00:00.397
19	Jack Carlin (Great Britain)	0:00:00.406
20	Juan Peralta (Spain)	0:00:00.415
21	Jair Tjon en Fa (Suriname)
22	Yu Zhou (People's Republic of China)	0:00:00.421
23	Kevin Santiago Quintero Chavarro (Colombia)	0:00:00.429
24	Chao Xu (People's Republic of China)	0:00:00.440
25	Sam Ligtlee (Netherlands)	0:00:00.451
26	Ethan Mitchell (New Zealand)	0:00:00.500
27	Nien Hsing Hsieh (Chinese Taipei)	0:00:00.511
28	Vasilijus Lendel (Lithuania)	0:00:00.512
29	Pavel Kelemen (Czech Republic)	0:00:00.531
30	Tsz Chun Law (Hong Kong, China)	0:00:00.554
31	Martin Cechman (Czech Republic)	0:00:00.582
32	Santiago Ramirez Morales (Colombia)	0:00:00.683
33	Muhammad Fadhil Mohd Zonis (Malaysia)	0:00:00.692
34	Jean Spies (South Africa)	0:00:00.931

Men's Sprint - 1/16th Finals, Heat 1
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mohd Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia)
2	Vasilijus Lendel (Lithuania)

Men's Sprint - 1/16th Finals, Heat 2
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Nicholas Paul (Trinidad and Tobago)
2	Nien Hsing Hsieh (Chinese Taipei)

Men's Sprint - 1/16th Finals, Heat 3
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jason Kenny (Great Britain)
2	Ethan Mitchell (New Zealand)

Men's Sprint - 1/16th Finals, Heat 4
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Yudai Nitta (Japan)
2	Sam Ligtlee (Netherlands)

Men's Sprint - 1/16th Finals, Heat 5
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Quentin Caleyron (France)
2	Chao Xu (People's Republic of China)

Men's Sprint - 1/16th Finals, Heat 6
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Stefan Botticher (Germany)
2	Kevin Santiago Quintero Chavarro (Colombia)

Men's Sprint - 1/16th Finals, Heat 7
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Matthijs Buchli (Netherlands)
2	Yu Zhou (People's Republic of China)

Men's Sprint - 1/16th Finals, Heat 8
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jair Tjon en Fa (Suriname)
2	Sebastien Vigier (France)

Men's Sprint - 1/16th Finals, Heat 9
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Tomohiro Fukaya (Japan)
2	Juan Peralta (Spain)

Men's Sprint - 1/16th Finals, Heat 10
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom (Malaysia)
2	Jack Carlin (Great Britain)

Men's Sprint - 1/16th Finals, Heat 11
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Sam Webster (New Zealand)
2	Sandor Szalontay (Hungary)

Men's Sprint - 1/16th Finals, Heat 12
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Nathan Hart (Australia)
2	Matthew Richardson (Australia)

Men's Sprint 1/8th Final - Heat 1
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands)
2	Nathan Hart (Australia)

Men's Sprint 1/8th Final - Heat 2
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jeffrey Hoogland (Netherlands)
2	Sam Webster (New Zealand)

Men's Sprint 1/8th Final - Heat 3
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mateusz Rudyk (Poland)
2	Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom (Malaysia)

Men's Sprint 1/8th Final - Heat 4
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Tomohiro Fukaya (Japan)
2	Denis Dmitriev (Russian Federation)

Men's Sprint 1/8th Final - Heat 5
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mohd Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia)
2	Jair Tjon en Fa (Suriname)

Men's Sprint 1/8th Final - Heat 6
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Matthijs Buchli (Netherlands)
2	Nicholas Paul (Trinidad and Tobago)

Men's Sprint 1/8th Final - Heat 7
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Stefan Botticher (Germany)
2	Jason Kenny (Great Britain)

Men's Sprint 1/8th Final - Heat 8
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Yudai Nitta (Japan)
2	Quentin Caleyron (France)

Men's Sprint Quarterfinals, Heat 1
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands)
2	Yudai Nitta (Japan)

Men's Sprint Quarterfinals, Heat 2
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jeffrey Hoogland (Netherlands)
2	Stefan Botticher (Germany)

Men's Sprint Quarterfinals, Heat 3
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mateusz Rudyk (Poland)
2	Matthijs Buchli (Netherlands)

Men's Sprint Quarterfinals, Heat 4
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mohd Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia)
2	Tomohiro Fukaya (Japan)

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