Hindes, Kenny and Skinner claim gold in men's team sprint
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The team of Great Britain with Laura Trott, Elinor Barker, Ciara Horne and Joanna Rowsell-Shand compete on their Women's Team Pursuit (Image credit: Getty Images)
Mark Cavendish of Great Britain in action on his Men's Omnium Individual Pursuit (Image credit: Getty Images)
Mark Cavendish leads the trio in the final laps
Thomas Boudat of France(Image credit: Getty Images)
Kazushige Kuboki of Japan warms up before his Men's Omnium Individual Pursuit (Image credit: Getty Images)
Stephanie Morton (R) of Australia and Katy Marchant of Great Britain compete on their Women's Sprint Quarter finals heat (Image credit: Getty Images)
Italy with Elana Cecchini, Elisa Bartelloni, Beatrice Pattaro and Francesce Pattaro(Image credit: Getty Images)
Lin Junhong and Guo Shuang of China compete on their Women's Sprint Quarter finals(Image credit: Getty Images)
The team of Great Britain with Laura Trott, Elinor Barker, Ciara Horne and Joanna Rowsell-Shand compete on their Women's Team Pursuit (Image credit: Getty Images)
Lee Wai Sze of Hong Kong poses with their medal after the award ceremony of Women's Sprint(Image credit: Getty Images)
Wai Sze Lee (R) of Hong Kong and Kaarle McCulloch of Australia(Image credit: Getty Images)
Barrette Hugo of Canada shakes hand with Buchli Matthijs of Netherland after Buchli Matthijs won the Men's Keirin Final (Image credit: Getty Images)
Buchli Matthijs of Netherland (Middle) on his way to winning the Men's Keirin Final (Image credit: Getty Images)
Scott Law of Australia in action on his Men's Omnium Individual Pursuit (Image credit: Getty Images)
Kazushige Kuboki of Japan in action on his Men's Omnium Individual Pursuit (Image credit: Getty Images)
Katy Marchant of Great Britain (L) competes with Guo Shuang of China (Image credit: Getty Images)
Natasha Hansen of New Zealand (L) competes with Kaarle Mcculloch (Image credit: Getty Images)
Mark Cavendish of Great Britain competes during the Men's omnium individual pursuit(Image credit: Getty Images)
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Adrian Teklinsi of Poland (Image credit: Getty Images)
Tim Veldt of Netherlands competes during the Men's omnium individual pursuit(Image credit: Getty Images)
Tim Veldt of Netherlands competes during the Men's omnium individual pursuit(Image credit: Getty Images)
Thomas Boudat of France in action on his Men's Omnium Individual Pursuit (Image credit: Getty Images)
Kazushige Kuboki of Japan warms up before his Men's Omnium Individual Pursuit(Image credit: Getty Images)
Denmark go up against Australia in the men's team pursuit(Image credit: Getty Images)
A flurry of medals were awarded on the second day of the UCI Track World Cup in Hong Kong, while road sprinter Mark Cavendish opened his account in the Omnium with second places in the Scratch and Elimination races. He finished 16th in the individual sprint, leaving him fourth overall after the first day of Omnium races.
There were wins for Olympic Omnium champion Lasse Norman Hansen (Denmark) in the Individual Pursuit in the Omnium, while Thomas Boudat (France) beat Cavendish to the win in the Elimination race.
Men's Team Sprint
There were medals for Great Britain in other disciples, however, with the men’s sprinters Phil Hindes, Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner, holding off Poland to win the gold medal. The British team won their final with a time of 43.751, with their opposition crossing the line in 43.802. In the battle for bronze, Russia took the win ahead of Australia.
Men’s and Women's Team Pursuit
It was Canada who came away with the gold medal in the women’s team pursuit, beating Great Britain into second place. Jasmin Glaesser, Laura Brown, Stephanie Roorda, and Georgia Simmerling rode for Canada and completed their final in a time of 4:19.737. The British team of Emily Nelson, Elinor Barker, Ciara Horne and Olympian Joanna Roswell finished in a time of 4:20.034. The USA won the ride against China in the bronze-medal race.
In the men’s equivalent, Australia rode under four minutes in the final with a time of 3:57.461. They edged out Denmark, who finished in a time of 4:00.894. Great Britain took Cavendish out of the team while he competed in the Omnium and they went onto secure the bronze ahead of Germany.
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Women’s Omnium
In the women’s Omnium there were strong performances from Sarah Hammer and Laura Trott. Elissa Wundersitz won the women’s scratch race ahead of Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) and Angie Sabrina Gonzalez (Ven), with Trot and Hammer in fifth and sixth, respectively.
In the individual pursuit, Hammer showed her class and experience, taking the win in a time of 03:31.282. Trott took second with Kirsten Wild in third.
Trott showed her speed though in the Elimination race, her true speciality, winning ahead of Hammer and Jolien D'hoore of Belgium. Wild came home in fourth.
Women's Team Sprint
In the women’s team sprint, RusVelo pairing Daria Shmeleva and Anastasia Voinova beat the British duo of Jessica Varnish in the gold-medal ride. It was Britain’s first gold medal in the event for two years. Spain beat Canada in the bronze-medal ride.
