23/02/2013 World Track Cycling Championships

Good afternoon and welcome to back to our coverage of the World

Cycling Championships in Minsk in Belarus. They once saw the British

Cycling team win two medals and day to did as well and day three did as

well so high hopes for day four. Nothing guaranteed in sport but

after the drama of yesterday with Simon Yates and Jason Kenny both

taking gold, anything can happen and I'm delighted to say that Craig

McLean and Victoria Pendleton are alongside me. It was a mad hour

yesterday when they won within 30 minutes of each other. A fantastic

points race by Simon Yates, he was very courageous. Completely

unexpected, we mentioned it yesterday, he did not have a

biography on the British Cycling website, it is a fantastic website

but he is so unknown. A definitely has a biography now. In terms of

Jason Kenny and the keirin, he looked out of sorts in this

championship. The teams Brent did not go so well, not the easiest

path to the final. The semi-final was particularly difficult, and he

got the last minute reprieve when one cyclist was relegated. A real

turn around. He got in the repechage Ellie on. Some times that

happens in your favour. Maybe not on that occasion and he found

himself boxed in in the semi-final. Victoria, it almost like he got the

kick up the pants he needed. Post Olympic Games and win a world title,

you did it in 2008/09 and Jason did not look in the mood and that bit

of luck turned his mind set. It was a wonderful opportunity to get in

there and do a good keirin race, he would have been annoyed about

getting boxed in and not getting chance to express how well his legs

are going. To get that chance to take it on a second time in a final

of the World Championships, you need quite a lot of faith in Jason

coming up with the goods. A great day yesterday, now focusing on

Becky James already has two bronze medals, she goes for gold a little

later on in the women's sprint. Jason Kenny is the Olympic champion

in the men's sprint and that black gold medal in the keirin yesterday,

who knows what might happen a there? And then Laura Trott is back

on track in the omnium. Points race and the elimination race, can she

defend his title as well as the team pursuit she did earlier on?

Concentrating on the women's sprint, Kristina Vogel of Germany in that.

We will look at the semi-final this morning, Vicky, take us through

this, coming up to the Bell. Peggy -- Becky died down in the track, a

risky bet confident Miniver and it paid off because it caught her

unawares and she could not recover from it. It was a great spread by

Becky. This was the title you won a year ago, wasn't it? It would be

wonderful if Becky took over your crown. Yes, it is a tough event and

to go through so many rounds and make minimal mistakes, it is tough

and she has taken advantage of her opponent and winning very

comfortably. You saw the audacity of that move, but she is building

in confidence, she has got these two bronze medals, he has almost

come of age. The way she approached that ride, she obviously did have a

lot of confidence. It is not a member of the you try if you were

not feeling capable of pulling it off, she took it on, saw a gap, did

not think twice, she did not hesitate so it goes to show her

mindset going into that match. She is really up for it. He is up

against Kristina Vogel in the final for the gold medal and the bronze

medal, it is Lee of Hong Kong and Chris Boardman is in the commentary

Kong at the front and the Chinese behind. The Hong Kong rider is the

new time trial champion. The winner of Hong Kong's first ever cycling

medal, a bronze in the keirin in London last year and the Chinese

cyclist won two silver medals, in the keirin and the team sprint.

Well beaten in the semi-final, 2-0 by Becky James. Today a lot of

confidence from that performing overall World Cup winner here in

both the individual sprint and the experienced competitors on the

the Hong Kong athlete take the lead needs all the acceleration, it is

all about the back straight, this is where the race is won and lost.

Look at the acceleration. Will she be able to get onto the shoulder,

lost her balance there, nearly collided and it was close on the

line but leak took it on the line but it was a fearsome burst of

speed down the back straight and then coming off that bank which

almost salvaged the first match, the Hong Kong athlete hanging on.

First time lining up for Becky James, in fantastic form, I would

match, at the moment happy to trail the German. Becky James was the

fastest qualifier, that set the seeding for the competition. She

has sailed through the competition smoothly, it must be said. And she

was particularly impressive in the way she dispatched the Chinese

cyclist in the final, 2-0. Bury confident in the press and raising

eyebrows, her own form running into this. That could help has also seen

her through this heavy competition she has had so far. Two medals

already this week, two bronze for Becky James from the team sprint

and the women's 500 metres time trial. 1.5 laps to go. Starting to

wind up. The good Hyde, Vogel pulling it down the bottom of the

track and Becky James has got the inside line, she is in control with

one lap to go. Kristina Vogel left the back door open at there and

straight through went Becky James. She is in a great position to take

a 1-0 lead in this final. Has he been a threw got the speed to come

back? Not quite, 1-0 for Becky James. A great closing sprint.

James taking control when Kristina Vogel went very high on the banking

with just over a lap to go. Vogel tried to control it but... Although

looking about photo finish? It has gone to Kristina Vogel but it

cannot have been by more than one STUDIO: Going straight back to

Minsk now for the second race in a bronze match, Chris and Simon, your

commentators. COMMENTATOR: Our result system did

initially give that race to Becky James but it swiftly turned on its

head so she has to win in a couple of minutes time when they come back

out on the track but at the moment we are watching the second match up

in the best-of-three race for the bronze medal for between China and

moment, the more experience of a two. If the Hong Kong cyclist wins

this, she will get the bronze medal. Closing all the time and here comes

the challenge. Has she got the speed to take it on the line? It is

the close but I think she has got it. The Hong Kong cyclist, the

flagbearer at London 2012, the 500 metres time trial world champion

here earlier this week has another medal to add to her collection. The

bronze medal from the women's individual sprint, Guo Shuang

beaten 2-0 in the semi-final by Becky James and beaten in straight

rides here for the bronze. Nice to see someone having delight in the

medals. Fantastic exoneration going into the final banking curve as

well, Guo Shuang had their response to that -- fantastic acceleration.

These competitors see each other a finding herself in the last chance

saloon here in this final. So close as you saw in the first ride. But

from her point of you, not quite close enough. If somebody said,

Becky James, you will go home with a hatful of battles, you will find

yourself in the world sprint final then she would have taken your arm

off. Fantastic progression she has had. She has had a great week and

whatever happens here, he will win her third battle of these World

Championships. Bronze in the team sprint, bronze in the 500 metres

time trial and she has looked really good in this sprint

competition. One move in particular in the semi-final in the second

race against Guo Shuang showed real guts and craft as well as pure

speed. Vogel better known for a team sprint track record. Equal

footing in many cases but the German has got the lead at the

moment. You are looking at the future of women's sprinting, Anna

Meares yet to come back in after having time out and Becky James at

21 and Kristina Vogel at 22, this is probably not the last time they

will meet in a very big important the track. Becky James leading,

easing their way into this one, watching each other like hawks.

Becky James openly saying that she had a fantastic block of training

coming into these championships as she has certainly proved that, with

the way she has performed this week. It is a lot of racing form, lots of

events have lots of rounds in each of those. When she first came to

people's attention, racing for Wales in New Delhi in the

Commonwealth Games, silver medal in the individual sprint against Anna

Meares in the final. But really element of surprise. She wants to

take the lead. Kristina Vogel deciding she will not hang around.

Becky James has got to pull this race out of the back. She needs to

cross the line first to still be in with the chance of a gold medal.

Here we go on the final lap. If she has given her quite a lot of rope,

she has given herself a wheel to a mat, she is accelerating hard on

the outside. She has made it! James makes it on the line, it will

go to a third and final decisive right. Excellent sprinting from

Becky James to level the World Championship final at 1-1.

thought she would do better having the wheel to I'm out. -- to aim at.

I think she has the superior acceleration and speed. The last

race was a surprise to me, I thought she might have got it but

she has kept itself in contention. Becky James a clear winner of match

two in the best of three women sprint final, she is still in with

the chance of becoming a world the chance of becoming a world

champion. That final will be a roundabout six

stiff -- 6:15pm, although the schedule seems to be a moveable

feast. Both Craigend Victoria were impressed? Definitely, I thought

that Kristina Vogel might take the lead, and she did. Playing entirely

into Becky's hands. For some reason from the safe position of riding

she just came over the top and decided to try to control the race.

Becky took advantage, she took a really nice gap and it gave her

space to accelerate in the final bend. At that stage, you were

saying, get on the fence! And she did. She got some height, she got a

lovely gap. She did not panic, she was in the slipstream. She took

advantage of the gap and accelerated at such speed. It was

pretty comfortable? Yes. At one point she looked like she was

struggling. In the first round, Vogel had the benefit of running

into Becky's slipstream. I don't think Vogel has the legs to go for

it. This next race will be really hard, she looks fatigue. They are

different in terms of stature, Becky might have more endurance?

Becky is very fit at the moment, she has lost a lot of weight, she

is more lean, it has helped her in terms of the insurance side. She

has backed up these rights very successfully and she looks in the

best shape, physically, I've ever seen her, and she feels it, you can

see it. What should she do in raise three? Ideally a carbon copy of

that one. Bogor will probably revert back to the -- to the tactic

which work for her in the first place, it will be a tussle.

Advantage Becky? I think so. In a race like that, Vogel just gave it

away. She made a bad decision, Becky reacted and made the right

decision, she took the gap and the height and played it perfectly. She

will think, what can I do? I tried to control it and Becky still won.

I think that he will be in a strong position. She has put her neck,

line! I'm very confident. -- put her neck on the line.

Let's catch up with the men's sprint, Jason Kenny going in this.

This was his match against Webster Kenny is near as the camera. Held

up by Iain Dyer. Jason Kenny, the new world keirin champion. The

winner of three Olympic gold medals already at the age of just 24.

Facing him in his quarter-final, Sam Obst of New Zealand, the

national champion of New Zealand, triple world junior champion in

2009 -- Sam Webster from New Zealand.

We must take into consideration that they have several sprint

competitions under their belt -- under their belt, the team sprint,

the keirin, all of them containing runs. Jason looks better and better

as this World Championship goes on. He certainly does. He was the 7th

fastest in the qualifying ride this morning, but as you were saying, he

has improved as the day went on, just as he did yesterday. Very

closely run in the 8th final, the last round. A good match with the

German, it went to a photo finish, Jason Kenny just edged it. A really

good sprint between them. They're just coming round to the

two laps to go board. We might see some more pace injected into this

race soon. Webster might find this difficult from the back position.

He beat the Spaniard in the last round. Jason Kenny was the world

champion in 2011. Jason Kenny is trying to draw

Webster down to the bottom of the track. Kenny takes the bell and is

in control as Webster tries to close the back -- the gap. Jason

Kenny needs to respond. Tight on the inside line, very close. Sam

Webster tapes it -- takes it and Leeds 1-0. A slightly surprising

result. Webster wrote superbly. -- Jason Kenny is in the last-chance

saloon, he needs to win the next heat. Jason Kenny has to win this

race against Sam Webster. Webster is one-0 up in this best of three

quarter-final. Jason Kenny already with the gold medal. That was from

the keirin. He has to perform here and now if he wants to maintain an

interest in the individual sprint competition. A great opportunity

for the youngster, Sam Webster, to ride against the Olympic champion.

What an experience he had done the previous round, a very sharp

acceleration down the back straight. They are both doing very, very well

in this competition. Jason Kenny proofing and the keirin

final yesterday that he has the speed. No finesse here, they are

accelerating already with two laps to go. Webster is keen to make it

difficult for Jason Kenny to know which side to pass. Kenny is

keeping his height for the acceleration. Webster knows what he

is doing. Going for a long way out before the bell, Jason Kenny has

some catching up to do. Sam Webster leading the way. Here comes Jason

Kenny closing the gap. Not closing the gap nearly enough. 2-0 in the

quarter final. 10.1 seconds from the front, not from the top of the

Bank, that is very quick Paul Webster. We shouldn't underestimate

what Jason Webster was up against, that was a world-class sprinter by

any standards. Fantastic sprinting from Webster, the new sprint

champion of New Zealand. Making his mark among the seniors. Webster

making light work of that straight through. Straight through to the

Jason Kenny out at the quarter- finals, what did he do wrong?

Nothing that would have made a difference. Webster just looks the

superior athlete at this point. Jason was tired, he had no control

after the keirin, he could have had a bad sleep. Webster has had a day

off, he will be fresher. Tactically, Jason was OK, I think. In the

second round, Webster got a real jump on him? He just looked like

when he accelerated it was with such force, it was such a dynamic

race, he really wanted it. I think Sam Webster really wanted to put

Jason away in the second rider and be done with it, he did a great job.

Sam just looked in fantastic shape. Perhaps for Jason, a gold medal in

the bag, it felt as Little -- it felt a bit like, job done? From my

personal experience, once you have won one title, maintain and that

momentum through the competition day after day is really difficult.

Maybe you just was not in the right shape to date coming into the

competition. Overall, I think Jason will come away from the

championships feeling he has moved on from the Olympic hang over that

we talked about for so many cyclists? A clear line drawn?

Coming back into a world championships after an Olympic

Games is a real reality check when all visit and you have three riders

per nation and they are all really good quality. It makes the whole

competition, from the early rounds, so much harder. The men's omnium

reaches its conclusion today. The Britain was 12th over night. We can

now look at the individual pursuit now look at the individual pursuit

and the scratch race. Jon Dibben began the on the month -

- omnium had daytime good enough for fit place. Glenn O'Shea and

Lasse Norman Hansen led the way. The New Zealander was the fastest,

meaning that after four events, Glenn O'Shea lead. In the

penultimate event, the scratch race, Dibben teamed up with a Belgian to

gain a lap on the rest of the field. The 19 year-old from Southampton

earned just one point. Gate came home in 5th, one better than O'Shea,

meaning the Antipodean pair are Great job from Jonathan Dibben. The

final event of the omnium is the kilo. Once again, Simon and Chris

time trial in the men's omnium, a few riders to go before we see Jon

Dibben. We are looking at the Ukrainian rider at the moment.

Sorry, he has just finished, it is the rider from Kazakhstan and the

one from Belarus, they are out on the track, they go in pairs, four

laps of the track. A quick word about Jon Dibben, he was fit in the

omnium in Glasgow earlier in the winter, that was his senior World

Cup debut. He has come back up through the standings. The longer

it has gone on, the better he has fared? He is flying, he won the

scratch race. He really is getting better and better. He has acquitted

himself extremely, extremely well. Great experience for him. They're

going reverse order, so the riders bottom of the overall standings

going first, the medal contenders will be the first out. So the rider

from the Czech Republic has set the fastest times so far, but by no

means is he likely to be near the top of the leaderboard when we come

to the end. But just because you are near the back overall does that

necessarily mean you will do a bad time in this event, it might be

your speciality. Absolutely. They are very respectable times when you

consider that this is the 6th event in this competition, they have been

Kazakhstan. They are coming up to the end of their right. The

Kazakhstan was 5th in the tour of Vietnam last year, he rides on the

road as well. He got a bronze medal from the Asian Championships but he

is well down the overall standings. A you mention them riding on the

road, these days they will go through the winter track season and

you would think that they might be on holiday now, but lots of them

will take up their position with their professional or semi-

professional teams and start doing there full road season, it is a

full-time job. I think people are treating the omnium differently

these days now it is part of the Olympic programme. A Olympic medals

are becoming more and more valuable, commercially as well with the

global media. There is a lot more sponsorship available for these

athletes. It just becomes more and more professional as people try to

win. We used to see riders riding on the road and dropping to the

track for a few weeks, now it is Switzerland racing now. -- madison

champion. The French cyclist has been entertaining us over the past

24 hours, third place in the points week, the one kilometre race, just

four laps of the track but the hardest laps you could ever think

of. They were absolutely in bits and the speed difference from third

to last lap was something in the region of 10 kilometres of our, so

much damage can they do. These guys are more endurance-based, they do

not have as much. They do not die off too much towards the end.

Italians started reasonably well in this, -- the Swiss, but he

struggled in the points race. 16th in that, he lost a lot of ground at

there in the bunch races but he lap. He rode the advantage.

One of the big problems with the omnium, it is timing. Within any

given championship. We might have expected Ed Clancy to be riding

this, he has had success in this, he won the bronze medal in the

London Games but not taking part here. I don't think aid can

consider himself a specialist. -- added that Ed Clancy can consider.

He ended up becoming world champion and the slot that naturally went to

him, but his first love was always the team pursuit which he

prioritised and on this occasion, he chose to give the opportunity of

experience to a young rider to try these events for the first time.

They say this is not about winning primarily for the British team, it

is about giving riders a chance, a potential squad for Rio.

retract has also said, she is an Olympic and the world champion in

the omnium, she does not specifically prepare for that but

she is able to prepare on the back of that. The skill set is there,

they are highly skilled riders and they have lost a tactical training

early in their training and wants that is in the back, you can

continue focusing on the physicality in the team pursuit --

in the bag. The Spaniard will be next out of the starters gate. The

European champion at the omnium, third in Glasgow on the other side

of the track as the clock continues to take away and up against Hong

Kong. Four national titles and a European crown to his name, at

there is the cyclist from Hong Kong who was the World scratch race

champion in 2011. And the road race champion of Hong Kong as well. A

rider who likes to switch from the seconds, they are very respectable.

I one -- a 1:two seconds but is a the other side of the track, they

are not strictly racing against each other, it is a way of getting

through the field more quickly. wind is still circulating when you

come round. The conceit is that into head for the Spaniard -- you

can see it is starting to hurt. They will not come top of the

leaderboard, the Spaniard is the 5th fastest and Kwok, back in 8th

place, they will both finish considerably lower than that once

the favourites have been out. But we are heading towards Jon Dibben

of Great Britain, he will be in the next pairing. The Belgian rider in

the other place. Jon Dibben will be on the track shot live. The --

shortly. Well-paced and considered ride, following his progressive

trend of the past 24 hours. Absolutely. 19 years of age, he was

19 earlier this month in the Olympic Academy programme, at a

silver medallist in the omnium last year at here he is in the senior

might not himself up a couple of places. See him perhaps going

towards faith but we have a superb ride for him. So much talent in the

British squad. That will be interesting to see which way Jon

Dibben does as he moves forward, whether he concentrates on the

track or the road because he was 5th in the world junior road race

championship last September that he was in the mixed right at the end,

in the sprint for the line so potentially could have success on

the road. What of precedent as well with Bradley Wiggins, Geraint

would not be surprised if this is the fuss that we have seen today.

De Buyst is a team pursuit cyclist as well for Belgium. Nice and clean

into position for Jon Dibben. fastest so far out of those who

have been out on the track. A looks like he is in a good position.

John didn't gain some ground? 11th in the flying lap, 9th in the

elimination, 5th in the individual pursuit and winner of the scratch

trend. He has slipped back. Dibben must dig deep for a few

seconds here and then his omnium will come to a close but it has

been a solid performance from him. Up to the line now, it was

consistent. All the way through. Gives him third place. A third

place for the Belgian, the Swiss minute of pain ahead of him at that

particular point. A minute from the this particular time, this is just

for the kilo time trial. De Buyst up into third. Jon Dibben his 6th.

We are looking at the Russian cyclist here. Not really on the

form we have seen him in the past, he has done himself well in the

competition so far but I don't think he is quite the best we have

seen him in. He can also write a good kilometre. Artur Ershov ended

up falling off early in the ride, he was going up the top of the

banking and came a cropper and very quickly Russia were down to three.

Just one more heat now until we have got the medal ride. Tim, the

vastly more experienced rider in the bright orange. A World

Championship silver medallist, he has won a bronze in the past as

well. Outside the medals this time, 5th at the start, Artur Ershov is

sixth overall. Very different styles there. A bit shaky, it will

taking a while to get into his stride. Tim really got into his

stride in the elimination race, and he won that. A third fastest there

so he is riding true to form and he looked very comfortable in

possession there as he drives round his second lap. Tim is looking

strong, still the fastest, stirring no sign of tying up so far. I think

we will see a new leader here. He looks well in control. Tim takes

the bell and still has the fastest time. With just four riders to come

after him. Starting to tie up a bit now. It will be really higher --

hurting now. He is the new leader. That will be tough to beat. 3.2 is

very respectable, he will be tough to beat. Tim, a picture of

determination right from the opening and he set the fastest time

throughout. Great technique out of the gate. More of a sprinter.

People have come at this event from different angles. Some are fast in

the final lap and a kilometre time trial and survive in the longer

event. Tim is one of them, he has the best of power and can get it

all out. The one kilometre was always one of his favourite event.

Tim goes to the top of the leaderboard and the Swiss rider it

nudged down into second place. Almost one second in between them

in terms of the time. This is Lasse Hansen from Denmark. Really

exciting talent. The Olympic champion. These riders have got

such an enormous lead between third and 4th. Lasse Hansen has 19 points,

and Lucas Liss has 33 so a huge buffer so this is a question of can

Lasse Hansen overtake? Lasse Hansen won the bronze medal in the World

Championships last year, that is where he is now, two points behind

the gold medal positions. He had a bad ride in the elimination races

and drop a few points. So important to be consistent. No sure if he ran

out of steam or just got it wrong tactically and was caught out.

Lucas Liss, every German start there really skilled out of the

gate but Lasse Hansen is sharp and wiry. Lucas Liss is absolutely

flying, the German rider. They have high hopes of a podium finish for

him back in Germany. He wants to finish in style. They are very

strong start but very expensive with energy. He is still in first

position at 500 metres. Will he still be in the lead at 750? He won

the omnium in the world event in the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. Lucas

Liss must hang on for one more lap, starting to feel it but not slowing

too much at all, to be honest. Lasse Hansen third fastest, did he

have a lot left in the tank, he had lots left in the tank. That was a

great lap. A stunning ride from the Danish rider and the Olympic

champion stamping authority over this kilometre time trial. A both

riders under one minute and three seconds and I thought somebody

might slip under but to go under by a fall half a second, that is

astonishing and all done in the closing laps. They did not slow at

all. A respectable start, Lasse Hansen and then he just did not

slow for the remainder of the race. I have to say, at the end of a

competition like this, a superb ride from Lasse Hansen. He is not a

specialist at this in particular, he rides on the road and has a bit

of everything. It was very good riding from him. We have got the

one final pairing to go in the He is the team pursuit bronze

medallist from the London Olympics. And there is the defending champion,

Glenn O'Shea from Australia. O'Shea did not win a single event last

year but he finished 6th or better in every single one of them, which

led to him taking the world title. They are level on points, so if

they were to finish this event on the same points, they take all of

that time events, the flying lap of the one kilometre and the pursuit,

they pull that amount of time and it is whoever has the shortest time.

Gate has a four-second buffer, so if it finished equal times he would

only -- almost certainly be ahead of O'Shea. O'Shea is normally

better in the kilometre, but Aaron Gate is better in the individual

pursuit. Oh, there is a technical issue with O'Shea's bike. He has

got his hand in the air, he has indicated a problem. Now, if

possible, Aaron Gate needs to keep going, but O'Shea is going very

slow. Gate will continue his right. It is fully committed, there was no

way he would pull out, he would have been blissfully unaware of

what was going on elsewhere with no gun and no indication from any

officials that he needed to stop, he has to maintain focus. This will

make it quite interesting. It has really screwed up the electronic

timing but he is in first position according to the timing at 750

metres, so this is a fantastic performance by the New Zealander.

Will this right taken to the world title? What a fantastic white, won

her 2.271, the fastest man in the field, Aaron Gate from New Zealand.

-- 102.271. He should get another start now. If you have a mishap at

the start, you must stop at na lap. I don't think that means physically

stop, because they have no brakes, but indicates that you will not

continue, so he should get a restart. But 102 from two is a big

target. O'Shea won in 102.9, that was when he was fresh. Even if the

match that it would only be good enough for third or 4th place in

this event. He needs a PB by some distance. Gate is the man to beat,

I can't see anybody toppling him, he has been incredibly consistent

through the competition. What do you think was wrong with O'Shea's

like? I think he might have pulled the wheel over. The wheel is not

going around very well. Straight away, the commissar is coming to

supervise, to make sure... They are saying there is no problem at all.

I think some of the lamb and it might have come off, the sides of

the discs came unstuck. It looks like they will give him the

opportunity to restart. A faulty wheel seems to be the issue. He was

lucky he could keep riding and keep out of the way of Aaron Gate.

still has the chance to White, it certainly looks that way, then his

reign as world champion will last for another couple of minutes --

still has the chance to ride. He definitely has a restart. O'Shea

had that mechanical issue but he has been given a restart. He has

acted all the way through as if he knew that he would get that, we

have been waiting for confirmation from the officials. Glenn O'Shea

needs to compose himself for more time. It is not easy for him, he

got emotionally and physically ready for one moment. But this is

what makes a champion, you have to deal with these things, learned to

put all the thinking to one side and just deal with what is in front

of you. Their gate is being taken out onto the track, so it looks as

though they will give him a restart immediately. He is still in the

home straight. His bike is ready to go. It is just him that needs to

completely disintegrate, it was in a tandem at the time and it was

incredible that the British pair kept going, there were bits on the

track everywhere, they were finding it embedded in the track. It just

shredded, didn't it? In the end, there was no real let-down they

toppled over. It must out been very frightening for them -- there was

no wheel left. It shows how perceptive they are, he just felt a

bit of spending us. The bonding comes away from the rim. It could

have been catastrophic. He was fortunate. Another issue here, he

is not happy. It looks like the wheel has been clamped not fully

straight on the track. You can feel instantly that the bike is leaning

to one side. It is not his day. This is what you don't need at a

vital moment in the World Championship when you are currently

in silver medal position. He is in the same number of points as Aaron

Gate, but it now seems to be going from bad to worse. What has

happened? Has he decided he will not ride or have they actually

decided it for him? He will either not be able to write -- rider, or...

I can't believe they need to get a new start his gate. There is a

technical problem, I think they will give them a few minutes.

Unless they can sort it instantly, they will give him a break or move

on with the programme? He seems quite composed. Maybe we will see

Glenn O'Shea later. There is Aaron Gate, the New Zealander. His work

is done, he must be feeling reasonably confident. O'Shea will

have to do the right of his life to will on all that kind of time.

has been so consistent, he won the flying lap, he did OK, he picked up

eight points. His consistency will surely taken to the gold medal? I

think it looks as if the Australian will be given a little bit more

time. He is not reacting like somebody who has been told he will

not be able to write, but he will no doubt be glad of the little

extra rest before he heads out for We understand that he will start

after the women's medal ceremony. It would be tough to ask him to go

straight away? If the adrenalin is pumping, it might be OK. You could

say that getting your bike right is part of it in the first place?

have changed the rules, at the 1996 Olympics the reigning world

champion pulled his foot on malign and he was almost guaranteed a win,

he just had to ride around. Bobby's it hurts a little bit, but he

pulled his foot from his paddle and at that point there was no restart,

nowadays he would have been given a restart. -- obviously it hurts a

He has not even done half a lap. can't really see it. We heard from

Jill Douglas that it was a problem with his disc wheel at the back, it

is not clear what. Pretty soon after he came out of the gate he

realised there was a problem. Any idea? It could be that the bolts

idea? It could be that the bolts slipped and the wheel was rubbing

against the frame, it could be that simple. It could be an issue with

the wheel itself. We will look at that right when he gets back on his

bike, good luck to Glenn O'Shea, not the easiest thing to deal with.

It was a dramatic day for the British team yesterday, a couple of

gold medals, but first came in the points race with Simon Yates. --

laps. 20 laps gained if you take a lap. The bell in the background is

letting us know that we are, as you can see, are misprint lap, the

first of the race. Big crowds are getting animated with the rider

from Belarus. I think he was pipped for second place. The Frenchman won.

It is quite a war of attrition, the points race. There were 80 laps to

go. With the lap Games, -- gained, Simon Yates from Great Britain is

the joint leader of the men's points race final. Yates is on the

front, he desperately needs more points. Simon Yates leading birth -

- leading the Sprint, he gets five points a year. Simon Yates is up to

the silver met opposition. -- medal position. One point in it and nine

laps remaining. Yates needs to keep himself in touch, he is moving

towards the back of the group with only one lap remaining. He has to

score a point. Yates for the first time is in the wrong place at the

vital moment of the race. He is nowhere near the front of the group

at the moment. The Frenchman Leeds. Simon Yates is making its move.

This is extraordinary. Simon Yates goes around the outside. We need to

see the chasers. There they are. Yates is third on the track, there

hears. Simon Yates, 20 years of age, could be about to become the world

champion. He is absolutely burying himself here, and Simon Yates has

done it, he is the world champion at 20 years of age! What a

I tried to conserve my energy at the start. I just got a bit more

and bought through the race, started taking a few sprints, it

worked out well -- started to get a bit more involved. It must be

fantastic to have somebody off his experience with you? I was probably

giving him a nightmare, not listening to what he was doing. I

couldn't have asked for a better mentor. That was a very impressive

piece of bike riding? Very good. He had to really dig deep in the final

20 laps to pull that out of the back. A great ride throughout. I

have been there, I really wanted it for him. Couldn't have asked for

any more, really. Perfect preparation, worked out perfectly.

Now we can speak to Simon and Chris in the commentary position. Simon,

you could get a job as a camera direct as well as a commentator,

you were screaming at the local director to get Simon Yates

invasion? Yes, because at least see him, it was as though he was fired

from a catapult at the vital moment. It is a 160 lap race and he

suddenly found himself in completely the wrong position, but

just as all seemed lost, he realised the situation and he just

about managed to summon the reserves of strength to make the

move around the outside. He said this morning that he just sensed a

very slight easing up among the other riders. He thought, no, it is

all-or-nothing, the world title is on the line, it was a thrilling way

to win the world title, but what did out for me was we mentioned he

is just 20, he didn't even have a biography in the British Cycling

website ahead of these championships. He rode it so

intelligently and so Mocholi and he did not put a foot wrong throughout.

He made sure he was in the mix, in the race at never far away, always

in with a chance, but he did so without over extending. The Spanish

rider who ended up with soul they did a mountain of work and also the

Australia -- the Austrian rider, time and time again they were on

their own trying to drag others around will get away and in the end

they used up so much energy, but it was a very canny, intelligent ride

from Simon Yates and he thoroughly deserves to be champion. It was not

what we expected at the start of the race. It was not. Chris, you

are out there mixing with the team, was there any inkling that he was

in that kind of shape, he had the right had on his shoulders to do

something like that? -- head on his shoulders. They know he is skilful,

which is why they gave him the opportunity. I was speaking to

Chris Newton earlier and he said that he is a clever bike rider, but

even Chris was sweating at a couple of moments. As Simon said, there

were plenty of times in that race when he took a calculated risks,

and he called everyone correctly. He only made three key moves in

that entire race and he called each one perfectly. It bodes very well

for the future, he did not win because of a freak opportunity or

because he physically had the legs and they don't know who he is, he

was allowed to get away, he did it using his brain. Others will be

aware of him because he has won a stage of another race in the past,

which is a very tough race. The tour of the future, not officially

the younger version of the Tour de France but that is how it is viewed.

Because a range of disciplines on the road and on the track he has

already shown that he is highly Although it is viewed as a

preparation for Rio, this race is not involved. He has made himself

the favourite rider for Britain in that particular race, the next step

is to go into the on the M. There is talk of playing around with the

omnium, bringing the points raced back, at the Union Cycliste

Internationale will propose that to the IOC and they may get some extra

medals in there, particularly endurance medals, three and three

with the sprinters but we do not know whether that is actually going

to happen. That is up for grabs in the next few months. Just to say as

well that Glenn O'Shea has come back onto the track now and he is

about to do his final ride in the men's on the end, but he will have

to go some to stand a chance because Aaron Gate is leading the

way. It in that case, I will leave it to you to commentate on whether

Glenn O'Shea can stay amongst the medals. The men's on the M. --

opportunity. It has to be the right of his life, he is the Australian

National one kilometre Champany -- champion. He will know to go an

awful lot quicker than that of the wants to take this omnium title. He

has had two chances already, you can see he is committed and it is a

good start. He comes through the to run and 50 metre mark, enough for

fourth-fastest. Chris was saying that his best time he has done

probably would have got him into that sort of position in this field

with the times being ridden so far. He is on his game but still may not

be enough. He is holding that position as it comes through 500

metres so it will all be about the final. He is going to do a

respectable ride, probably take the silver but I don't think he can

shift Gate. The one more lap to go for the Australian to bring to the

end of the omnium championship. has put on a great show, a

gargantuan effort. It is not going to be enough as he crosses the line.

Glenn O'Shea with a result meaning the gold medal goes to Aaron Gate.

I think he knew the gold medal was his but he had to wait until Glenn

O'Shea had finished and Aaron Gate wins, 18 points and Lasse Hansen

now the Olympic champion moves into the silver medal position because

the time of Glenn O'Shea was not quite quick enough so Glenn O'Shea

from Australia finishes with the bronze medal, he has lost the

silver medal by a point, finishes thought Glenn O'Shea would do

slightly better and that single point cost him the silver medal so

he stays on the podium but miles ahead, and these are the result of

the time trial. Lasse Hansen from Denmark second, a really fast time

there and Lucas Liss in third for Germany. Glenn O'Shea not quite

good enough in that final ride. The silver medal for Lasse Hansen and

Glenn O'Shea for bronze, 19-year- old Jon Dibben finishing in 8th

A top-ten finish for you here, Jon Dibben. I saw you watching the guys

there mixing it up for the medals and I could see in your eyes, there

is a hunger to get up there and push up the rankings. I came here

looking for a good result and doing the best I could do, I am happy

with the way it has gone, happy with 8th, and obviously I would

want to win so I am watching them but that is where I wanted to be.

It is a high-quality field, some very experienced omnium riders.

yes, six races in two days, it is quite busy. You never have too much

time lying around. You do one raised and then fly into the points,

then it is the second day. You have got to think about eating and

racing. It all comes quickly, you have to stay on your toes. Pretty

consistent right the way through but you were looking particularly

fresh in the Devil and then coming into the blue. I think I did go on

the blue at there but it was a tricky one, I was feeling good, got

a good start and you always need a bit of luck in the Devil. I was in

the wheel so out of the wind but I did not spend too much energy on

the first couple of laps, then got stuck on the inside and I knew I

would be tight and they could not go on the outside because Glenn

O'Shea was squeezing the down side it was either crash or go on to the

blue and it is breaking the rules so they were probably right to

relegate me. Hard lines but overall, two days of competition and you

have watched the guys in the pursuit team ride and he will watch

the madison tomorrow. A great feeling among these young riders

coming through, what is it like being part of that? If it is great.

Yates is right, yesterday was unbelievably good. -- it is great.

May, Sam Harrison, Sam Yates are all part of the Academy it so it is

the younger guys coming up, -- me, Sam Harrison. We are all happy with

it and the madison tomorrow. What is the plan for you? A couple of

easy days but only a couple, straight onto the road and then

concentrate on the road all year, get that head on. Get a bit of form.

It enjoyed the delights of Minsk before you go. Congratulations.

STUDIO: A top 10 finish for Jonathan didn't. -- Jon Dibben. A

palpable sense of disappointment? It is a tough event, the omnium,

how you have to get up for these events and it feels like you do not

get much rest. Difficult to manage and it is a fantastic experience

for him to go through a whole senior world competition but also

the fact there is so much success over the past few days, that will

really drive him on. My first World Championships were not so

successful but lot of success within the 18, a few world

champions made that here and it really inspired me to come back

stronger the following year -- success with in that team. A with

the success of Simon Yates, a contemporary seeing his success,

those were his dreams, in this championship. Maybe they did that

go with aspirations to win it but he is bound to be disappointed when

he sees somebody who trains alongside him to go on and win a

World Championship title, naturally he will be disappointed but the

benchmark is very high. I am sure there will be plenty of good stays

ahead of him. Next week will hope there is drama on the track in

Gothenburg when we had to Sweden for the indoor athletics

Jason Gardener is the winner. It is Mo Farah.

As the European Indoor Athletics gets under way in Gothenburg. We

will had out now again to Minsk, speak to Jill Douglas in the mixed

zone. Becky James obviously getting warmed up close to where you are.

What is the mood in the camp like? Becky is smiling, looked relaxed,

and composed. Absolutely no pressure on her at all. The coaches

have been with her, chatting to her over the course of the evening.

Giving her encouragement but he will take enormous confidence in

the way she approached those two rides. We may already be crowning

her world champion if it wasn't for the closeness of the first ride.

The way she rode in the second right, she will take great

confidence from that. She asked me for the Wales rugby score as well

so she will be wanting to see that., we have almost C pair grow before

our eyes with these games. -- see her grow. The point has been made

by Simon and Chris and Vicky in the studio, she has had a consistent

blog of training and racing. Bothered with ill health and injury

and suddenly finds herself with a block of training and that is so

confident. She was feeling good and you the numbers were good in

training and no pressure on her. Looking back to the Commonwealth

Games, she raced against Anna Meares, she is not intimidated by

big games. Confidence is not something that Becky James lacks

and she loves sprinting and racing. She will have taken confidence from

her former earlier this week and he will have taken confidence from her

rides earlier this week. Here's the old champion of this... Well not

quite yet. It Becky, you think it is the key's to win? It is

definitely in her grasp -- Vicky, you think it is Becky's to win. She

hands? Becky James from Abergavenny on the front and Kristina Vogel of

Germany, Vogel winning the first race by mm. -- by about 1mm. I do

feel that Becky James would benefit from having the wheel to aim at. It

worked so well for her in the previous round. She could engage

her own effort with a visual reference. Kristina Vogel is

certainly a competitor to be respected. So close, that win in

the first round. We thought Becky James had got it and the photo was

literally mm but the second round Becky James looked a lot fresher

this time? Kristina Vogel on the outside of the pair, Becky James

not giving how much room and not giving Vogel to much of an option.

She is trying to make it a late sprint but now she is committing,

the second burst of speed in the home straight, Vogel is on to the

wheel and coming round on the shoulder, it is all or nothing.

world title at stake and Becky James is going to do it! Becky

James is the champion of the World! What a ride. Becky James in the

final ride, she led from the front and at first... She did not know

she had won there! Because post-the key Pendleton, Britain has a new

star because she held on -- poster Vicky Pendleton. She won by half a

wheel which will mean she will have a gold medal around her neck rather

than a silver. She did not want to wait. she cannot believe it now,

rolling around and neither can the sprint coaches. What a promising

rider. She has had illness and injury and finally fulfilling her

capabilities. What joy as well for the coaches who have done a great

job. Becky James, so much talent and it has all come to fruition

here. Still just 21 but she rode absolutely brilliantly and what a

winning smile. From the new world champion. What a World

Championships. She has got a hat for of medals. That one is the

right colour. Two bronze medals earlier in the week for her on the

first day in the team sprint alongside Vicky Williamson, another

promising new young member of the British team and then the bronze

medal again in the women's 500 metres time trial which she was not

targeting, she said she wanted to do the right and get back and

prepare for the spread because for her, this was the big event of the

week and all that effort has all been worth it now. Because she is

on top of the world. Good for the coaches as well because this is the

first time to be there with somebody doing this for the first

time. They have seen world champions many times now but always

on the front of one or two of the newspapers tomorrow! We saw that

she had the potential to achieve great things in the Commonwealth

Games in Delhi when she went all the way through to the sprint final

and gave Anna Meares a good race. But now, three years on, she is a

world champion. And some of the people who really matter are here

Talking about passing the baton from one world champion to another,

Becky James, how delighted are you to see this? It was a fantastic

competition for her. She rode the third race very confidently, she

was clearly the winner and my eyes, I'd put my money on it before we

got to the final. Craig, she has won this title, she has two bronze

medals, there must be a certain amount of 30, it gives you a

flavour of what shape she is in. -- there must be a certain amount of

fatigue. Most of these riders have raced at some point with some

fatigue. Everyone has tired legs. But Becky seems to be bouncing back

better than most. There was lots of shouting during the race about what

she should and should not do, let's the lead again, she was gaining

some height and it looked like she wanted to push ahead. At one stage

we thought, don't letter over the top of you, and she didn't. She is

protecting the inside of the track, holding Vogel in a position and

then she dictated won the sprint would start. She just held a good,

strong sprint right through to the final lap. You said Vogel didn't

leave a gap? She got right on Becky's wheel, which was a mistake.

She needed a gap to run into. There is no way you can sit on your wheel

and tried to edge around, it does not work like that. She was right

The new world champion is alongside Jill Douglas.

I can tell you what she has to say, she says you can't believe it, it

is a dream. Wonderful to see you celebrating with your grandparents,

who have made the trip. I can't believe this has just happened to

me. I am world champion, I can't believe it! We said to you

yesterday that nobody would want to race against you when the final

because you looked so strong or weak, but take us through the final.

When you went up against Vogel one lost it in the photo finish, what

were your thoughts? I went over my tactics afterwards, I should have

gone rather than wait it. But I really, really wanted to win. I

kept myself calm and thought about what I wanted to do in the next

round, I did it and I did it again in the third. A really convincing

win in the second round. How do you keep a lid on things? You were so

relaxed here. It is the first time I've been relaxed. I have taken its

step-by-step and not thought further ahead, just taking each

race as it came. Now I know how to race properly! When you came into

the championships, you knew you were in good form, you had a

wonderful Glock of training and kept good health, but did you

believe you would go home with a rainbow jersey and two medals from

previous events? I did not think I would get a single medal, I hope to

get into the top eight. I can't believe I have a rainbow jersey!

Victoria Pendleton was cheering you on in the studio. What did your

grand parent say? They said I deserved it, that I had trained so

hard, they are buzzing, they are so happy and it is so nice to have

them here. Congratulate and sand thank you.

Thank you. -- congratulate Asians and thank you.

She did not think she would win any medals, and she has got three, she

could get a 4th tomorrow. With confidence like that, and the other

girls have probably raised at the same amount of competition, she has

a good chance. It was interesting that she said she has never felt

more relaxed at the championships. People at home might think that for

your first world title it should be the opposite? When she says relaxed,

she means relaxed the competition. It is it a situation to be in. But

when you qualify fastest and you see how much of an advantage you

have, it eats you huge confidence and you can smile, take it in your

stride, try and make clear sense of what you're doing and make the

right decisions, which is what I think she has done. She dominated

the Sprint, she lost one raised by just this much -- she lost one race.

She took it by the scrap of the neck? Yes, and that confidence

comes from qualifying the fastest. Not that you can take your foot off

the gas but it gives you a psychological edge against your

competitors, because they know you're the one to beat. As long as

you don't make mistakes, it is yours for the taking. Celebrate the

moment, that is important, but she takes on a different status now,

she is a world champion with a title on her back? The stripes go

that way round, but I feel like they should go that way round. The

first time I rode in my world champion Jersey I remember being at

a race in Germany and I thought, I will never be overlooked ever again.

People will look at me as the one to set the targets on, to try to

beat next time. It is a burden but she seems very confident and happy

with her training and her performance. I think there will be

many more titles going her way. What she has is an environment

around her at British Cycling which knows all about having success, and

handling failure. But handling success is really important. They

are very experienced at producing world champions and they have gone

to show it at this Championships. People were concerned there was not

the motivation or form throughout the whole team, but really they

have the right support around the individuals to bring them to that

level, but very highest level, and give them the best chance of

achieving their dreams. Great for women sport. There has been a lot

about women sports and how well they have done with the Olympics in

the Paralympics. This is a triumph for the girls? I went into 2012

having the feeling that it would be the year for the girls to make the

transition and be as dominant as the men's team. In the early days

there were only two of us on the team, now it is full of world

champions really holding their own at the elite level of track cycling,

it is great to see and I am so pleased. Lots of talk beforehand

don't -- almost playing down expectations. It is a young team.

Yet when we look at the medal table, Britain are doing incredibly well.

That is part of the reason Becky was so relaxed, there was not the

pressure you would have leading directly into a games. Fantastic

results all round. It is hard coming out of an Olympic Games and

straight into the world championships so quickly. There is

a few notable athletes missing that would ordinarily be there. They

have taken time out for whatever reason. It is maybe not absolutely

true reflection of where we are in the world, but it is pretty good.

It was a good start, there is experience such as Jason Kenny and

Laura Trott, but they are all so young, they will be there in Rio

leading the team. Absolutely. There are many people on the team who

have not been in the post Olympic gold, they have been watching the

Olympics, raring to get a chance to race, watching how successful the

team has been. They have grasped the opportunity with both hands and

given it 100%. I think it bodes very well for the run-up to Rio,

producing a new team, a fresh new team of individuals who are the

best in the world. A word for the coaching team behind the scenes and

a job that they have done with Becky, with the likes of Simon and

Jon Dibben, you know them very well, Craig, they are like -- an

outstanding bunch of people? Most of them are former riders, the only

exception is possibly Iain Dyer, although he rode, just not at

international level. They are recently retired as well, they are

taking a fresh approach. Other countries maybe have coaches who

have been there forever, basically. It is constantly evolving, the

methods. That is great for those young athletes. Going back to Becky,

world champion now, what is the calendar ahead of her? What is next

day she builds towards the next World Championship next year?

sure she will have a break, but I doubt she will want one. She will

be ready to start training and get stuck in. It really depends on how

many World Cups she wishes to approach next year's, then

following into the worlds. If she will have the Commonwealth Games

next year for Wales. She will have a fight on her hands, there will be

fierce competition from Australia and, I'm sure, England as well. You

could have a comeback for that, Victoria! Enough of us talking,

let's get back to Minsk for the crowning of a new British world

onto the podium for the third time this week, but she is finally

standing in a position where she really wants to be, in the middle

to Wai Sze Lee from Hong Kong. The women presenting the flowers is one

of the great track riders from Belarus in recent years. Thinking

about the women's sprint competition, most of the top names

were here. Bobby's the Anna Meares is having a little break. --

obviously Anna Meares. This is a very, very strong field. But they

had to play second fiddle to Becky James. I don't necessarily think

those names not being here made a great deal of difference. These

times here have been quick and these are the people that are

motivated to be here and get stuck into the next Olympic cycle. I am

not sure you can take you out in this day and age, we will have to

wait and see. Kristina Vogel. And now the moment we have all been

champion, is now a senior champion. And she did it in some style,

losing the first race in the final under real pressure. She came back

and turn the final on its head. Absolutely delighted to be pulling

on the rainbow jersey. For the first time. She keeps looking down

to have a good look! It is the right colour! Let's just wait for

this presentation. She is coming forward to present the flowers.

Sze Lee was on the top step of the podium as the winner in the 500

metres earlier in the week. Kristina Vogel, who also has a gold

medal this week from the team sprint. She is an Olympic champion

three medals in a week, and she saved the best till last. And here

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

toast of Wales and also British from illness and injury for Becky

James but at last, she has arrived and making it all the sweeter.

did wonder over the last couple of years with all the problems she had,

whether she would be able to fulfil the potential we all knew was there

but she has done more than that this week with those two bronze

medals and now the World Championship victory in the women's

sprint. Victoria Pendleton, no longer be champion put the winning

jersey staying in British hands. STUDIO: A wonderful moment for

Becky James and alongside Jill Douglas is one of the head coach's

of British cycling, Jill Douglas, over to you. Shane, fantastic to

see the togetherness of that British team, standing and seeing

Becky James celebrating. On that evidence, dare we say, the first of

many in the years to come? Becky has come here, performed

brilliantly, not just in the sprint but her rides in the team spent and

the 500. I think the whole squad performed well. From the starting

put a good going forward, we have got a young and dynamic team. These

are the World Championships, we are not here to get experience, we are

here to win medals. The rest of the world must see this British team

and think they have not got Chris Hoy with them, no Victoria

Pendleton, maybe they will let us have a look in. And you have come

with a squad of riders like Simon Yates and Becky James who have

stepped up an Elinor Barker coming into the pursuit team. Something is

going correctly. The S, and full credit to the management team.

Brailsford -- yes, and full credit. We know everybody is back there

behind us. The loss of bigger riders, big names, has only

inspired the athletes to be even bigger things. Sir Chris Hoy,

massively missed. Just his demeanour and his leadership

qualities in the pit, but Jason stepped up here and he has taken

that a role. This girl has just gone 10.9, foot and there's not

many sprinters here who can scare her. And Simon, team pursuit,

running second. Girls, winning. It all bodes well for the future. As

long as we keep working hard, just keep building the squad and the

dynamic this week has been absolutely fantastic. Between staff

and riders, and that is the most pleasing thing for me because it is

a relatively new squad. Looking around the Velodrome, we have seen

the New Zealanders come here, the Australian team, your brother Gary

involved in the Australian team. What are they talking about what

the British team? A mix of youth in the team but Becky James in her own

right stepped up and she is now world champion. We pride ourselves

on a good squad. We did not have the years of development straight

after Beijing but these riders have come through the system and now we

are looking to develop to 2020 it now. Some good talent coming

through and it has been exciting, and we have come away with great

success. Not over yet. Becky James, what a composed and mature approach

to that spent tonight. Yes, she came of age and the beauty was from

even the coach's point of view, she was not afraid to pin the German

rider on the fence. She showed real ability and tracked her down when

she had to. Stepped on it when she had two and she brought it home. It

is refreshing to see a young rider be prepared to take it on from the

front. Many of them liked to ride from the back end today was a prime

example. We have got a prime talent but we have known that for a long

time. This girls -- gill has done a lot of work in Moscow. We will lead

Great Britain top the table of the medals. We got one from Jason Kenny,

Becky James, women's in pursuit with Laura Trott and Simon Yates.

Lauren Trott has been going in the omnium today, competed in a couple

of races already, she lives in 5th place, the elimination race coming

up shortly. We will not be able to get that on BBC Two, but we will

put it on the red button. We did catch up with Laura before the

Our training has been going well so I am looking forward to it. Just

want to get it done. Obviously, I am at mainly team pursuit still but

I have been doing lots more omnium stuff just because when it Joe left

our team, there were only two of us so we had to concentrate on that. I

did points-based stuff and some omnium. I would like to do well and

retain my title. Are you finding it tough to get yourself motivated for

the World Championships? No, not really. I noticed we have been so

highly and the expectation was high. We had a break and went to

Australia, did lot more training but now I am super excited. I just

want to race. It is going well in training. We have not done a long-

standing effort because we have not been on the track, Elinor Barker

has been at school so we have only just come together two weeks ago.

Minsk, Bella rooves. You have been before. What are your thoughts and

memories of Minsk -- Minsk - are the roots. It is not a freezing

cold in my memory! The first time I met Shane Sutton was here. What

were your impressions? He seemed like an angry man! He told me I was

not powerful enough as well to be a team pursuit rider. He has eaten

his words? He yes, he has since STUDIO: It is actually on the BBC

website, not the red button, the elimination race. We will see the

finish of the omnium tomorrow. A quick chat, Laura in complete

contrast to her boyfriend's Jason Kenny. She loves it. As she said,

it feels like she has not raced for ages but realistically, it is not

that long since the Olympics really. It did, let catch up with what

happened yesterday. One of the gold medals, Jason Kenny in the keirin.

disappear now. And the Dutch rider hits the front. Taylor in second

Jason Kenny up to second place. Next time round they will take the

Bell. Perfectly positioned, Kenny is just waiting and waiting. If he

does not get boxed in, he is in a great position. Jason Kenny is

right on his wheel, he has a chance to win the gold medal and up

towards the line, it is Jason Kenny who is the world champion! What I

ride! When it really mattered, Jason Kenny delivered. He did not

look like a world champion through the day but my word, he did there

and that that is exactly what he is. A double Olympic champion, he is

now the world champion in the men's keirin, a fantastic ride from Jason

Kenny. Maximilian Levy ends up with the silver, and the Dutch rider,

the bronze. I get the feeling that that surprised him, I don't think

he realised... He had good legs, and the coaching team said before

his there, just missing something that in that race, we watch the

replays, he was presented with the opportunity, came on the inside,

found himself in the perfect position with a lap to go. He was

given room to work and he just waited until it was time to go and

accelerated into the slipstream of Maximilian Levy. He was absolutely

delighted with that opportunity. put my house on Maximilian Levy

winning, to be honest! He is so strong, I could not believe the

speed we were going out. Everybody was in a line behind us. Doing a

bit of a Sir Chris Hoy, leading us all on. I can't believe it. All day,

we only made the final by default. It was a roller-coaster of a day

because he got boxed in and had to go through the repechage. What were

you thinking then? I was having such a confidence crisis,

especially after yesterday. It was really hard, messing up the team

sprint like that. I was expecting to be standing here with the lads

because I cocked it up so badly. That was such a big blow. It is an

amazing feeling to put it right. It is a shame that cannot be here to

enjoy it. Nice to see Jason Kenny Looking forward to tomorrow, it

could get even better through medal chances for the British tomorrow.

The woman of the moment, Becky James in the keirin. With the

confidence she has just taken, new world champion, you could not fault

her performance so far through the championships, she is in with a

good shout. If she rides three rides well, she could have another

title. The adrenaline, she will not slip a week tonight, will she?

She may sleep in her jersey. said after the bronze medal, that

she and Vicky could not sleep but that did not hold her back. Maybe

nothing to worry about. She has got nothing to lose. She has already

won a title. We have got binmen's madison, Simon Yates is back on

track with Owen Doull who did well in the scratchers race. Yes, he was

5th. Could be a formidable pairing. And Laura Trott, you can see her on

the website for the elimination race, how do you see her? Is she in

a decent position? I think with the omnium, it is not often you see

someone stay at the top of the banking throughout, it has to

change. People are strengths and weaknesses within the format so she

is still in with a good chance of being on the podium. And Laura's

attitude is like a breath of fresh air. Her and Jason Kenny are

together, almost a complete contrast in character. Possibly. I

wonder who does most of the talking in that household! Jason it lets

his legs do the talking and obviously Laura does as well but

they are just different characters and both formidable riders. Also

nice for law as well to have Becky come along and take a bit of the

focus off her -- mass for water as well. It is definitely nice to be

able to enjoy it with other team is -- it is nice for Laura trot as

well. It will be helpful in the future when they go on in the

future. Shane Sutton talking earlier on, he got the sense he was

pretty comfortable with how things were going. I and every reason to

be as well. Why would they not be happy? Perhaps better than they

anticipated when they came into it. They came in and wanted to get some

experience and they have come out with much more. If they put their

mind to it... We have come to the end up our time here. Laura Trott

will be on the website and we are back tomorrow on BBC Two and the

BBC HD channel from 11 in the morning, we have got Becky James in

the keirin, possibly going for medal number four. Laura Trott and

the final three events of the omnium, can she defend her title?

And then we have got the madison, Simon Yates and Owen Doull going in