Day 3 - Part 1 World Track Cycling Championships

Hello and welcome to Good Friday coverage of the third day of the

World Track Cycling Championships in Hong Kong. Two bronze medals so far

for a British team that is missing the majority of its experienced

gold-diggers, including the record-breaking woman who for the

last six years has brought personality to the team.

Representing Great Britain, Laura Trott.

I like winning, I like the feeling. She is full of confidence. Look at

us! Laura Trott is on fire. I can't

believe it, I feel dead in emotional right now. This is a stupendous ride

from Laura Trott. Gold for Laura Trott, on top of the world. What a

star, another world record. It is pretty amazing! So many gold medals.

It is gold for Laura Trott. She is a winner.

And I'm done later to say she's here in the studio with us, Laura Kenney

is here alongside Sir Chris Hoy and Joe Shand. Very weird for you it

must be, when was the last time you missed the World Championships?

2011, I have done it every year since I became a first-year senior.

It is a bit weird, actually. Part of me wanted this feeling, because it

is hard you go through such a period of time where it is all dedicated to

this, so to step away, I feel like I should be there, but part of me

didn't want to be, and I want to be back. But not in your current state.

But it is a joyful one, you are expecting your first child. How was

it all going? All smooth so far, only one bite of sickness. It is

easier growing baby then riding a bike! And are you still keeping your

fitness up? I am. I carried on riding at the start, going to the

gym as normal, and then ever since the three-month period, we tailed it

back, so everything has been about 90%, and my coach Paul has been

really helpful with it. I still go to the gym and ride my bike in the

garage. And what about Jason, what is he doing? Sat on the sofa,

probably watching! No, he is having six months to decide what he wants

to do, whether to carry on or to retire like Joanna. So he might

retire, is that what you are saying? I don't really know. As athletes,

you always want to carry on, you always want to go to the next thing.

He has drawn level with Sir Chris Hoy. All he needs is one more metal!

A little bronze would do it. You have been through it, it is

difficult. As athletes, you become this self absorbed person, and

everything is just about you, and there are bigger things in life than

that. Once the baby comes along, he will be desperate to go to training

camp to get some sleep! We are delighted to have you with us,

because we know how much you will bring to the programme. But we have

a lot to look forward to, Jo, including your former team-mate,

Katie Archibald. She has got a big chance here to win a gold medal. She

has, she has two events in Hong Kong, the UCI have completely

overhauled the event, so it is new for ever but e-mail. She is

currently in the lead, fingers crossed for a gold medal and rainbow

jersey in that. And the individual pursuit tomorrow, it is easier to

train for, just you against the clock really, so most of her

training has been around that, so if she could win the on the today, that

would be a huge boost, we have medals so far, but we haven't quite

won that gold. Today we have the culmination of the women's Sprint,

exciting for the home fans in Hong Kong, because they have a favourite

who is racing against the Olympic champion in Vogel. And what is the

feedback from the team about conditions? I'm sure they are

texting you. Is ever be happy with the velodrome and up? I think so. We

have seen some pretty fast times. It is not slow in there. And it should

be well supported. So let's have a look at what is coming up on today's

programme. Katie Archibald and she tries to win

her first individual world title. And the Hong Kong rider could raise

the roof of the Velodrome, she is in the semifinals of the sprint. Andy

Tennant and Matt Bostock of Great Britain didn't make it through, but

we will see the medals decided in the men's individual pursuit. And

Mark Stewart will need a combination of stamina and sprinting ability for

the points race, it is 40 kilometres , Sprints every ten laps. He will be

looking even more exhausted than that. So, Katie Archibald, is this

her big chance? With Laura here in the studio, a place in the beer was

available, she has taken it -- a place in the omnium was available.

And the omnium, that is a different thing for you. Yes, the conversation

we are going to is, is that because Laura is having a baby? I can't seem

to avoid that combination, so yes, I guess it is a fairly obvious truth

that she is Olympic champion and world champion, and you have to

expect that if she had continued training, that she would have the

form to make that selection. But as she is not here, there is still a

huge amount of competition with the riders that are looking to step

through, so it is not just myself. I became European omnium champion,

then Emily Kay went into the lead in the World Cup series, Emily Nelson

was second at a World Cup omnium also, Elinor Barker didn't ride any

of the internationals, but she is a formidable rider. There is a big

squad. And I feel quite privileged to have this chance to have this

omnium spot. I want to be competitive, and I think the next

three years, you will see most riders on this programme wanting to

do the same. She is a big personality, isn't she? Do you know

her well? How will she handle this? I think she will handle it well.

Everybody gets nervous, but Katie is one of the best really raising her

game on race day. Some riders, the nerves get to them and they have a

poorer performance than training, but she is one of the best I have

ever met it using that adrenaline to her advantage and going even quicker

on racing then we have seen in training. Consistently she has

performed well on the big stage. I guess for her the biggest

differences this is completely alone, she has never had an

individual World Championship medal before, of any colour. She has been

world champion in the team pursuit, so different for her being up there

on her own, but she does tend to use the adrenaline to her advantage. And

she has been in touch with you this morning, Laura? I congratulated her

on that, and she says she can't believe how hard it feels, but she

says everybody else is finding it harder than her. I don't know

anybody who can hurt themselves as much as she can, when your legs

screaming to stop, she can just keep going and going, it doesn't matter

how much pain she is in, and that is what makes her so different

everybody else. The first two events, she looked in a class of her

own, and she has put eight points between her and second already, so

that will help. Chris, you have been in that position, actually watching

Jason, somebody else stepping into what was your event, and you handled

it by being very proud of him. I have retired by that point so it was

easier for me to be happy for him. It is difficult when you are still

competing and you watch your team-mate or rivals compete when you

are not there, I had a crash in 2009, Mr World Championships and had

to watch from home, and that was tough on but again it was an

unforced thing, I didn't choose to miss the worlds, but it will fuel

the fire for Laura. It might not! I wouldn't have won a gold medal in

London without Jason within the team, that upward pressure, that

competition, so hopefully it will be that positive thing for the women's

team, and whoever gets the slot in Tokyo, they will win the gold medal.

Laura for the moment is the reigning world champion in the omnium, she

has won it twice and two Olympic gold medals, but it is an event that

has changed, and Chris Boardman explains the new format.

In a bid to improve the competition and make more spectator friendly

racing, the UCI brought in a raft of changes to the track programme after

Rio, and no event was effected more than the omnium. Since 2007, it has

undergone almost annual tinkering, but the most recent alterations are

profound. All timed events have been removed. In Rio, it took two days,

six events, now it is just four and is run-in a single day. Gone are the

pursuit, flying lap and time trial, and in comes the temporaries to sit

alongside scratch and elimination. The tempo race used to be a fun

filler event for kids at local track meetings. Now it has replaced events

with over 100 years of Olympic history, all in an attempt to give

the crowd something to cheer about. That is why it was originally

popular, it is like a points race of people in a hurry. From the sixth

lap, the riders sprint for a single point the Passover Wehrlein, so it

is a brutal trial of endurance, but mercifully short, just ten

kilometres for the man and 7.5 for the women. -- at every point where

they pass over the line. There are still double points on offer for the

final sprint. The winner of the Omnium is the rider who has

accumulated the most points over the course of the day. But do the

changes work? It is all about creating spectator friendly racing,

so you can be the judge. We are going to see live coverage of

the elimination race and points race, the final two events in the

omnium, but let's bring you up-to-date with Katie Archibald so

far. This was the scratch race, and she is well positioned towards the

front, just on the outside as she makes her move, and she executed it

to perfection. She did. Sarah Hammer loves to lead out early, and Katie

was waiting for her to run out of gas. As you can see, with one lap to

go, she finds that line, and you know that there is no way anybody is

going to come around her at that point because she has the shortest

line and the best legs out there. Chasing her is Australian Amy Cure.

She has been points race champion in the past, so she will be one to

watch in the points race, but Katie already has an 8-point gap, so that

is a lot of points, so you would assume that she would lose that.

Let's look at the point standing after the scratch race. Katie out in

front with 40, just two point the gap then. Keep an eye on Sarah

Hammer, currently seven. So, the tempo race, a new addition to the

omnium. After the first four lapse, they spread every lap.

COMMENTATOR: Rolling start for the tempo race, the second event of four

in the much changed women's omnium, it must be said. Katie Archibald

having won the first race, the scratch race. You can see her in the

middle of your picture with the union flag on her helmet. They come

around in a group, and this will make the start of the race proper.

Away we go. They will be sprinting for a single

point every lap, so the prizes are not well spread around, making that

ticks difficult to judge, because there is something on offer which

will keep the pace high, but we will see a lot of attacking. Only 7.5

kilometres, so a brutal test of endurance. It has changed the

character of the Omnium because it is a multitude of bunch races now.

It is fascinating to watch, but I'm not quite sure it has discovered its

identity yet. It used to be the end Europe's rider so you had all the

endurance events represented under this one umbrella title of omnium,

but then they took out the timed events, so is it now the best bunch

race rider? It is struggling to find that identity yet. Katie Archibald

already on the front, just keeping her eye on things. Excellent start

to the competition for Katie Archibald moving through on the

inside, number 32, Anita Stenberg from Norway, who swept the board

last year winning a magnificent seven titles. The first acceleration

of the race comes from Tatiana Concerto of Ukraine, in good form

coming into the championships. She won the scratch race in Los Angeles

earlier this year. And the first sprint is coming up.

The first point is collected by Stenberg of Norway.

You cannot go for them all, you have to choose which sprints to go for.

The ideal is the breakaway but no riders will work well in a breakaway

because only the first rider over the line gets the point. The second

point goes to Tetyana Klimchenko. Katie Archibald is leading the rest

of the field up to those three who are at the front. She may well

decide to keep going around the outside. She is right at the top of

the track, Pavlendova collecting the third point of this race. But here

comes Katie Archibald of Great Britain. She is on the board here.

She's taking it to and she kept that pressure on the pedals as she got

over the line. She wants to see if she can force a breakaway to take

some points from a much smaller group which she is doing at the

moment. They have just got to get stuck in. When you are at the front

of the race with somebody like Kirsten Wild who got the point you

are in good, swift company. Daria Pikulik from Poland is up there in

the red and white and Italy on the front at this moment in time Ellie

said Sarno, who is the world junior road race champion. Sarah Hammer

trying to get back on terms, usually so consistent in this event. But

already suffered a blow, seventh place in the opening round, so she

is already on the back foot. She is, she is up against it but so many

points still to play for but. Archibald is leading the event, the

sprints are well spread around at the moment. Stephany Road of Canada

going across the line -- Stephanie Roorda. Nonstop action in this tempo

race, 18 laps to go. Hammer on the front having chased across the front

of the group but no points for that. Katie Archibald again coming to the

front, she has a look over her shoulder. She is going to sit this

one out. She is already looking for some more points. Ruud equalling her

on two points. Having claimed points she is going to take the point for

the third lap in a row, Stephanie Roorda. Following her through in

second place Yumi Kajihara of Japan. Only the first rider who gets a

point. Sarah Hammer has decided it's time to show her face at the front.

She wants to get on the board here and it looks as if she will collect

a point. Kirsten Wild is following her, Amy Cure in the wheel tracks of

the Dutch woman and right behind Amy Cure is Archibald. Some of the big

hitters coming to the front. Tactically that worked out well for

Katie Archibald because Sarah Hammer went very hard to get this point but

she followed the wheels and her main competitor has done the chasing show

Dummett so she should be set up to counter and sure enough she rides

over the top and cruises to the front. Look at that for impressive

acceleration from Katie Archibald clear of Amy Cure and Archibald is

moving up the track and has a little look around. Good speed in her legs.

She settles down once more. It will get messy now because they are going

to catch the main peloton and get stuck in traffic. So they will need

to get back to the front to start scoring. If you already have the

highest points, being stuck at the back suits you well because everyone

is neutralised. She just collected a point without riding flat out to get

it, she had time to have a look around and now Amy Cure is therefore

company. They are not far away from joining on the back-end of the field

having lapped vast majority of those in the race. They have swung up now,

and this is where it becomes tactical because Amy Cure was

backpedalling because she didn't want to catch the bunch and wanted

the point. Now both of them, unless they go straight back to the front,

which is exactly what has just happened, they stop scoring, so

Archibald in fantastic form. She has just pinched another point. What a

gift, everybody moved out of the way and she rolled underneath and took

the point. And gaining a lap. Amy Cure goes to the front now, with

nine laps remaining. Katie Archibald, in an excellent position,

performing superbly. Tactically this may be a mistake. Kew rolled off the

front on her own, Katie Archibald was second and chose to swing up

rather than chase and with the gap so slender now with just two points

between them, that could be a brave move by Kew, but maybe she is

starting to feel those constant Sprint efforts now. Amy Cure riding

at the front and being chased by Lotte Kopecky from Belgium Hill is

just on the wheel of Lydia Boyland from Ireland. A little gap back to

Pikulik from Poland and just behind Roxane Fournier from France. Katie

Archibald in the middle of the pack. Amy Cure collecting another point,

Lydia Boyland going to the front now, the National road race champion

for Ireland in 2015 and 16. They are spread all over the track now,

aren't they? The last half dozen laps, point for Lydia Boyland.

She is going to take another one as well. She hasn't got the

all-important lap so she is 20 points trailing so she may be

grabbing some points but there is not enough laps left to do in this

race, you would have to bridge with the main peloton. I tell you what,

she is only half a lap behind. Superb effort from Lydia Boyland.

She is helping Katie Archibald because there is only a single point

over the line she is sucking them up, Katie Archibald on 24 point

stays in the lead and Boyland is neutralising the race. Amy Cure

keeps on coming over the line in second or third place and is not

collecting the points. Lydia Boyland has time to look across to see where

everyone else is, half a lap up of the vast majority of riders, maybe a

little more than that. The chasers are the ones we are interested in,

Amy Cure desperately trying to get pace, frustratingly stuck in no

man's land. Archibald has played a tactical blinder. I think she Oezbek

Boyland of beer after this. -- she owes Boyland Mbia. It has worked out

superbly well. Lydia Boyland leads the way. Finding the going a little

tough and starting to real her in a little but she should have enough

speed to stay away but there might not be much in it. Amy Cure leads

the chase and Katie Archibald, having a lap or two just to regroup

buzz around the outside shoulder to shoulder with the Australian. But

Katie Archibald pulls away now, Lydia Boyland coming up towards the

line, that's the front of the race, great ride by Lydia Boyland, Katie

Archibald second over the line, and she continues to looked dominant

here in the women's omnium with two events of the four completed.

Superbly written, and she has ridden a lot of omniums in the winter in

the 60 events, so she has focused on this on the timed events to be a

role to look after the individual racing for a change and boy is it

paying off. Grey ride from Katie Archibald and that does keep her out

in front. 18, 8-point gap to Amy Cure, Lydia Boyland by winning that

comes in tenth. When you are in the midst of the omnium how much are you

points watching and how much opponent watching? When you get to

the points race it is all about points and you want to keep the

people around you, if you are winning, the top four, you always

keeping an eye on them because by that point, by the end, they are

your main rivals. Katie might go into it with 20 points over the

person in faith which is a lap and that is quite a lot of points for

somebody to try and make back -- in fifth place. You are opponent

watching but you must make sure the people around you are not scoring.

Do you think that is a pretty impressive performance from her so

far? Forshaw. We are not going too far saying she has a medal chance?

She has won two out of two so far. She looks phenomenal, she looks like

she is in a league of her own. She looks in charge of the race, she

dictates when she wants to go for a sprint and she gets it and when she

wants some body else to get it she lets it happen. Watching it it looks

like she is having it all her own way. A lot of that is majority of

mind as well as physical ability. A lot of physical ability, she

obviously has good legs, she can go when she wants to but she is a good

race and raises her game on race day and she loves a bike race against

other people. She will always raise her game when there are opponents

side-by-side. She's a example of stomach because she has had injuries

caused by motorbike accidents and she has got back to fitness and is

right back at the top of her game. December 2015 she had a motorbike

accident giving her a bad knee injury and fractured elbow taking

her out of the World Championships 2016 in London which was not a great

place for her to be a few months out from the games but she had done good

work with her rehab and came back for the Olympics and performed

fantastically and we won. While everybody else took a good long

post-Olympic break for her she had already have the unforced rest the

previous winter. She had a small break but she was quite keen to get

racing as soon as possible and that has shown this season how well she

has been doing. Glasgow back in November she crashed and broke her

wrist there. She still won. With a broken wrist! She is incredible,

amazing. Katie Archibald could win a gold medal for Great Britain today,

two races to come in the omnium, the elimination and the points race to

finish but no medals for Callum Skinner, the Olympic silver

medallist. He went out this morning in the individual sprint, Chris. He

went out in the second round to Max Niederlag, the German. It wasn't a

massive surprise in that Niederlag did a phenomenal ride in the last 16

and he lined up Callum really well and got the slipstream and it was a

pretty straightforward ride, unfortunately. For Callum it was an

amazing games in Rio to over perform and step up and produce that ride in

the team sprint and get silver medal behind Jason, it was an amazing ride

and must have been hard to get back into training. Clearly he wants to

be here but he will be disappointed with that. It is the first step

towards Tokyo. That's it, the four-year cycle is not a straight

line, it's very much about up and downs. Yes, and a lot of it is

psychological too, not just physical. Physically it's not as if

these guys are sitting around with their feet on the sofa, well, maybe

Jason is but they train hard day in and day out even though they are not

competing at the highest level. Psychologically, to focus and put

every bit of effort in everyday towards this one race all the time

for four years it can be quite draining. For Callum he will be

disappointed but looking to the future. Let's hear his reaction now.

A bit disappointing in the sprint, take us through your performance. I

was on for 9.9 with qualification so that was what we had done in

training. You tend to look to gain a bit from what you are doing in

training but we didn't find that today. It was ballpark where we were

but the field were three or four tenths ahead of that pace which

makes it difficult when you come up against the second-fastest steed,

there is only so much you can do. Max put in a and has gone on.

It is frustrating because you are up against one of the very best who is

really on form at the moment in Hong Kong. It is just a reflection of

where we are. Having had my usual preparation coming into this I had a

solid month off after the games and a month of kind of semi-training and

got focused back on track in January, so comparing that to normal

preparation, 12 months versus three or four. I can't be too

disappointed. It's just a reflection of where we are and gives us

something to build on for next year. You are a marked man now, you come

into this with a big reputation of the back of the Olympics, before you

could have slightly gone under the radar. Well, yeah, I don't know how

to answer that, I'm still coming to terms with that myself. There is a

shift in the expectation. It has gone from myself trying to do the

best and fill someone's shoes for man three and having decent success

at Rio and now the pressure shifts. Trying to fill the boots of Chris,

too trying to make a name for myself and continuing to get good results.

It is a bit of a shift of the pressure but I would say it moving

forward next year we just keep building. Some great young talent in

the British team, particularly the team sprint, they have done ever so

well. They have and it has been exciting to watch. We didn't expect

to be under pressure that quickly. I think it is good for the team. I

have always had that internal competition with man three but man

one end two has been lacking a bit. Looking ahead to the Gold Coast and

Commonwealth Games now for you. Yes, that is exciting, started chatting

to Gary Coleman, the head coach of Scotland, and got my eye on that.

That is when we should really start being back to this similar place we

were before and we will look to build from there so it is exciting.

So, out of the men's individual sprint is Callum Skinner, that going

through is Ryan Owens. A chance for him maybe to make Ake? Only

qualified with 9.8, a really solid ride up against the Canadian. Hugo

lined him up quite well, but Ryan was just too strong. You can see how

happy he is to make it into the final eight, to do that at your

first senior World Championships is a big deal. He will take positivity

from this ride. He has a difficult draw in the court finals. Two tense

is a big margin, but it is not unsurmountable, so fingers crossed

he can think about how he can try to overtake him. So that becomes really

tactical? The bigger the gap in terms of your top speed, the less

chance you have of beating the other person, but he is canny, he has

great acceleration, and if he can ride to his strength is and not let

Niderlag dictate, he could do it. And the men's points race is going

right now, and Mark Stewart is involved. They have to sprint every

few laps, and Cameron Meyer of Australia is also in this race.

Those are the standings, and Simon Brotherton and Chris Boardman can

tell us more about what is happening.

COMMENTATOR: 98 laps to go, and this race is well and truly under way.

Mark Stewart with six points on the board, and we have a rider from Hong

Kong having a go off the front of the peloton at the moment, the

five-time Asian champion, and that really has got the crowd animated

here inside this stadium, as Mark Stewart leads them around, before

moving up to the top of the track, three times world champion in the

points race, and a man that everybody else will be keep an eye

on. Mark Stewart is in fourth at the moment. Some big names out there in

this points race, and it is really starting to hot up, and it is

interesting to note that as it starts to split, Mark Stewart is at

the front-end the race again. It was him that injected the pace that

caused the split. The other riders have sensed the opportunity. It has

been frantic action from the start, one of the fastest starts I think I

have ever seen. He was leading at one point, got caught out by a

counterattack but has recovered now and is really getting stuck in. . He

hasn't scored for a little while, but is involved at the front.

Another racer there at the front, from the Czech Republic. One lap to

go, and surely he will get some points. Regan Gough in the Black of

New Zealand tries to come around on the British rider's shoulder, and he

does so. Stewart will get two points there. It is still fairly close at

the top, a lot of riders in contention, and the move has just

got away now. This is very serious, they kept the pressure on, and it is

a good number, everybody gets a reward if they take a lap. And if

they can hang onto Cameron Meyer's coat-tails, he is in a really good

place in deed, because I think he is the man to beat in this field, and

Regan Gough has already shown that he is in good form. And those three

are away, and I think some of the other more experienced riders in the

field realise they need to get their skates on and try to bring them back

in. It is the poll who really got caught out. He is trying to get back

on terms, he has seconds to do it. And I think they will, actually. I

thought this move was going to go because you are committed when the

ride just three of you. Nicolas Larsen from Denmark in the red and

white leads the chase. Three are about to become for. Cloudier off,

Larsson has got scoring in bits and bobs so far. We are slowly winding

it up towards the next sprint. They split the field almost in half an

hour, and I think it will possibly come back together, but this could

be the precursor to the main move that goes. Has he spent too much

energy? We will have to wait and see, fourth place at the moment, so

well within a shout of getting a medal. Regan Gough has decided he

wants to push on, and Cameron Meyer is there. Larsson now to the front.

And Kenny De Ketele, the Belgian. He has not been as active as we thought

he might have been in this race. Larsen from Denmark is off the front

now. Cameron Meyer is desperate to get up the field, he has been making

moves. Only four of them coming together here. The rider you were

just talking about a couple of minutes ago, Pszczolarski from

Poland, the European champion, is right up there on the Wear love

Cameron Meyer. Larsson is there, and Kenny De Ketele as well, they are

good riders and they cannot afford to get these riders away. He is

going to have to play a cagey game, crosses fingers and hope it works. I

think there is too much fatigue, and these four are going to be given

enough rope to gain the lap. As they ride along the front, they are not

quite half a lap ahead. He came towards the front when he sensed the

danger, tried to help to bring it back, and Mark Stewart is now doing

the same, there is Cameron Meyer from Australia, seven world titles

on the track has won including as recently as yesterday in the team

pursuit. Here are the standings overall, with Cameron Meyer leading

the way ahead of Pszczolarski. Mark Stewart is hanging in in fourth

place just outside the medals. But if they take a lap, and it is

looking likely, it will be very difficult to get back into a medal

position. It is about points, but if you take a lap, a 20 points bonus

makes all the difference when they are spread around so evenly like

this. My Cameron Meyer very much in control, he can settle into a steady

pace. You don't get much better than Cameron Meyer and Kenny De Ketele,

and those two in there with Pszczolarski and Larsson. They are

working very well together, and it won't be long before they can gain a

lap. The only opportunity you have in this position is to concede this

particular battle and try to counter before they make the junction, and

get back to the front and start to ride defensively. That is what the

rider from Ukraine is trying to do, he is on his own, courted no-man's

land, but he will be the last to resist as they come around and make

the join. Stewart injecting some pace into the group, but it is too

late now, the junction is made, all but made, to be honest. Pszczolarski

has made the junction, the others are still a little way behind off

the back. He will be awarded that just now. You have to catch the

largest group on the track, and that is what he has just under the last

few seconds, and the others will join him shortly. Cameron Murray are

only 30 metres behind, although they have just swung up the track, which

is an interesting move. He is being annoyed that he is having to be the

lion's share of the work, the Australian, so they remain behind,

the upside to that is they will get to score some points before they

make the junction, so it could be tactical. It is a scenario where

they are happy to sit just off the back of the peloton to make sure

that they can contest the sprint, which is what they are doing now,

and Kenny De Ketele comes past Cameron Meyer with a Larsson third

over the line. Pszczolarski had already gone through. It was a tight

one. Cameron Meyer was thinking, I want to accelerate take the points,

but I do that, we will bridge the gap, so he had to settle for second.

Inside the last 70 laps of the men's points race. They are down to sixth

at the moment, but Cameron Meyer... They need to do a little bit of

rejigging on our screens. Pszczolarski was not involved in the

sprint. They are all back together now, and that has changed things at

the top. Cameron Meyer has got a grip on this race, he is slowly

extending his lead. Kenny De Ketele in equal third position, with

Larsson way behind and after that it drops off a cliff. So if Stewart

wants to get back into this, there would have to be even more than lap

times at the moment. He has just done a turn in the green of Ireland,

mark Danny. He has had an excellent season on the track, hasn't been

able to get involved at the front end of this race, he has scored just

one point so far, but if he has the legs, don't doubt that mark Downey

will have a go. The ones in fourth to eighth position will not be given

much leeway. 85 is Claudio Imhof who won the gold

medal at last year's World Championships. They have decided to

move to the front once more. They may as well have some coins if they

are on offer, but primarily he wants to keep the pace high to stop people

attacking. He is one of the best sprinters in this group, if not the

best. He can ride defensively now. Cameron Meyer on the front, Andreas

Graf behind him shakes his head, and says, I am not interested, it is up

to you. It might be Larsson and Kenny De Ketele as they move through

on the inside. This is positioning for the sprint, two laps to go as

they come around, so only a few seconds away, and the points

becoming bored more valuable. Certainly in that battle for the

bronze medal at the moment. We can see Takuto Kurabayashi almost

rolling to a halt there. Over the top comes Regan Gough at the last

moment. It is a little bit too late from Regan Gough, he missed that

lap, and that is making the difference. He is kind of getting in

the way of the riders sprinting for the points to decide the medal

positions. Larsson has just gained a couple of points there on Kenny De

Ketele. So he is clear in third place there.

it is great for the breakaways, but an awful lot of ground to make up

with just 57 laps remaining. Stewart getting himself into a little move

here. Going there with Michele Scartezzini from Italy. Cameron

Meyer would like to close this down quite quickly. I don't think it is

going anywhere, on the front of the bunch, just pushing some pace in,

and that start is beginning to bite the. You can see how much it is

hurting when we had a little shot of Arc Stuart, you could see his head

hanging there. Big continuous effort here in this race, the action is

relentless. Mark Downey leads on the track for now

for Ireland. Using his effort to nullify any escape attempt, maybe

nip some points if they are on offer, but he has a small buffer,

pretty much has the Polish rider to watch and making sure nothing slips

away. Well into the back-end of this race now, 52 laps to go and it will

be difficult to wrestle that gold-medal. It may sound a lot, but

they will go by quickly enough as our friend Mr Pszczolarski from

Poland has an attack. We were momentarily on board with one of the

riders, but Pszczolarski having a look and they were very quickly on

his wheel. It was Cameron Meyer who led the charge, and he will now try

to get a bigger cushion, with Mark Stewart up there in second place,

and Kenny De Ketele is in third place, Pszczolarski on Kenny De

Ketele's wheel. Round into the finishing straight, and Cameron

Meyer takes the points this time, another 34 Mark Stewart, and that

will take him up into sixth place. Myatt at the sprint at a nice time.

-- Meyer. It is close between the kettle and Larsen level pegging,

swapping places -- De Ketele. He could overhaul the Pole if they

carry on the fight because they are better sprinters. Confirmation of

the standing at the moment. Awful lot for somebody else to get into

the challenge for the podium. I think it is between this four to

decide the medals. Who will be unlucky and miss out on a medal?

Mark Stewart from Great Britain, great to see him being assertive and

animating the race getting involved as long as his legs will allow. So

far they have held up well, superb effort from him. Meyer up for taking

another lap. They were given the opportunity. But Gough decided if

anybody is going up the road it is me and closed him down. Meyer has

the look of somebody who is out for anything today, if anyone fancies

it. 11 points clear. Just slowly building up that total, building up

that gap. It is all relative, of course. Scartezzini from Italy

having a little look, from the back of Scartezzini's saddle to Blaha of

the Czech Republic and there is somebody having a go. He will be

given an opportunity because he is no threat to the podium at the

moment, he only has a single point on the board. It would be unwise for

any of the favourites to expend energy chasing him down. Downey is

looking across the track and has gained quite a lot of ground

already, almost half a lap. Two laps to go until the next sprint so as

well as his bonus if he makes it that far he will gain five points

for a sprint flap. He could move himself right up into the minor

placings. As you can see the peloton is not chasing at all, in relative

terms taking it quite easy, they are fanning out around the track. He

will get the points here, Downey, for Ireland, and De Ketele will

continue his duel with Larsen and he is on Larsen's shoulder, as Gough

continues his search for points. Mark Downey and here come the other

is closing in, Regan Gough from New Zealand, Niklas Larsen of New

Zealand and the rider on his wheel was Joao Matias from Portugal.

Stronger than De Ketele at this point in the race, took a nice lead

out. De Ketele is the sort of rider that tends to have a go if he is

feeling good, he doesn't sit amongst the wheels. We have not seen him at

the front of the race animating as much as we might have expected had

he been on top form unless he is keeping his powder dry for a big

one. Downey is still up the road plugging away, staff at half a lap,

jumped up to eighth position by taking this points, but he is

probably having second thoughts about this move now. He is really

suffering but he has almost got the back of the main field insight.

Unfortunately for him there is a move in the making behind him which

has injected some pace. He's got a hope that that eases off a bit

because at the moment he is not gaining ground at all but he has

bought his ticket so he needs to stick with it as long as he possibly

can. He will have some company in the not too distant future, Blaha

leading the chase, Graf is there, Imhof, and also there is Amit Singh

code from Kazakhstan. It looks to me like Krisztian Lovassy from Hungary

as well. Behind the pace is on as well so they don't want to let this

group of five getaway. It is certainly done for Downey. He is now

going to try to get in the wheels of a group but he is completely spent

now and I don't think he can claw his way in. He almost collided with

Panassenko coming down the track as he came through, luckily they

realised what was going on just-in-time. He has put in a big

loan effort for several laps but he's hanging on to the wheels of the

leading group. Meyer keeping the pace high in what is left of the

main group behind, keeping it all together. The field is fairly well

split into three separate sections now. De Ketele needs to get stuck

into the chase because he is the one who needs to score some points. He's

been pushed off the podium by Larsen at the moment, two points in arrears

of the Danish rider. Larsen has been consistent, chipping away and

collecting a few points. Looking good towards the end of the race as

well. Two laps to go until the next sprint. So, Graf, Blaha, Downey,

Lovassy, Imhof canned Panassenko, the riders at the front. They will

contest this as they come around to take the Bell we just saw Mark

Stewart with the capital and last an. They will not contest any points

here. It will go to the riders in front Claudio Imhof is in second

place. Five points for Hungary there. Hungary, Switzerland,

Kazakhstan and Austria collecting the points. Meyer has decided he

doesn't want anybody is getting on terms and even getting close to him

so he has really turned the screws and split the bunch in the process.

He is down with three riders and one of those three is Stewart. Stewart

is hanging in there straining every sinew to hang in there with Cameron

Meyer and Niklas Larsen, full credit to him for doing that, and he is on

the wheel of Larsen going down the back straight onto the front of the

second group, Mark Stewart. Stewart deciding that one is not going to

work, they are too close and they will let me do the chasing so he has

wisely gone to the back of the group. There he is in seventh place

in the overall standings, Meyer leading from Pszczolarski and De

Ketele. Larsen is the only rider not currently on the podium who has a

realistic chance of getting there. It is a shame he missed that one

move, Meyer going again to jump across, took in micro-break, and is

now ploughing across to that move. He knows the gold-medal with is

within his sights. Gliding around the bottom of the track as if he is

on a rail, Cameron Meyer. What a class act he is, he looks so stylish

on the bike. He joins the front group and made it look effortless,

which clearly it was anything but. He will ride around the top and

leaves them behind, making them look as if they were riding in treacle.

Interesting move and I think behind they will probably start conceding

defeat and fighting for the minor placings. Meyer feeling good, might

as well go and consolidate the win now. Make sure as the laps ticked

away. Quite a long way to go, three laps to go, so it is a big effort he

is making here. He is slowly pulling away. He is in a class of his own

here. It is a one-man race here at the moment and Cameron Meyer from

Australia is leaving everyone trailing in his wake as he goes past

the finishing line hurtling around the bottom of the track, hoovering

up all before him. One imagines hoovering up five more points in

just over a lap's time. Such a crushing move that he has broken the

room morale -- broken the morale of the others. They have conceded and

gone for the other two medal positions. Meyer totally dominant in

this race, five points to him, and here comes the chase leading it

Pszczolarski from Poland. And behind him Imhof. He needed to get involved

in the sprints. Began, De Ketele not able to get involved in anything.

Meyer will take a lap on his own here. He's going to do it on his

own. Already got 53 points on the board. Cameron Meyer is going to win

this race in the grand manner. And here he comes now. About to make

that junction. What a ride by Cameron Meyer, stunning. Nice move

off the front by Kneisky who was countered, and he still has the

possibility to get himself onto the podium if you can gain a lap. It is

all about lapping now for anybody not in the original move, they must

gain a lap. Might make life interesting for one or two others

behind the Kneisky is finding it hard to press on and gain a bigger

advantage over the rest of the field but he must try and do so. It's the

only chance he has gone now but Cameron Meyer's lead is a yawning

chasm, it is enormous, over Pszczolarski. But we have seen a

masterclass here in points racing from Cameron Meyer who is set fair

now to win this title for the fourth time in his career. Just stayed out

of trouble and kept away from the back wheel of Graf. Two sprints to

go. Mark Downey is in tenth place overall, he has six points, but

determined to get involved as much as possible here all the way to the

end of the race and it is he and Regan Gough at the front. And it is

Meyer again who closes down this move. He is relentless! He is

relentless here. It is Cameron Meyer. This could be the most

convincing win in a points race of the last decade, to be honest. It

has been awhile since the last road and won the points race at the World

Championships, 2009, 2010 and 2012, so the last time was in front of an

Australian crowd in Melbourne shortly before the London Olympic

Games. Concentrating on the road for the most part of the time since then

but consciously making the decision to come back to the track which is

good for track racing as a whole and we look forward to seeing him

pushing forward to the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020 which he has very

much in his sights. They are on the Sprint lap, Gough leading the way

but he is about to be reeled in by the looks of things by the

insatiable Cameron Meyer who is closing in on the Kiwi. Can he

overhaul him? No, but happy enough with three points, Larsen again

scores a couple of points for Denmark just ahead of Scartezzini of

Italy. The medal positions are being consolidated now, Larsen in that

bronze medal spot, four points clear of the kettle of culture. -- Jay

into the last few laps of the race. Cameron Meyer just needs to stay

upright to win the world title again. Pszczolarski, the European

champion, seemingly heading for silver. Larsen Denmark of the front

and Meyer from Australia, the man to lead the chase. Meyer just keeps

ploughing on. And Larsen, who thought maybe he had stolen a march

on the others now realises he hasn't because the last person he wanted to

chase him has indeed done exactly that. Momentary bunch up, in the

White with the blue helmet from Italy, Meyer on the inside, Cheung

King Lok from Moan Kok goes to the front and the home crowd have

something to cheer for the first time in a while. -- Cheung King Lok.

He is the national road and time trial champion of Hong Kong, five

times the Asian champion, looking to provide a grandstand finish if he

possibly can. He won't be involved at the top of the leaderboard in

terms of the overall standings. But it's not going to stop him trying to

get the glory in the final sprint if he possibly can with five laps to

go. The chase is on, there is to well of Spain and Meyer looking

comfortable tucked in behind him. -- Teruel. There are still potential

here for a rejig of medals on the last lap. De Ketele has been very

quiet recently. He's going to have to do something special to put

Larsson down into fourth spot, the first two places are secure, I

think. Three laps to go. Cheung King Lok from Hong Kong still leads. He

has the local crowd on the edge of their seats. Will he be able to hang

on for the final couple of laps? De Ketele going for it down the back

straight, saving every ounce of energy he has possibly got trying to

catch out Larsen and that is what he has done, it is all or nothing for

De Ketele, it won't take him to the world title but could put him on the

podium here and Cheung King Lok has been left behind as De Ketele goes

for it and takes the bell at the front of the race. I think he's

going to do it, everybody is strung out behind and Larsen was caught

out, he's sprinting hard now but a long way back, he is coming fast but

I think the Belgian will hang on to take the points. He has a lot of

work to do, Kenny De Ketele taking the sprint ahead of Regan Gough,

Claudio Imhof comes over the line in fourth place, that despite the

brilliant effort from Kenny De Ketele it was about that man there,

utterly dominant, it was a masterclass of points racing from

the now four-time world champion in this event. Cameron Meyer was

absolutely brilliant. And he was utterly relentless. He crushed the

field in this race and Cameron Meyer has his second gold medal of these

championships, having been part of Australia's team pursuit squad

yesterday, he now and is an individual title. Kenny De Ketele

taking ten points on the line and Kenny De Ketele may have pushed

himself not only onto the podium, Chris, but maybe even higher than we

were expecting. Double points for the last sprint. He could with the

double points have pushed Dummett pipped Wyszomirski for the podium.

Disposition on the final sprint that makes the decision if equal on

points and he probably made the decision 40 or 50 laps ago, thinking

he only had one big effort left in him and he would wait and it was

poor tactics from Larsen because he only had to watch one person in this

race and he let him go. That is what we said earlier, in terms of track

craft and knowledge, and making decisions on the move in the heat of

the moment there are not many better than Cameron Meyer, but also you

would put Kenny De Ketele in that class as well, a rider who has done

so many races for so long, he knows what to do, he made that decision

and made it count. There we are, there is the result, Cameron Meyer,

the new world champion, Kenny De Ketele with that stupendous

last-minute effort has hauled himself up from fourth to second

place, budget Pszczolarski of Poland is in third and Niklas Larsen from

Denmark who was in the medals all the way through has just been pipped

and finishes fourth. Cameron Meyer is all smiles and no surprise. What

a race. An extraordinary performance from

Cameron Meyer, and Mark Stewart finishing seventh, a really decent

effort. It is amazing watching Kenny De Ketele at the end of all those

laps to suddenly be able to sprint. Once he got a sniff of the finish

line, it bumped him up into a silver place, because you get more points

for the last sprint, so it was all worth it for a medal. And for the

Australian team, more celebrations, and particularly Cameron Meyer,

eight time world champion. He is my age, he won three junior champions

back in 2006, this is his eighth, but he has never got an Olympic

medal. He was fourth in Beijing, didn't go to London or Rio, and I

think he would like to try to go to Tokyo, perhaps with a new look

omnium. He has been so incredibly dominant, I would love to see him at

the Olympic Games in either the team sprint or the omnium. He hasn't

ridden a track worlds since 2012 in Melbourne, and the last few years he

has been predominantly a road rider. He Hannah Short retirement and made

a rapid comeback from that. Obviously still felt hungry for

more. He is a rider I always really enjoy watching. When you have known

a rider for that long, it is interesting to see however body

progresses from being a junior world champion, and eight world titles now

and still looking stronger than ever. He is so lean and fit, but

Chris you will appreciate this totally, the motivation to keep

coming back, keep coming back, to have that longevity. And that will

break that semi retirement that he had and reinvigorate that desire. He

has been going for a long time, we used to train in Perth which is

where Cameron and his brother Travis are from, and they used to train and

compete, we have seen them come through from the junior inks through

to being world champions stop I think it is great track cycling to

have him back on the scene again away from the road, and he will be

hungry for the Commonwealth Games and exterior. Exactly, and you can

see the Australians are building towards it as a priority. It is hard

to look beyond them as the team to beat for the Commonwealth Games, the

GB team is split into the home nations, but fighting against them

will be a good competition to look out for. And Simon Jones went for

the rector job in British cycling, didn't get it but got the job in

Australia. He has come in at the right time, he will bring the

experience and knowledge that he has had from being part of British

cycling, so he has timed it well. He was the West Australian Institute

director, so he has been there for a while. And in the centre of the

track, Katie Archibald is going through her preparation, the

elimination race and points race to come. How well are you, will she

have watched Cameron Meyer? Yes, she has the headphones on warming up,

her last ten minutes she won't be watching, that you get pretty bored

in the centre of the track, so it is nice when there is a race you can

watch. What is she listening to, do we know? I don't know, actually. I

wouldn't like to call that. Katie is a racing fan,. She likes hip-hop,

apparently. I say that like I know what I'm talking about! The within's

sprint semifinals, it is Stephanie Morton up next. You were so

convincing, Cler! It is the first of the semifinals of

the women's sprint. She is the Commonwealth sprint champion.

She is still other top end of her game. She is in control at the

moment, wanting to try to control this one. Stephanie Morton gathering

speed, moving up into her blind spot. There is a lap to go, but it

was a faint, and now she can turn on the gas, can she go over the top?

And Morton pushes her all the way to the line, but Simona Krupeckaite

gets it. Mortar was coming fast around the outside, but then she

just stalled in the last few metres, so I thought she was going to get

that one. 1-0 to the Lithuanian in the best of three semifinal, and

Krupeckaite has three times finished second in the World Championship,

she has never actually won the world crown. Will this finally be her

year? She has a lot to do, she has to get past Stephanie Morton and

either Lee Wai Sze or Kristina Vogel. She was feigning the move,

trying to push on, but she will is an experienced rider and just kept

accelerating, didn't get panicked into going to early. I would like to

hear Chris Hoy's analysis later, but she kept a little back for the final

kick, I think, and it just caught Stephanie Morton out. Now, Lee Wai

Sze from Hong Kong, a big sporting star here. The host nation's best

hope of a medal by far in these championships. Kristina Vogel, the

Olympic champion. Her opponent in this semifinal. They are going

eyeball to eyeball. They can't see! They both have mirror visors on.

Take my word I'm staring at you. Three laps of the track, and this

has the potential to be an epic battle between the pair of them. We

have seen some fantastic racing in this World Championships, a lot of

close contests, we have seen form books turned over. Will we see

another track stand? Used to be very popular on the

larger tracks to try to force your opponent to the front, the straights

are at having a lead made a big difference, but with 250 metres

tracks, it is less clear which is the most advantageous position.

Slowly the pace increases, the tension builds, the calm before the

storm. Vogel is really close, it is difficult, they train to ride

looking back down the track, using the lines as a reference point. But

when a rider is right in your shadow, it is hard to keep track of

them. Kristina Vogel has some height on the far side of the track, next

time over the line they will take the bell and the Sprint will really

be on. Here we go, and it is led by Lee Wai Sze, here comes Kristina

Vogel to try to make a challenge. Has the rider from Hong Kong got the

speed to hold off the Olympic champion? Shoulder to shoulder round

the bend, Alberta elbow, eyeballs out, and Lee Wai Sze is just pipped

on the line by Kristina Vogel, great race. Almost came down to endurance,

that one, the drag race started on the back straight, and Lee was

holding her own, but Vogel managed to stick with it, and then suddenly

had that slight height advantage and that was enough. Lee is already in

the last chance saloon, she has to win the next match between the peril

of them. Here is the Sprint once more, and what an intense battle it

was between the pair of them. She was determined not to give an inch,

outside the sprinter's line as well. When the Sprint proper had started.

But it was Vogel who just had that little bit extra momentum. The

geometry of the track played its part, and the best riders use every

single bit of tactical advantage they can. We will reach a conclusion

in the women's sprint in this session here today at the World

Championships in Hong Kong. Kristina Vogel still looks a picture of

concentration as she whines down on the inside of the track. A little

later on we will get the second match of the semifinals, but so far

it is Simone Krupeckaite leading 1-0, and Kristina Vogel who has the

advantage over Lee Wai Sze from Hong Kong.

So good to watch, these sprint races, for the psychological games.

Why do sprinters need to do the intimidation? It is very

gladiatorial, you are staring at your opponent, and you have to watch

them just in case they go for a long one, especially the Germans, they

are famous for being sneaky in that respect in the sprint. You use to

get people trying to come up to you and eyeball you before you step on

the track. That was always a sign that they were nervous, but it is

all part of the game. Endurance cyclists don't do that? Not really,

no. It is different fast because you have to wait, all sitting in the pit

together. I couldn't do it, I would be smiling. That would disarm them,

though, they would say, what is she smiling about? There was slight

querying the studio that there might have been the stewards enquiry had

Lee Wai Sze won that? She came out of the red, the sprinters lain here,

and once you have committed to that, you have to commit to it. Having a

right battle, a right old Hong Kong ding-dong, but if Lee had won this,

I think that would have been reversed. And coming down onto the

blue, that is not illegal but it is slightly slower? It is a longer

distance to come off and back on again, and if you do it on the

banking itself on the corner, there is a risk that you can crashed

because it is not as banked. Let's focus on Katie Archibald going into

the last two stages of the women's omnium, the first thing she will

have to do is finish first or second in the elimination race, what should

her tactics be? She needs to try to stay out of trouble, stay near the

front, and she can do that for a long period of time, put the people

behind her under pressure. And then try to get through the gaps, she is

phenomenal at doing that, no gap is too small, she is not scared. You

will see her towards the end go to the back, and pick people off one by

one like I used to do. And make sure you are not the one who was left

last. Yes, the last person over the line is out. Did you love the

elimination? Yes, it was one of my favourites, I'm excited to see her

do it. Everything is do or die, it is thrilling, and if you are out,

you are out, so it is worth taking that gap and taking the chance. You

gave us a heart attack watching you! It might be fun for you! They want

people to watch the omnium, it is a bit of fun! How we feeling about

this new omnium so far? I am not a big fan, but let's wait and see if

Katie wins, we might change our minds! This is going to be just

thrilling to watch, because the back rider will get eliminated every

other lap, and Chris Boardman and Simon Brotherton can call talkers

through the elimination race in the women's omnium.

COMMENTATOR: Hang onto your hats, we are under underway, the race is on.

Neutralist start for the event because everybody wants to be at the

front. With such dramatic consequences being at the back after

two laps everybody wants to be at the front. It was like the start of

a greyhound race, as soon as the gun went they were heading for the front

making sure they are not out of the race early on. Katie Archibald,

halfway back on the outside at the moment, next time over the line we

will lose our first rider, the light on the handlebar will start

flashing, the number will be held up, and they will have to make way.

The first rider out is the rider from Taipei, Zeng Ke Xin. They will

get a brief respite before sprinting again. They have half a lap to make

the decision on that one before it is passed on to the rider. Riding at

the back at the moment is Luo Xiaoling from China, making a move

to try and push up the field. Now she is with half a lap to go. Nicely

positioned halfway down the field, where the shape of the track plays a

big part in this race. If you go around the outside it is a long way.

Yumi Kajihara from Japan, the second rider to go, not scoring well in

this event. Very easy to get caught out, you are swamped in this event,

you think you are nicely placed and suddenly a lot of writers who have

been sitting on your shoulder roll down into straight from the high

banking and overtake and there is nowhere to go. Burano brakes on

these bikes. Sarah Hammer moving to the outside making sure she's out of

trouble. There is a big pile up and we have lost several riders. Italy

down, Canada down. And I think Lithuania as well. Three riders have

fallen quite heavily. They have neutralised the race, the yellow

flag is out until they have made sure the riders are OK and cleared

bikes out of the way and checked the track over. Elisa Balsamo, the world

junior road race champion, and fortunately back on her feet, shaken

but looks OK. Here is the crash again. It is so easy to hit

somebody's back wheel and that is what happened. You can see the rider

from Belgium chips ahead and she knows somebody just touched her back

wheel. Stephanie Roorda from Canada falling, and the Lithuanian, Olivia

Bella -- Olivia Bella site. Roorda is on the ground still being

attended to and they are calling for the stretcher. My fear is that maybe

her championship is done. It was a heavy fall. Crashed onto the track,

one of the most horrible parts of it, you can see it coming and you

have no brakes and there is nowhere to go so you have a full second to

appreciate what is going to happen. As we watch it again, Laura, back in

the studio, it is every rider's worst nightmare because often it is

not your fault and there is nothing you can do. She got caught out at

the back and has no brakes and has nowhere to go other than just

hitting straight into them, and she looks like she has come off worse in

the crash. In a way it can work to your advantage in that you get a

massive adrenaline rush. As long as you can get back up and get back on

the bike you might see those crash riders come forward and do quite

well now. The race is underway once again, the

gun has just fired and Stephanie Roorda is having a neck brace put on

down in front of us, so hopefully that is precautionary and she will

be OK and we will concentrate on the race. I'm surprised they have

restarted it with all of that paraphernalia right against the

track, having just demonstrated how precarious this race can be. But

started it again they have and Katie Archibald is nicely placed in third

position on the outside at the moment. Number 28, the rider at the

back, is from Lithuania, one of the riders who crashed, Olivija

Baleisyte, and she goes. The adrenaline rush didn't work for her

but at least she is in one piece as Stephanie Roorda leaves the track.

She is walking off the inside of the track which is great to see. She has

one of the coaching staff with her but good news that Stephanie Roorda,

who has a neck brace on, is at least able to walk away from the edge of

the track. Hopefully she will be OK. The next sprint is coming up

shortly. This is it now, Katie Archibald has been rolling around at

the front, just one wheel to sit on, comfortable behind Sarah Hammer.

Lydia Boyland was impressive at the front again, she rode really well in

the last race ahead of this one. It is the German rider Tatjana Paller

who is out this time, slowly and slowly we are whittling through the

field. Let's hope there are no more mishaps. Katie Archibald in third

place at the moment. It is stringing out now with a bit of speed. She

went up to make sure she wouldn't get boxed in and Sarah Hammer came

underneath. You can move yourself forward but there is nowhere to go.

So, Hammer taking some risks. She is having a look around and I think it

is the rider from Hong Kong who is out, Pang Yao, no, it has been given

as China. This has got to be the toughest of all competitions to be a

commissar, they have less than ten seconds to make a decision. Lucy

Dowling was the rider called in. Now have they started already? -- Luo

Xiaoling. Steinbach has space to move into unlike Pang Yao from Hong

Kong who finds herself at the tail end of the field and may be the

rider to go. Maybe not, the Czech Republic, it is Jarmila Machacova,

the former world champion, who is the latest to be eliminated here.

Points race world champion in 2013. Katie Archibald has not got many

people behind her and she is quite low down at the moment, so she could

just do with nudging out there because she is in a hole. She has

sensed the danger and trying to push up but she is back wheel at the

moment and will have to come around the outside quickly if she can. It

will have to be a sprint from Katie Archibald as she sprints to stay in

the race and she may have made it, Lydia Boyland may have gone. Making

life difficult for us watching it. That were so close. Lydia Boyland

has gone, but Katie Archibald was a whisker away from losing a hat full

of points. She sensed the danger with three quarters of a lap to go

and it has given her an adrenaline boost, I think. She is going the

long way round on the outside but she has room to race and that is all

she needs at the moment. Sarah Hammer taking the Long Way round

coming towards the front trying to make sure she stays out of trouble,

Katie Archibald is going to be OK this time, Sternberg of Norway will

go as Kirsten Wild leads. Amy Cure from Australia leads them round down

the back straight. Norway the latest out. Anita Stenberg. Amy Cure at the

front, Kirsten Wild stayed in the position where she is in second

place for quite a while now. Hammer is in the danger spot coming around

the outside so she is playing the sprinting game, Katie Archibald is

comfortable. Archibald in a better position, just on the outside of

Roxane Fournier. Here comes Sarah Hammer around the outside, Katie

Archibald safely through and the Hong Kong rider Pang Yao is finally

out this time. Disappointment around the velodrome. This race is going at

some rate. Sarah Hammer once again at the back. Choosing to spend her

energy steady-state, Archibald, steady pace all the way through

rather than constant pace which is how Hammer is playing this one, it

is energy expensive. Could be a tough one for Tetyana Klimchenko at

the back of the field. Sarah Hammer looks around to make sure that she

is safe, and indeed the rider who may have gone was Alzbeta Pavlendova

from Slovakia. Yes, it is Pavlendova who is out. Archibald is in the

middle of the pack now at the bottom. So she is going to have to

be a little bit careful now. There is not a lot of riders and they

could all sweep over the top very quickly. That is the thing about

Laura when she races. She is very good at finding a little gap and

squeezing through it. She needs to find one now because that is the

most difficult of all places to be. Boxed in a little bit here but I

think she will get away with it, yes, she will, and it's the Italian

rider who is out, Balsamo, who was one of those who fell early on. She

got up and collected a few more points to her total. She can now

tend to her injuries after the heavy crash. She was lying fifth going

into this. Sarah Hammer is on the wheel of Katie Archibald. Sprinting.

Oh! Sarah Hammer. She sensed what was going to happen, she thought she

would put her in the box and she was not having it. She has a good turn

of speed. Fournier has work to do to make sure she stays in, it is either

fully or the rider from New Zealand, I think it may be Roxane Fournier.

It is New Zealand. Michaela Drummond, who was the other rider

there. She is adjudged to have had her wheel and little bit further

back than the French woman who stays alive in this elimination race for a

little bit longer. Amy Cure on the front for Australia, Kirsten Wild of

the Netherlands coming around the outside, Katie Archibald as well

just moves around the outside with Lotte Kopecky. Sarah Hammer is at

the back right behind Roxane Fournier, Katie Archibald is all

right here, Wild and Archibald first over and it will be Tetyana

Klimchenko from Ukraine. The lights are flashing on the handlebars, her

race is run. Sarah Hammer feels she has the measure of this group now

and she is saving her effort until the last quarter of a lap, just

sitting at the back and waiting. It looks like it could be Katie

Archibald is the person she has got to get over in the next half a lap.

Katie Archibald moves past Roxane Fournier and Sarah Hammer is doing

everything she can to stick to Archibald's wheel, Kirsten Wild

staying out of trouble at the front, has a little look around, over the

line they come, that will be very close. Yes, the Spanish rider. We

will see what the judges' decision is. It is the Spanish rider Ana

Usabiaga. There wasn't much in that. Eight riders left. I think a little

bit more respect between Archibald and Hammer at the moment, not trying

to play games by watching each other in, just focusing on their own race.

Ana Usabiaga is gone, we're down to seven, Sarah Hammer will try and

make the move again from the back of the field, Katie Archibald, as they

cross the line... We will nervously await the decision of the judges

here. It is France who are out. Roxane Fournier. I wouldn't have

called that one. So, match sprinting, every 30 seconds. Two

very close escapes for Katie Archibald in this race but she is

still hanging in there. Hammer is in a difficult position boxed on the

inside and Katie Archibald Binks, well, I will keep you there quite

happily thank you very much. Hammer has nowhere to go at the moment. No,

she hasn't, and will have to force her way out. Over the line and Sarah

Hammer is out beaten in the Sprint. A real surprise, she's been

fantastic in the event in the past. She had a bad first event, and that

could put the chances of her vying for gold in real difficulty now. The

key for Katie Archibald is to take full advantage of the situation. Amy

Cure is still in there for Australia, Kirsten Wild of the

Netherlands. The rider in the red and white is Daria Pikulik in the

middle of your picture from Poland. Archibald is there, Lotte Kopecky is

also there from Belgium. Here comes the Sprint, will Archibald have the

legs to stay in it? She will be pushed all the way, I think Katie

Archibald might have gone this time by half a wheel. She looked a bit

spent and there was a lot of battles she had to fight consecutively and I

think it caught up in the end. She just didn't have the turn of speed.

Katie Archibald is out and we're left four, Wild, Pikulik is there,

could Peki. Barely time for them to catch their breath before the next

sprint is on. -- Lotte Kopecky. Custom build has stayed out of

trouble so far, she looks in control -- Kirsten Wild. Lotte Kopecky goes.

Amy Cure has ridden it the best so far. She's been watching and didn't

try and win the Sprint, just making sure there is people behind. We have

barely mentioned her name. That is a good thing tactically because it

says that you are just not visible between the wheels. Welcoming you

are visible now, just three riders left, match sprint to get into this

final dash. Amy Cure going around the outside and Pikulik has nothing

left. The tank is empty and the Polish rider is going to finish

third. It was a great effort from her, she looks frustrated but she

has taken third. Pikulik was a silver medallist in the World Junior

Championships in the Omni a few years ago and now on the senior

stage and making her mark but it is Amy Cure against Kirsten Wild for

the win in the third event of four in the women's omnium, here comes

the final sprint, one lap to go, led out by the Australian Kew, Kirsten

Wild right on her wheel. How she got the strength to get past her? Amy

Cure is not giving way. She will not give way to Kirsten Wild and if she

wants to win the Sprint she will have to earn it and she can't come a

great ride from Amy Cure of Australia who takes maximum points

in the elimination race in the omnium and it was beautifully ridden

by Amy Cure all the way through and Kirsten Wild as to settle for second

place in this particular event. Just looking at it now, an

officially the results suggest that Katie Archibald still leads the way,

but she will be level on points with Amy Cure, and Archibald will be

leading because she has won two of the races, with Kirsten Wild in

third place and Sarah Hammer down to fourth. We are waiting for the

confirmation. I was expecting Kirsten Wild to come out from behind

her and asked her shoulder. I watched Amy Cure in the previous

Sprint make a decision, she is still capable of thinking, I will just do

enough, and the only time I thought she might have blown it was when she

started to sprint with a lap to go, but clearly she had the confidence,

and Kirsten Wild happy to take second. How do you think Katie

Archibald will feel about her ride? Was a bit disappointed, she worked

hard all the way through, Laura Trott, the best bike rider, male or

female, I have ever seen, ride in this race, incredibly tactically

astute, knows when to use it. I think Katie Archibald has probably

got some more to come from her in this event. She did ride it hard and

courageously, still very respectable and she is still right up there. The

points have been amended, and she might have just dropped into second

position behind Amy Cure who was a good points race rider, so all to

play for. The points were amended all our screen in front of us, and

as you can see, Amy Cure is the new leader, level on points with Casty

-- Katie Archibald. Sarah Hammer is in fourth, and I think the bottom

line going into the last race is that it is all to play for.

It might have been one thing for you to watch at home, but it was one

thing to watch Laura Kenney watching that, because you were constantly

flapping! I will admit, it is way worse watching than being there, you

are in control when you are doing it, it is just you, but that was

stressful. I can't control her, I can't say, no, turnaround! Now you

understand how we feel. And she did finally get caught out at the back,

but do you think, earlier in the race she very nearly went, and that

would have been disastrous for the points. I think it was just a lack

of concentration more than anything. When you are in the bunch, you have

a good feeling of the people who are around you, and I don't think she

relies time many people were going over the top, I think she thought

she was safe. That was a tiny margin. That was with 15 riders

left, but this was her when she finally did get caught. Was it just

a case of not having enough left, or was it positioning? If that was me,

I would have tried, in the lap forewings Baniyas has just come out,

I would have gone to the front. If you know you haven't got the legs,

you are better off to put yourself forward. You want the room to slide

back, so you are better off to get to the black line and see what

happens from there. But the point is she can still win this. She can, and

she has definitely got the legs for it. She will be a little bit gutted

with that performance, but it is all to play for. They are now on equal

points, but there is still a margin back to third and fourth. She has 35

men it is to recover. Is there any benefit to having gone out a couple

of minutes earlier than Amy Cure? She can be. She will be cooling down

faster. You don't need to warm up for the points race, you need to

cool down now to be fresher, said couple of minutes... And four less

Sprints in her legs. What would you say to her now? Just relax. She is

always in control of the racing, and she needs to make sure she goes in

with that mindset that she is still in control. Amy Cure was very lucky

to avoid the big crash. She was right behind it, and as we have been

saying, there are no brakes on these bikes, so you have to react quickly,

she went high to get round them, and she wasn't far off it. Instinctive

reaction, and these are the things that can completely derail your

medal chances. How will they repair the track? They will basically pull

out the bit that has been damaged, fill it in, send it over and put

tape over it. It is a bit Heath Robinson. That is what they do. And

here we go for the second of the best of three races in the women's

sprint semifinals, it is Stephanie Morton against Simona Krupeckaite.

So, Stephanie Morton has it all to do, and she showed earlier in the

week that she has the form. She has, she has got caught out in the

previous ride, and I don't think she will make that mistake again. She is

in pole position now and raising the speed very quickly. She wants to

keep that front position all the way through. Stephanie Morton going for

the element of a drag race here. Simona Krupeckaite forced to open it

up a little earlier, and she looks to draw level already inside the

final 200 metres, and down the back straight they go, it will be tight.

Neck and neck into the finishing straight, Morton is going to hold

off here, it is 1-1, and we will go to the decider in this semifinal in

the women's sprint. More to did everything she needed to do, she

took full control of that one, and Krupeckaite fell into it, I'm

afraid, she held it on the hip, saved enough in the back straight to

keep up, and that is where it was won, on the back straight. She is

doing an extra ten metres of riding by the time they have come around to

the line, having spent two bankings trying to get around. It is a lot

further on this banked track. We saw that Stephanie Morton definitely had

a plan, and that is a good start in a match sprint. Orla Barry healing

with, forget defeat, this is all about dealing with this moment, and

she was angry after that previous round. And she got even at 1-1. So

we still have to have that third race to decide who goes through to

compete for the gold medal. We will have to settle for the bronze medal,

but it looks like a conveyor belt here, and already up onto the track,

Lee Wai Sze from Hong Kong. She was beaten by Kristina Vogel in a

titanic sprint in the first race. Packed house watching tonight, let's

see if they can help her out, she will need everything they can give

her. The harsh among the crowd as

Kristina Vogel will lead them off on this first lap.

Vogel will be keeping an eye on her opponent, looking for any sudden

movement. There won't be any yet, it is far too early for that. 999 times

out of a thousand. You do have the odd occasion when somebody suddenly

goes for it almost from the gun, but you don't see that very often at

all, it is a real leg shredding exercise trying to do that. But Lee

Wai Sze flying the flag for the hosts here against Kristina Vogel.

Vogel a seven time world champion, she has been twice the champion of

the world in the sprint, she won in 2014, in Colombia, and defended it

successfully in Paris a couple of years ago. Had to settle for the

bronze medal last year. The pace lifting now, with two laps to go,

and Vogel now deciding, I am at the front, I may as well use it. As she

looks back, that will be the view that Kristina Vogel will have had

her opponent, Lee Wai Sze getting larger and larger in her rear-view

mirror as the sprint now starts. Inside the final lap, Lee Wai Sze

has got a gap to close on Kristina Vogel. Roared on by the crowd, will

that carry her home? Will it force a deciding ride? No, it won't, because

Kristina Vogel held on at the front, but did she do so legally? In the

final bend there was a real flick, and we will have to wait and see

what the judges say, but it will have affected the result, so the

penultimate ranking or OK, Lee Wai Sze not giving in at all, Vogel

outside the sprint line there, and then as they come around into the

finishing straight, really drift up. She won't be given that one, I will

be very surprised if she is not relegated, particularly since it was

close. It was close and it was a very anxious moment for Lee Wai Sze

as Kristina Vogel came right up into her, as it were. She probably would

have won anyway. Kristina Vogel, nothing has been said so far, she

has been given it, but they are having a look. But at the moment, is

Kristina Vogel riding around waving to the crowd, a sporting gesture

there from Lee Wai Sze, the riders have their arms around each other as

they roll around the bottom of the track, but her coaching staff no

doubt talking to the officials about it. The officials are taking a look,

and this is what they are looking at. Just watch this. It is not a

distance, so there you go, it is very, very clear, and I think even

Kristina Vogel knows it, to be honest. And she didn't need to do

it, there is a very good chance she would have taken that much anyway. I

would be amazed, I would bet your salary that that is overturned,

Simon. As much as that?! There we are, Kristina Vogel, we wait to hear

the outcome. Nothing has been announced by the officials, but as

we saw a few moments ago, they were clearly having a look at it. So, at

the moment, Kristina Vogel has been awarded race two, meaning she would

be through to the final. We will bring you any further developments

as and when they occur. CLARE BALDING: Chris, we think that

she will be relegated, don't we? 99% sure. She came out of the lane at

eight crucial point, and it clearly impeded progress of Lee. And it was

dangerous? She did it because she was desperate, she could sense that

Lee was approaching. She flicks out, almost hits her front wheel, and Lee

has to go the long way round here. Yes, I think the judges... If it

doesn't get reversed, I will be surprised. And is there also just a

sense of the judges from the pressure of the home crowd? There

shouldn't be. I don't know. I would like to think it is completely

neutral and there is no favouritism at all, but as an objective

observer, you would say that that is a clearly impeding the forward

progress of your opponent, so it should be a reversal of the

decision. Our stewards hearsay Vogel relegated. I think relegated. As

well. So it does mean a little bit more of a David Katie Archibald,

because it means both of those races will go to a decider for the women's

sprint semifinals, and Katie Archibald jointly in lead of the

women's omnium with just the points race to come. The team that

surrounds the riders are crucial, and Key among them is the head

mechanic, he is called Ernie Faye agreed and he has been talking to

John Douglas. There is so much activity in the track centre,

certainly around the British pen, because that is where all the bikes

are looked after, and Ernie is the man in charge, he has been here for

donkeys years! Looking after some very fine pieces of equipment. What

is the biggest challenge you have on a big track event like this? The

biggest challenges keeping your feet on the ground. We have so many

wonderful performances, and for us, we have just won something, but

there is always somebody else racing next, so we have to keep our feet on

the ground, everything else. I always see you with a spanner or a

pump or cloth, what exactly are you doing? Changing the gears, we do

that track centre. All of the wheels, they will be prepared in

Manchester before we have come, and anything that needs changing, we

have a workshop downstairs here, and I have some wheels and a blue and

tyres already waiting, and that will be a job tomorrow morning. It is a

lot of logistics to get to somewhere like Hong Kong, I know often you

with the team drive a van to various events, but that is not possible

from Manchester to Hong Kong! Thankfully not. We have done really

well this time, we brought 123 items, three and a half tonnes of

equipment, which is madness. I think the only time we have done better

than that was the Rio Olympics. So we checked it all in on the

Wednesday, then we rolled up on Thursday morning and checked in like

a tourist, I can't remember the last time I have done that. And one of

the things we notice is a lot of the other teams are around having a look

to see what you have got, and you keep an eye on the other teams to

see what innovations they have got. A lot of people talking about the

way the British teams have invested in the technology, has that been

exciting to see? It is always exciting, you come out every four

years with something new, and you can see no a few teams have gone to

the larger chain rings like we ran out in Rio, and a few people when we

had the wider forks in London, they came out with those. So it is quite

comical, really. People trying to play catch up with us, but we are

always a few steps ahead. You have to try to keep the team happy. The

riders have quite a say in the setup of their bikes. Is it difficult

managing that? Not really, lots of the riders are

really good, especially the younger group we have coming through, that

have been in the system and come up from juniors and have come now into

seniors. I will not say the awkward ones, the ones that know exactly

what they want and how they like it are not with us at the moment,

Cavendish would no one millimetre or two millimetres which is really good

when working with an athlete like that, Laura Kenny knows half a

millimetre in her saddle height. What about Joe and Chris back in the

studio. They always said please and thank you and you always find an

athlete that remembers their manners goes that bit further and you always

think about them that bit more and you always go that little step

extra. I always remember my please and thank you s. Thank you. Any

further grieve is really good, when he came upon the screen you went

there is Ernie Feargrieve. he came upon the screen you went

there is Ernie He has been around since back in the dark ages. All of

the backroom staff work so hard, we are the ones that get the medals and

attention but we couldn't have done it without them. For sure. They are

under so much pressure, on race day if something goes wrong and there is

a crash he needs to do a quick wheel change committee is a professional

and comment as a rider Unibet on race day when you can see it as

minutes to go until your race -- you need that on race day. How many

people can he look after at the same time? Two mechanics tend to go to

the World Championships and they will alternate, say if there was a

Sprint first Bernie will take that rider first and then if I was the

next rider for example but they look after a fair number of riders

between them. As far as we are aware Kristina Vogel has not been

relegated so she is through, we think, almost certainly come out of

the last Dominic final of the women's sprint despite looking as if

she had come out of the sprinting lane and put league in danger. So

far the stewards have not overturned that decision. Cameron Meyer won the

men's points race for Australia earlier and in seventh place was

Mark Stewart for Great Britain and this was his reaction to the

performance. You've had a few minutes to get over

the huge effort in the points race, great start for you, but it was a

world-class, as you would expect, points race. Everybody going into it

with my and the kettle in the field, knew it would be a hard race so I

just thought I need to be part of this from the start and if my legs

last until the start Dominic and fantastic but I started to fade. Big

step up in your first world seniors, you were leading after the first

half-dozen sprints. Yeah, definitely, we've been focusing on

the team pursuit but I still enjoy the points so I knew coming into it

that it would be a tough ask. It is always fun doing it am suffering!

You watch somebody like Cameron Meyer lift his eighth world title,

you know, with a performance like that, it must serve as huge

inspiration to somebody like you. Massively, I watched him growing up

dominating points races and now I'm on the back of it. It is massive

watching team pursuit and then that, something else. It should make for a

really interesting competition at the Gold Coast at the Commonwealth

Games. I'm looking forward to it, an opportunity to work on the points

races and the scratch next year, so hopefully I will suffer to the end.

Thank you very much. Mark Stewart, who is still only 21,

so he has a lot still ahead of him, and to watch somebody like Cameron

Meyer, what do you try and learn from your championship experiences

from somebody that good? He will look back at the videos of racing to

begin with, a good way to learn, we do it in team pursuit and the omnium

races, analysing the video from the racing definitely. For him it will

be onto the road for the road season. We are mid April so it's

quite late in the road season compared to a normal taxis and. I am

sure he will be keen to get plenty of racing under his belt this summer

ready to go for the next track season come September and

Commonwealth Games will be the big one for Scotland in a year's time.

How difficult is it switching from road to track, how different are the

bikes? Brakes on a road bike, you can change the gears at the flick of

a lever rather than getting out spammers and everything. That is

handy. Both very lightweight bikes but the brakes and gears are the

main thing. For me physically I found it quite difficult to go from

the track to the road and vice versa. The road to the track is

easier but going from the track to the road, you had the top end but

the endurance of racing 4-for ours was challenging. Going back to the

bikes, they do not have any of the bikes from Rio, do they? No, the way

British cycling works is you get the equipment for the Olympics because

you get such an advantage by having the most aerodynamic kit out there

and afterwards it goes back into keeping again. It is not because

they are broken? I heard some of them are cracked. Some of them were

broken. Mine came back absolutely fine and I could have ridden it. It

is because you have taken good care about it. Yeah, I mean, you sort of

expected, we want the best kit at the Olympics, do you know what I

mean? It doesn't matter it gets taken back into keeping and you get

it back out again for the Olympics. Other nations tend to bring in new

equipment and developments in stages so you see the overall package

including but we keep it under the radar until the big day. It has been

a quick turnaround for the sprinters because Stephanie Morton, having won

the second race in a decided now. We will find out from Simon Brotherton

and Chris Boardman whether Voegele kept the second race or if we will

see a decider between her and Lee why see. -- Lee Wai Sze. We are

about to go in the deciding race, Stephanie Morton against Ramona

Krupeckaite. The only way we will know for sure whether Voegele and

leak step up to the track after this race because all of the official

computers are saying Kristina Vogel is through so we have to assume that

is the case but there have been a few discrepancies between what the

stylists said and what the riders who have been racing at various

points over the last few days. We just wait and see. I believe

Kristina Vogel was not penalised. Remarkable decision if that is the

case with such clear-cut video evidence and the rules are very

clear, you cannot come out into that line and in need the progress of