Day 4 World Track Cycling Championships

Hello and welcome to coverage of the penultimate day of the track cycling

World Championships in Hong Kong. Great Britain going pretty well,

three medals in three days living them second in the table behind a

dominant Australia and it all had a golden blow yesterday, Katie

Archibald taking Britain's first gold in these World Championships in

the omnium event. We have an awful lot to look forward to and a lot to

reflect on in the programme between now and 3:30pm. It is a case of what

Katie did, we will be reflecting on the drama and the training nature of

her on the victory in a moment. Today, it is the turn of the men and

Chris Latham, who won a bronze medal in the scratch race, represents

Britain. When the women's madison made its world club debut in

Glasgow, Katie Archibald recovered from a terrible crash with Manon

Lloyd to win. Archibald with a broken wrist. And the good news from

a British point of view is that 21-year-old Ryan Owens has made it

through to the sprint semifinals, winning in a knockout stages this

morning at that has brought a big smile to the face of Sir Chris Hoy.

It was a very good day yesterday. I won't let you say anything right

now, because we are going to see at first and talk about it later. Katie

Archibald, what an extraordinary performance. She was lying right up

their level on points with Amy Cure at the four offence and as we join

the points race, she has made a very good start. We join Simon

Brotherton. It is going to be a real nailbiter.

Certainly not coasting to the end of this omnium, 18 laps, 17 when they

come around this time. Katie Archibald just hitting the front

momentarily. They are closing the gap. Amy Cure was right there.

Archibald moves in behind Kirsten Weald. Keeping a close eye on each

other at the front of the field as the German rider moves towards the

front. Archibald is in a good place with 16 laps to go. Speaking of 15

points left on the board, that would be enough for two riders to leapfrog

Archibald, so she has to be careful, so long as no one important goes up

the road. That is what is happening at the moment. There is the leader,

it Katie Archibald, but the leader, from Chinese Taipei, followed by the

raider from Germany, and Roxanne Fornier from France and the Japanese

rider, which is no threat to the overall scenario. Amy Cure having a

little luck, she doesn't want to be stuck in a neutralised position.

Sorry, we have had a bit of an issue there, which is a good thing,

because I was saying to Joe, I am so sorry I didn't let you speak, and

now you can! Fantastic performance yesterday, we were all on the edge

of our seeds and it was fantastic to see her in the rainbow stripes and I

hope she is still buzzing. It was a fantastic win. We can go back and

see that win now. It is going to be a real nailbiter, this one, write to

the last. Certainly not coasting to the end of this omnium, 17 laps when

they come around this time. Katie Archibald just hit the front

momentarily. Amy Cure was right there. Keeping a close eye on each

other at the front of the field at the moment as the German rider moves

towards the front. Archibald in a good spot with 16 laps to go. 15

points left on the board, which would be enough for two riders to

leapfrog Archibald, as long as no one important goes up the road. No

one important in terms of the overall situation. There is the

leader in the gold medal position, Katie Archibald, but the leader from

Chinese Taipei followed by the rider from Germany, Palle, and Roxanne

Fornier from France and catchy Hara from Japan, so no threat to the

overall scenario. Amy Cure coming around the outside, she doesn't want

to be stuck in a neutralised position. Two riders to watch and

that the lower riders go up the road, but those two people they

can't let get away as they approach the next sprint.

Zheng up there from Taipei. The gap is being closed with every

revolution of the pedals. It will be three laps to go until the next

sprint, next over the line... Two laps to go, 12 over the line. She's

moving up from the outside, she knows she has to either go for the

sprint or go after the other riders. Wield moves through as they take the

belt. Amy Cure is in a really good position, Katie Archibald not so

much. Amy Cure leads down the back straight. Wield will try and go

around the outside. Has she got the speed to do so? Stenberg on the

inside. It was so close on the line, a photo between the pair of them.

Did Wield time that to perfection? I hope so, because she is the lesser

threat to Archibald, who I think might have picked up a point as

well. Archibald, I think gets a point. She does. Archibald lives by

two points. 120. And Kirsten Wild is on 150. This will all come down to

the final sprint, tactics are all important. Kirsten Wild putting

herself into the contention for a medal, she is having a go just to do

that and those points going up the road can only help Katie Archibald.

Sarah Hammer hits the front and she has shown company, -- some company.

And then the Polish rider who is fourth has made a move. The others

are watching each other in the pack. This is good the Katie Archibald but

there are still six laps to go and they are really eating up the

ground, they have the nearly a half a lap advantage, so it is going to

have to be weighed up carefully. She is on the wheel of Amy Cure right

now but is where she needs to be. Katchihara Japan gets to join the

field. Kilometre until the end of this omnium World Championships.

Katie Archibald pole position but just a two point lead. So close, so

much to play for on this final generic for laps of this race. She

has lost the wheel of Amy Cure. Amy Cure is going for this final sprint,

coming round the outside now, fighting all the way. Katie

Archibald is going to have to dig really debut she is going to secure

this world title, it is between her, Amy Cure and Kirsten Wild. And you

can see how much it is hurting. Next time over the line, Sarah Hammer at

the front of the race. Concentrating on events behind and Kirsten Wild

will be a big danger in this final sprint. Two laps to go. Both of her

rivals are in front of her, she is boxed in on the inside, they will

take the bell and she has to get out of this position and Kirsten Wild

knows that and look at the turn of speed from Wild. One lap to go in

the women's omnium, can Katie Archibald hang on to the gold medal

position in the sprint? Down the back straight they go. Amy Cure has

got nothing left. It is Kirsten Wild against Archibald and Archibald

really wants it and she makes sure she gets it. That was absolutely

fantastic from Katie Archibald. It looked like she was running on empty

but she found something from somewhere, that little burst of

speed that carried her off the final banking. Like a shot... She came

hurtling down the finishing straight, it is gold for Katie

Archibald, gold for Great Britain, what a finish to the women's omnium

and Great Britain have a first gold medal at these World Championships

and what a women's omnium it was. It was in the balance right to the last

few seconds of the race. Katie Archibald takes it, one-two-three

points. Amy Cure second, 115, level with Kirsten Wild. What drama, what

excitement and what a result for Katie Archibald, a world champion in

the team pursuit in 2014, she is now an individual world champion in the

women's omnium, but my goodness me, she kept us on the edge of our seats

there. CLARE BALDING: where and she got the

final kick from, even she didn't know, first individual world title

for Katie at the age of 23. She said she had the motivation from Rio to

prove herself as an individual and it meant she had a moment to stand

alone and say that the national anthem.

Amy Cure, by the way, was relegated to third place and Kirsten Wild took

the silver. Katie, many, many congratulations,

that is a world title in the omnium and you looked so strong in that

final sprint, it was awesome to see. Oh, I messed up... I thought I was

going to drop out of the race. You know, the start... The pain... And I

felt, well, it is dirty tactics, basically, I knew I had to stay on

Amy Cure no matter what, like team pursuit mode, follow that wheel.

There is always something to the final sprint. And going off on a

tangent. I am not sure if I deserved it, that was very close. I think you

can only save when you deserve it when you win the first two events,

placed fifth in the third event and win like that but as you say, in the

closing stages, you looks like you are in a lot of pain and I think the

others thought they could take advantage, but you found something

to get over the line. It is so different, and on the race. The

tactics, when she get to the final, you are racing against ten people

rather than 20 and I have been training with a largely pursued

focus, so three and a half minutes, and focusing on the fact that most

of these events are ten minutes long and I just thought, I will get

through the points and I went out like the devil on legs. I didn't

write it very efficiently, that didn't help but I have not gone out

with fatigue in a long time, like, over a year, maybe, so there was a

real dent my confidence, I thought I am not fit enough to do this. But I

got it in the end. And you can tell the emotional exhaustion as well as

the physical exhaustion. We will lead the discussion moment because I

want to go to the 500m time trial, Wai Sze Lee is about to go.

Thank you, Wai Sze Lee from Hong Kong, who won the bronze medal in

the sprint for the second time in these championships, hopes to add to

her medal collection here. She was the world champion in this event in

Minsk in 2013, but she has quite a bit to do, three riders faster than

her in qualifying this morning. Two laps of the track. A couple of

tenths of a second faster, which is a lot in this event. The track is

running slightly slower than it was this morning. Hush around the

Velodrome here now. Two laps are power and blistering

speed coming up here for Wai Sze Lee from Hong Kong. Can she get a medal

here? Roared on by the home crowd. Beautifully timed out the gate and

really got the power down, caught it just right. She can't complain of

that part of the ride. She has to put it all out on the

track now, holding nothing back, down the back straight, into the

banking for the last time. The crowd roar and here she comes, Lee Wai

Sze, with the fastest time, 37.723. We will have to see if it is enough

to put on the top of the podium but certainly she could not have done

too much more. An emotional ride as much as physical she really put it

all out there. That trend continuing, but so consistent and

she is also under pressure, with the crowd support, but also one of those

opportunities of a lifetime, so still very much in the hunt for a

medal here. She will have the relief of having got a medal before, albeit

a bronze one. I agree with you, Chris. It seems daft having

qualifying for an event like this earlier in the day because it steals

everyone's thunder. Well, it is what it is. I am certainly no stranger to

being wrong, and maybe as we say we will get twice as much for our

money, I don't know. But I enjoyed the fact it was all so explosive and

it is all hinting on such a short period of time. I like the nature of

it, going for the two that's just the ones. Two German riders in this

field. The second-fastest is the world Junior champion. And this is

the winner of this race from 2014 in Colombia, racing with Kristina

Vogel. 15 seconds to go now for Miriam Welte's right. -- Miriam

Welte's ride. Miriam Welte is so experienced, so many medals and

championships around the world. She has ten championship medals in

total. Can she add to that collection here? Usually finishes

fast, but that is quick, more than half a second faster than anybody

else for this opening lap, quite incredible. Lost a bit of ground but

she has built up quite our lead. What a start by Miriam Welte, and it

is absolutely silent in the velodrome as the German writer comes

around and is about to finish, and it will be a new faster time,

33.382, polite applause but you can sense the disappointment in the air.

The first of the riders to go faster than they did in qualifying so she

will have to be pleased with that. Her start was so clean, looking...

Not pedestrian, it didn't look like she was driving and getting

everything out but that is what it looks like when all muscles are

balanced, no rocking backwards and forwards, all going through the

pedals. Miriam Welte going for what would be her fifth World

Championship title. Only two could possibly beat her now. Daria

Shmeleva from Russia, and her compatriot, Anastasia Voynova, the

last two the go, having set quicker times in qualifying today. But an

excellent ride from Miriam Welte. The starting gate being put in

place, and she will wonder off to the end of the track and will not

have too long to wait to discover what colour her medal will be. This

is Shmeleva, who already has a medal,, has won in each of the last

two years, really good young sprinter who has come through and

managed to carry it through into the elite ranks. 22 years of age.

Interestingly, the first of the riders to avail themselves of the

bar which come into effect after that opening lap, and I am really

surprised more riders have moved away from this setup where when you

are starting to die, make yourself small and become more efficient. It

seems to be the way the go. The job for Daria Shmeleva is to beat the

time of 33.382 seconds here for the two lapse, and away she goes,

quickly trying to get on top of the gear and setter in the -- settle

into a rhythm. This is the bell. That is where the position comes

into its own, getting into that closing, almost just hundredss of a

second behind at the moment. She gets faster and faster. Overhauling

the times of those before her by the time she gets to the Senate wood

finishing line, 33.282, a new leader -- as she gets to the finishing

line. Those tactics being off in my view in that last quarter of a lap,

well worth the extra grams at the start. A beautiful start, look

clean. Just one single effort, no rocking back and forward. She was

out of the gate. If it is possible to do it in as short a race as two

lap sprint, she was doing that. You can see this, against counterparts,

the elbows out, really makes a big difference when they up to speed.

16km/h -- 60km/h at peak speed in this, so the coach they are,

certainly pleased. There is the situation, one rider remaining in

this final. Lee Wai Sze may find herself out of the medals. If it

goes to form, Anastasia Voynova for Russia will get one. Yes, she will

have to go faster than she did this morning as wood if she wants to take

this title, and it is tough going up there, you know, when you have half

a minute and everything is to play for. You know they have gone faster

than you have already during this competition. It is all to do.

Voynova knows exactly what she has to do here. For and Shmeleva with

team-mates earlier in the competition, beating the rest of the

world, but they are very much going head-to-head here. Four claims she

has been a world champion already in her career, twice in the team sprint

and twice in this event. Going for the hat-trick having one each of the

previous championships. Two big leather straps around each foot.

There has to be a better way, I think a lot of the teams are using

Velcro. Taking with one hand and giving away with the other.

33.282 is the time to beat, set by her compatriot Shmeleva, and

Anastasia Voynova is on her way. Very sharp, perhaps not as good out

of the gate but certainly up to speed. She has given away newly two

tenths of a second, an awful lot to make it but she is on her way to

making it up. Is she on her way to hat-trick of titles in this world

event? She has time to make up. Can she do it? Needs to be a very big

finish here from Voynova as she crosses the line, and it is only

good enough for third place. She takes the bronze medal and pushes

Lee Wai Sze off the podium. She will finish in fourth place, but Daria

Shmeleva is the new world champion. The golden medal stays with Russia

for the third year in a row but for the first time in three years

Anastasia Voynova is no longer the world champion, and it will be Daria

Shmeleva who will stand on top of the podium. I go back and stand by

that. I am very surprised that in these short events, you know, every

single meter of the track counts, so if you have an advantage you can

take, why not use it? It is all about power but 90% is used to push

here are the way, getting small, getting those two arms out of the

wind, it has to give you an advantage and I think that is

exactly what her team-mates did. That is what made the difference at

the end. A little reminder as well, the rider who did not make it into

the final, Katy Marchant from Great Britain, she was in qualifying this

morning but finished in 30th please will stop Katy Marchant not making

it through to the final here this evening, as Daria Shmeleva prepares

to celebrate her world title, her second world title in these

championships here in Hong Kong. Shmeleva taking the gold, Miriam

Welte with an excellent silver, and Voynova with the bronze.

STUDIO: Chris Hoy here in the studio egging -- echoing those comments

about aerodynamics. It is so important, and I can only think of

team sprint, they are used to riding in that position and because it is

not an Olympic event perhaps she does not want to train in that

different position but it is still a world title and such an obvious

thing, look at her elbows sticking right out, like a parachute, her

team-mate, on the tribe ares, nice and efficient and aerodynamic. And

it meant the difference between a gold and bronze medal. We will be

back with live action shortly because the men's Omnium is reaching

the second half. Let's catch up on this morning's events. Chris Latham

is in this for Great Britain. It has been hard for him, to be honest. It

started with the ten kilometres scratch race. Even though two riders

are sprinting for the line the real action was back in the bunch and it

was the Spaniard who was the first to cross the line, taking maximum

points ahead of Benjamin Thomas of France and the Italian. Again the

winner could be found here towards the back of the field as the winners

sprinted for the line for the final time of points one earlier in the

race. New Zealand had already mopped up the victory, with Tories of Spain

in after. Anyone really of those ten could still win. Chris Latham I'm

afraid is down in 20 First Place currently last at the moment and it

means he will line up at the fence. At the elimination race the draw of

where you are lining up is actually pretty crucial yes, the only one

where you care about how you start. Even though there is a big group

together you want to be nearer the front and try to minimise the risk

of being caught out on the first sprint. The way the elimination race

works is you do not want to be at the back of the field. He has had

good World Championships already, Chris Latham, but as we have seen,

it is about backing up and recovering and coming out to do it

again. Yes, an excellent bronze in the scratch race, so really pleased

for him for that. Sometimes your legs just don't play the game and

you have a bad day so today was perhaps not one of his best but he

already has a medal to his name at his age, already an impressive start

to the season for him. On that recovery, Katie Archibald we saw

this morning did not qualify for the individual pursuit, a big

disappointment for her after the celebrations yesterday? Yes, it will

have been, but she should not be disappointed because in my opinion

the Omnium win was fabulous and she would have had to have gone really

deep in that. I was so proud of her to win that, the Olympic event. I

personally love individual pursuit and would have loved to see her

challenging for that one. I know she will be disappointed but it was a

huge ask yesterday, not just physically but you then have the

tedium, dope controls, a lot of things going on after you have won

in world title which the impact on your recovery next morning, saw an

understandable performance from her, but there was with Ellie Dickinson,

the other women, you know, it was a good morning for the British riders.

This is her ride this morning. Can you tell even by looking at her that

her legs are not quite a strong? I can see her head going down a little

bit. She is very classy, good at holding that position and bringing

the power down. She had a nice chaser from the Irish rider. You do

not want to finish coming around somebody but the black line but they

would have been a nice taste throughout the right. Three .31 is

still a respectable pursuit time. I know she will not be happy with that

but I think she really should be. After yesterday's efforts, I think

we really could not have expected much more from her today so I am

still pleased for her. Absolutely. Part of the whole experience of

doing it is not just taking the race but all the media commitments. We

will speak to Zarina later in the programme. After this, in fact, but

let's join the men's Omnium -- we will speak to Katie later in the

programme. Just underway, no eliminations yet, but they do come

thick and fast as we know, know the races up and running Phillie... --

fully up and running. Already scuttling across the track

to make sure they're not the first one out. A big man a crop went out.

There is a crash, the Polish rider and the gain. Casper

Pedersen and Simov. It can't carry on without them otherwise they will

be gaining places, so the flags will come out. Strategically a difficult

time for the peloton, but a big benefit from being near the front.

They are still tussling and it is neutralised at 50 K per hour. That

didn't take long. We are well used to repair. Hopefully not a long one

and the riders who have fallen should be back in the race soon,

Pedersen is back on his bike, they just fiddling around -- they are

just fiddling around with the Polish rider's bike. They are very robust

machines, and they have to be careful, they all have spares, so

they have called for the second bike, so the race will soon be under

way and as we have seen before, it can be helpful in an event like

this. He is actually fourth overall going into this race, Sajnok. You

can see that they are still battering rareness of the race was

on. Chris Latham was at the front. Two lads who have fallen off are at

the back, so no change there. It is under once more. It will be the

second elimination after this. Does look as though Sajnok is having a

bit of a problem. Struggling at the back, working hard to try and stay

on the coat-tails of the main group at Pedersen, the other one who felt,

is going well down the back straight. You can see the speed

differences, to go around the outside, you are probably going

around about five kilometres per hour faster than at the bottom. I

think Viktor Manakov has gone, the bronze-medallist in the omnium three

years ago, he was the first rider out.

Just looking at it at the moment, Sajnok finds himself at the tail end

of the track and forces himself to is sprint. Olivera from Portugal is

out. One rider behind him, kept him on the shoulder and kept flicking

him up high. It looks like you'll keep deploying strategy. Chris

Latham, difficult position at the moment, in the middle of the pack

but lower than so as the wave starts to come over the top, there is

nowhere for him to go, he will have to be careful. And the home riders

having a problem as well. Dives down to the bottom of the track. It may

be the Polish rider who has gone and if it is, that will be a big blow

for him because he was in fourth place, as we mentioned earlier. And

it is Hong Kong it is lunch and win. -- it is Win. It is so hard, you are

suddenly up against a wall of riders and there is nowhere to go. Sajnok

trying to battle his way together. It may be Korean rider, Park

Sanghoon Park who is out. Again, our friend from Poland just about makes

it on the line. Chris Latham has had what we can only describe as a

lacklustre start to this competition, lying in last at the

moment but he seems to be finding his way now and starting to write

this pretty cannily. Looks like he is finding his legs a bit as he

goes. Casper Pedersen is a word, one of the riders who fell at the start.

Chris Latham leads the main field around. This prince come thick and

fast in the omnium, you have to be wary of sitting at the front. A bit

of a battle further back and it involves Albert ta is and he is the

leader at the moment, he has work to do as Torres is forced to try and

sprint his way into staying in the competition and it is Maldonado from

Mexico, I think, who will be out. Chris Latham on the inside in danger

of getting squeezed at the moment, but I think he is far enough

forward. The Belgian lives through in the predominantly -- lives

through, Thomas from France in the blue. There is a crash and the

builder has gone down -- the Dutch rider has gone down. The neutral

flag comes out. He is still sitting on the floor at the moment. We will

take a look. He actually did go down to the right, that was quite a knock

he took to the head. They are so, so top these riders. He is up now and

calling for a bike. There are no magic sponge in this event. Provided

he doesn't start riding in the wrong direction, we will know he is OK. No

major damage, just a few scrapes. What a blow to the head he took,

though. Fortunately seems to be OK and straight back into the action.

Two minor delays. Six riders out and it is thinning out. Just in front of

him. And another crash. And the Polish rider is down to the second

time in the race. Sajnok hits the deck for the second time in the

race. He has not got much skin left to lose, to be honest. It will soon

be coming days and, it has so many holes in. He nearly held it there.

That was quite impressive. He held it to make sure he got over the line

before the last rider. He's getting up again, let's hope it is third

time lucky. The front tire rolls, which is really bad, that should

never happen. They are glued on to the rim with several coats of a

decent. We have some damage to the track, so I think it might stay

neutralised per a little bit. Now, they may actually, are they going to

stop the race? No. Saying no elimination. This is a really

precarious thing to do because the guys looking at the track have

totally forgotten there is a marauding bunch coming around. They

have to make a choice now, you stop the race or you carry on. What is

Sajnok doing, getting up to speed or struggling and realising his race is

run. I think he is coming around... I think they will stop the race,

they can't take the risk, it is right on the finish line. He is

saying on YouGov. There was a big discussion I was watching and they

have decided they can carry on unilaterally. Thomas of France going

around the outside, Sam Welsford of Australia and Torres is having to

sprints to try and stay in it. He tried to barge Roman Gladysh of

Ukraine out of the way, there was no room. But the rider out is Shunsuke

Imamura from Japan, but the real action is taking place up towards

the fence. And Sajnok from Poland, looks a bit of a sorry sight, he is

coming out of the race. Poor chap crashing twice in the matter of a

few laps. He has been eliminated. And so now has Roman Gladysh, I

think, from the Ukraine. Yes, he has gone, four time national champion.

We are slowly getting through the field, stoppages and all. Nine Chris

Latham is still in there, having a much better race than his first two.

In a difficult position again, down the bottom but already starting to

think about getting himself out. He has got nowhere to go at the moment.

He might be in trouble here with everyone going around him. He tries

to dive through on the inside and will he just about stay in? If he is

out, it will be no more than a third of a wheel and he is out. Chris

Latham eliminated. It is so tempting to use the blue Cote d'Azur to push

yourself forward but if you can be instantly out of the race. Mark

Cavendish did that sub such as the pace being said by Aaron Gate that

it is just a long line and that makes it very difficult if you are

trapped at the back. Aaron Gate leading, Shunsuke Imamura second,

well stood third, Thomas in fourth. De Wylder the latest rider

eliminated. He will be disappointed. Gives him a chance to attend to his

burns, having fallen at the start of the race. Aaron Gate leading. A bit

of a stretch for the Kazakis rider and he will be out. This is

reasonable tactic by the New Zealander, because it is a constant

pace and it is not the sprints Prince that do the damage and the

others have been happy to let him do that. Gael Suter going around the

outside in the thick of the bunch. Thomas and Souter they riders at the

front and Torres of Spain having to sprint hard -- Saint Gael Suter the

riders at the front. Torres makes it once again and Aaron Gate, who was

leading the so long, is out, caught on the line. Remarkable, isn't it?

The kiss of death, saying it was a reasonable tactic. He won't be happy

with you. Sam Welsford leaves them ran once more and Torres has decided

he needs to stay at the front, having been loitering at the back.

We haven't mentioned Sam Welsford and he is on storming form at the

moment. Is the latest rider to go, Shunsuke Imamura. Australia

incredible at those kind of paces. So he has plenty in the tank. Lots

of racing and lots of points on offer in terms of the overall

competition. Benjamin Thomas leads them around. Torres is moving around

the outside. The Dutch rider getting involved as well. Suter forced to

sprint really hard and I am not sure he has made it. It has got to be

totally at the judges' discretion. Can be a photo finish and they

needed one there. Suter is the man who is out, the European scratch

race champion and still the rider at the front, from Belarus, we haven't

seen much of him near the front but he has quietly stayed in the race.

Playing the same sprinting game, laying off and coming at them fast.

Torres may find it tough as they come towards the line. I think it is

number five. It is. Yes, the rider from Belarus, the 22-year-old. I

think we are seeing a new tactic, to lay off in the back straight and

charge and just come in time, using the whole height of the banking.

Simone Consonni having a little luck. Torres doesn't fancy having a

head-to-head with Eefting. Roy Eefting is the latest rider out.

When it is moving around the bottom, it is difficult to deploy the same

tactic, you haven't got the height and at this point, he hasn't got the

race. Just five riders left in this event. Absolutely brutal. Simone

Consonni, the medallist in Richmond a couple of years ago, with Torres

Justin Fraser them. Thomas of France in third place coming onto the

Italian's shoulder -- just in front of them. Just held him back on

purpose and I think he is the one we have been talking about, he has been

in the wheels the whole race. Now it is turning into a big match sprint

as all four look at each other, they are all completely spent. Sper

geekier Eefting won the on in a World Cup meeting in Calais months

ago. He has decided he's going to have a go, Torres. He has thought

better of it, his tank is empty Finnair. His heart was in it but his

legs were somewhere else. And then there were three. One more out

before the final sprint. As a pigeon swoops across and nearly lands in

our commentary position. Very close. Consonni leads, Welsford in second

place. Thomas of France's in third. -- of France is in third. Thomas

trying to make a bit of a move, get a little bit of hide. Welsford

trying to hold him at arms length and he is more than capable of doing

so. Almost toying with the other riders at times. It is a very

defensive game, I am not going to try and win, I will make you lose

and effective it has been and come to the fore in the last few laps,

really got some strength. But has it got the sprint, that is what he will

need? He will need as friend against Consonni from Italy. It starts now

and he knows to accelerate on the straight and he has got the

strength. He has the advantage over the Italian rider, does the Italian

have enough to come back? No, the Australian wins it, he wins the

elimination race and the men's omnium and he did it in a very

dominant style, a canny ride all the way through from Sam Welsford. Let

everybody else do the hard work and then just kept everyone at arm's

length and looked in complete control of the situation throughout

the race, including in the latter stages. Tactic, skill and

physiology. We hardly talked about him, he wrote it quietly and then

started to deploy some tactics, making sure he held some other

people behind him and when he actually launched, there was no

answer. strong I think arguably the

physically strongest rider in this race. Interestingly, provisionally I

think it moves them to seventh place overall. He looked really good there

and I think we can expect more than him. Yes. We have already seen in

this there are an awful lot of points left on offer and you can

really turn it on its head. Torres was dicing with death a few times in

that elimination race but hung on long enough to collect a hatful of

points to preserve his lead in the competition, but it was close-run at

times from fairly early on. Yes, I wouldn't put that gold medal

pastern. There is the opening situation. Torres Spain leads the

way on hundred and 12 points. A few clear of Benjamin Thomas from

France. Max buyer of Germany in third place. But Sam Welsford,

winning that, moving up to seven. STUDIO: It is brutal, isn't it? So

many crashes in that one, but yesterday we saw Katie Archibald

finishing fifth in the elimination race, meaning she went into the

final Omnium event level on points with Amy Cure and she did enough to

win the whole thing. And it is difficult, Jo, and she said in her

interview afterward she felt it was almost dirty tactics to keep on Amy

Cure but she felt she had to. Yes, I don't know if it is dirty because

you have to do that in a bike race. Katie she said she used her team

pursuit background as well, following that, but really it came

down to her being the best on the day. If anything she was slightly

critical of herself in her interview but I guess that is the mark of a

really good champion, she always wants to be better. For me she was

incredible yesterday. Chris, how difficult do you feel it is, four

events in one day rather than three, three, then they on the next? Test

of all-round skill and ability it should have shorter and longer

events, the Ducasse alone, and it seems to be they are focusing on a

bunch race, so why not just have one -- that the ... And I will not

complain too much because it is great for Katie and the team but the

UCI are making a lot of changes here and they are not all popular. But if

we make sure we are as prepared as everybody else it is a good thing

for Team GB. And for the very first time in her life Katie to pull on

the rainbow jersey and is still wearing it today. We will head back

to Hong Kong because she is alongside Jill Douglas. Yes, Katie

was watching that elimination race on the edge of receipt. I felt you

were loving every minute because it was so exciting. Out of one? Yes,

horrible, jumping out of our skin at every horrible moment, but I think

Chris did pretty well. But like you say, really exciting race

regardless. I think he did well to stay up, so many tumbles over the

course. Yesterday was long, like a bit heavy, we saw you on the

individual pursuit just missing out on a medal, but overall how do you

feel today? Not fantastic. Yes, pretty disappointed with the

qualifying score, kind of embarrassed, if I'm honest. A bit of

a boot in this. It smells really nice, this, because I have covered

it in perfume to hide the. LAUGHTER

But I put in a lot of work to try to achieve something with the pursuit

and it just was not doable. I kind of woke up in agony, if I'm honest.

I thought warming up, I could still give it a good go and I think I made

kind of an acceptable standard but realistically I have not moved on

anywhere from two years ago, how it seems on paper. I don't feel so good

about that. I think you're beating yourself up a little because we saw

you perform so well yesterday, a sapping four bunch races in order to

get that rainbow jersey which you absolutely deserved. I mean you

really stormed to victory in that last race. And of course with all

that comes with that world title, the ceremonies, the press, it was a

long night for you and I hardly surprised you felt a little heavy

today and a bit sore. Can you know appreciate the fact you are a world

champion, individually, after the effort yesterday? Yes, a bit

bizarre, isn't it? The amount of people I have had messaging me,

forgetting her many friends I had! It has been tasted to soak it up.

Maybe I would have slept better without quite so many messages!

LAUGHTER No, it feels fantastic. I know they

were absolutely thrilled back in the UK, lots of fans watching, and of

course some very good friends of yours in the studio. I will let one

or two of them chat to you now. I know Jo is standing by. I will give

you my microphone. Hi, Katie, world champ. Are you feeling? Great. Is

anyone listening in or is it just you and me? It is out on BBC Two so

it as everybody! LAUGHTER

Oh, dear. OK. We are really proud of user don't feel embarrassed today.

How is morale in the team? I think the gold must have boosted

everybody? Yes, fantastic. All the girls are getting ready for the

women's madison, but actually feeling really good getting ready

for racing with Elinor, jumping around the music trying to distract

ourselves, so I am glad to be part of it went in to see what happens.

Hi, Katie. Chris here. Hello. Congratulations. We're also proud of

you. You should not be yourself up at all. I think you did really well

and today it is one of the hardest things to back-up, after the

emotional high and not getting much sleep. If you look back on your

individual pursuit performance and you realise, OK, not what you hoped

for, but it is an Olympic event, the Omnium, and has to be priority. And

there will be great practice by the Olympics when you have one or two to

potential and you will be ready for it. Yes, hopefully. One of the

biggest compliments I had actually was somebody who likened my very

close loss to your keirin final and I thought it was a bit of a reach,

but it was nice anyway. LAUGHTER

You had us all on our toes. It was absolutely fantastic. Well done.

Yes, you did. And thank you, Katie, for coming to speak to us today. And

that rainbow jersey looks good on you. Keep it on! Katie Archibald,

the newest world champion for Great Britain, having won. Omnium

yesterday. As you can tell she is still disappointed with her

individual pursuit performance this morning and it is difficult to come

out and perform at that level when you have just won a massive

multidiscipline event like the Omnium but sometimes in the British

team, such is its depth of talent, you get a real surprise. Callum

Skinner had gone out of the spread, so we thought no Medel for Britain,

but we were not banking on Ryan Owens who this morning, Chris,

performed against a really experienced German sprinter, the guy

who put out Callum Skinner? Yes, I have not actually what is this yet

so it is great to see. It went to a decider, best of three. I'm catching

him napping... With tired legs here, the German closing the gap, but just

enough to hang on and Ryan will be absolutely delighted with this.

10.2, last 200 metres, that borrowed, and exceptional

performance from him. The format is best-of-3, Ryan Owens with the

advantage, and this is the second race, and the German knowing he has

to win it to stay in... Yes, a bit of a drag race, knowing he has the

get him on the hip. A classic drag race here, and Ryan came out in the

red, little fraction, and, yes, he got it. There was not much more Ryan

could have done their, a classic drag race and you need to keep an

eye on Niederlag because he has pushed out Ryan Owens and although

Niederlag wins this deciding spread he actually gets relegated, and that

is why Ryan Owens is through to today's race. The semifinals. Yes,

that just happened after the 200 metre line. I tell you what, in it.

Yes, based on the right we saw -- race that we saw in the women's

sprint where they let it go, and, you know, I am surprised that that

one, delighted obviously, great for Team GB, but the officials seem to

be a little inconsistent in these championships. This means Ryan

Owens' draw, up against the Dutchman, Harrie Lavreysen. Is that

good? Similar times, both 9.8s, and I think it is his best chance of

making the final. Dmitriev is very experienced. Even if Ryan finished

fourth, great performance, but I think now he will be thinking about

one more semifinal to get himself into that gold medal ride off. Is

it, at this stage, in a world summit, how much do nurse play a

part? Huge part but you can use them to your advantage. Sometimes having

no expectation, you know, nobody expecting him to win the gold medal,

it could surprise us. He is the one who has come in under the radar.

COMMENTATOR: Here we go. Heat one, race number one, and Denis Dmitriev,

who has won Medel year for each of the last four years but has never

been world champion, and I think he will never have a better chance than

this one potentially. He is the man with the experienced as they get

ready for the start of this race. Ethan Mitchell, his opponent from

New Zealand, the 26-year-old, is known as a team rider rather than an

individual sprinter. He is the times the team sprint champion of the

world, including this year. Dmitriev is I think the one with the

advantage here, very strong qualifying rounds, and looked very

strong since the competition proper has got underway. Yes, he has looked

very strong so far, in great form, Dmitriev. But it starts to get tough

now obviously in the final stages. Ethan Mitchell will lead them

through for the first lap of three here. The designated rider to lead,

as they slowly wander into the back straight. Under the saddle, and they

have to have one of those, to have parity, and that is the Inn res

camera we are getting used to seeing the Doidge from. Sometimes there are

two boxes and the second one is popular now for the power data from

the riders for post race analysis. Great for us because they give us

some lovely shots, but I've be very annoying for people in aerodynamics

like yourself? Well, we know it is a bit of a brick, but we will give

everybody one, so it is their! Out the back, you are managing chaos by

that point on the bait anyway, two big cylindrical legs pumping up and

down at 120 rpm, so very hard to do much other than minimise the...

Something else drawn in the mix, at the back end of the bike. One lap

completed. Still the calm before the storm here in this first semifinal

matchup between the vastly experienced sprint rider from

Russia, Denis Dmitriev, in his 30s now, against Easton Mitchell, so

used to having Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins alongside him, going for

World Championship gold. Sparring begins. Keeping his eye on the

Russian rider, and you recall, Dmitriev is off, and Mitchell... Is

not going to close that gap. Dmitriev utterly dominant here. Ten

dead riding a race like that! Incredible. It is as if for Mitchell

it was a training ride and Dmitriev thought he would just sprint round

the outside, incredible difference in power. We said he looked in great

form before the ride there and he just showed it once again. Just look

at that. Even at ten dead, and measured right. He is looking back

at several points here, and Mitchell is just stunned, just trying to get

on his wheel, never mind getting past. He will take some beating, won

the? Dmitriev? I think that statement cannot be emphasised

enough here. Ryan Owens from Great Britain, the 21-year-old, against

Harrie Lavreysen from the Netherlands. Two Young sprinters,

and the Dutch rider is just 20, younger than Ryan Owens. There is

confirmation of the result from the first race.

Dmitriev is one ride away from making it into the world

championship final. And I can see just off the track come here comes

the Dutch rider, he will be the first up, as Dmitriev slowly winds

it then. Good crowd in here again for this Saturday evening session.

Many of them hoping that Wai Sze Lee would get her second medal of these

championships, was quite a big, finishing in fourth place in the

500m time trial. Here is Harrie Lavreysen, and the jury cries for

both of these athletes. The Dutchman won the team sprint silver medal

right at the start of this championships, his first major

international medal. He finished second in the Dutch national

championships that year, bitter by Geoffrey Haviland. There is a slight

delay, an issue with Ryan Owens' chut. They'll specialised custom

shoes, there is no loss power in the stretch of the issue, and it looks

like there was a lace problem. There is nothing of them, they weigh less

than 100 grams, so incredibly light and small. They'll still covering

them with the straps but using flat Velcro ones to try and contain some

of that power. It is an insurance measure, really, so any twisting of

the foot won't release the shoe from the pedal. We saw the same footage

as they did back in the studio, but it wasn't what was actually on

camera, it was an incident elsewhere they had seen and penalised, so here

by rights, I think. What I liked about Ryan Owens, in all of the

rights against need a lag, he had a plan, he was feisty and at every

point in the race was trying to think of a way to win the race, even

if he wasn't in the box seat. You could feel the fact that it wasn't a

case of, oh, no, what has just happened? It was, "How do I win?"

Even half a lap to go in an almost impossible situation, I am going to

dive up the track, gain some height and come again and it was refreshing

to watch. Here we go, best of three semifinal in the men's match sprint.

We were expecting to see Callum Skinner at the business end of this

competition, beaten by Jason Kenny any Olympic final, but he was out

yesterday and instead, it is Ryan Owens representing Great Britain,

flying the flag against Harrie Lavreysen of the Netherlands. A

great opportunity for him and as we talked about in the studio, it is an

opportunity, when you exceed expectations, it is an adventure and

exciting, rather than pressure and stress and it is very different

being up and coming than having the success and it is expected of you.

He is in this wonderful niche now where he gets to see how good he can

be and if it doesn't come off, he has lost nothing, so great position

for him be in. Slow and steady, the real race still to get under way.

Watching each other like hawks, looking for every movement. Two laps

to go as they come round into the finishing straight, they will pull

away on the Segway as we switch to the wider angle, the riders start to

come at the track, gain height and some speed. Lavereysen ducking

around, really high on the track, swooping down. While he is doing

that, he is gaining pace all the time and closing in on Owens, which

is what it once, try and suck him in but with a lap to go, he takes it

on. A searing burst of pace from the British rider but here comes the

Dutchman, Lavereysen close the gap and drawers onto the shoulder, but

Dmitriev is fighting him all the way that he can't hold of. Harrie

Lavreysen, superb sprinting from the Dutchman, he takes it 1-0. A little

bit of inexperience, he was suckered into going early and the gap wasn't

an advantage, it was exactly what the Dutchman wanted, he wanted to be

led out, so he gave him 10m and had the perfect lead out to accelerate

into the slipstream and comes down the back straight, it was perfect

for him. He will look at that video and cringe a bit. The fight is there

and the physiology is there, he is certainly physically as good, so I

think he can come back in this one but that one was tactics, not power.

Lavereysen from the Netherlands takes the first ride. Ryan Owens has

to win the next matchup, otherwise it will be bronze at best for him.

But it is a big learning curve, a steep learning curve and he has done

well to make it to the semifinals and he is not out of it yet. Denis

Dmitriev dominant against Ethan Mitchell in their first ride and

Harrie Lavreysen, the 20-year-old from the Netherlands, beating Ryan

Owens in their first race. CLARE BALDING: get let's the

thoughts of Sir Chris Hoy on rock Ryan Owens did and what he might do

differently in the next race. I think Chris Baldwin nailed it by

saying he was suckered into going early. He was suckered into going

into the gap. You want to keep your opponent post you but sometimes,

when there is the begin of gap, you think you can go early and he has

gone here, Lavereysen has the height and although it looks like a big

gap, it is the perfect slipstream to draw into, you get the slingshot

effect and you see the difference in speed here. It was a great ride from

the Dutchman, to be fair, very mature for a young rider to have

that calmness under pressure. It is difficult to both riders because

normally when you are racing against an opponent, you have seen them many

times and you know their tactics but it is almost racing blind, guessing

what they are hoping to do. Clearly the Dutch rider likes to go for a

ride from the back and rushing his opponent, so Ryan could surprise in,

like he did against need a lag, and go for a long one, but the Dutch

riders will be aware of that now, everyone who goes against Ryan will

be concerned he will attack at the start, it is harder to catch them

unaware. Tactics playing a huge part, we will see his second-rate

shortly. We will sue the women's madison shortly, over 120 laps and

Emily Nelson and Elinor Barker will be Great Britain's team, but first,

let's find out how it works with Chris Boardman.

Promising to be chaotic and elegant at the same time, the madison is

arguably the most engaging of all track disciplines. In fact, the

action can explode anywhere on the track, making it rather challenging

to keep where the frontiers, making it difficult for spectators and

commentators alike. Cavendish on the deck, picks himself up. In essence,

the points race with points awarded every ten laps. Gaining a lab gets a

20 point bonus and for extra spice, the final sprint points are doubled.

Four teams of two riders, the action is not doubled, it is cubed.

Arresting rider to enter the race must make physical contact with a

team-mate, usually achieved with a move known as a hand sling. The

rider circling out of the race drops down, using the height of the track

to accelerate. The in race team-mate switches position to the centre of

bars for stability and reaches for their counterpart's hand. The

kinetic energy of the past the rider is transferred and all the while,

the race carries on around them. The race changeover lasts around one

second, and that is the only chance to communicate with your team-mate.

A rider who has done a 32nd stint is unlikely to win a sprint against an

opponent who has just entered the fray, so teams can enter fresh legs

within one second of the sprint. Those that are understandably spent

are exposed to attack from those who are not, which means lap gains or

bosses happen quickly. In the madison, even the best teams must

choose which battle they are to lose in order to win the war. That sounds

in strategic but in a sense, it isn't. To react to the constantly

changing race, riders have do ride on pure instinct, weighing up the

potential gains and risks several times per second and in my view,

that is what makes the madison the most enthralling of all track

disciplines to watch. And it is also why it is so exciting that for the

first time after World Championships, we have a women's

madison. Joe, tell us about Elinor Barker and Emily Nelson and how they

will work this together. It is interesting, the first one at a

World Championships. They have plenty of experience of riding

madisons at lower levels but the big thing is a lot of the teams are

unknown, you can't look back at footage and see how the other

nations ride. I think they will try and Mark opponents, the ones they

know will be a threat, but basically try and stick to their plan and

adapting as they go, anything can happen. Emily is quite young, Elinor

is slightly more experience, being an Olympic champion, but they should

be a really good pairing. Let's hear from them, they have been speaking

to Rob Hatch. I did the senior Europeans, the madison, and we got

silver and it was a fantastic event, it is so fast and furious and no one

really knows what is going on, but you do know, so it is exciting. It

makes other races look so simple and straightforward and there is so much

more thinking involved, because even though you are sharing the work with

another rider and taking rests, you have to think so much more because

you have these two seconds to communicate when you change and that

is it, so you really have to try and campus pay to watch your team-mate

is going to do as well as the other teams and there's a lot to think

about -- you have to try and anticipate watch your is going to

do. They said that to help of preparation, they raised it with

Manon Lloyd in Glasgow and they won, despite the fact that Katie had

broken her wrist halfway through, which is amazing, because you do

needed as you pull each other along. The race is just under way, let's

rejoin Chris Boardman and Simon Brotherton.

Thanks. 119 laps to go in this first ever women's madison at world

championship level. USA on the front at the moment, Timberlake iced --

Kimberly diced are already a world champion in the team pursuit, what a

competition between the USA and Australia. Mexico in second place in

the green and white and coming through on the outside is the

Ukraine. Just getting under way, we have high expectations, it is almost

impossible for it not to be exciting, certainly anticipation in

the commentary box because there can beat action anywhere at any time,

with riders in and out of the race and it can get quite complex, but

that is part of its beauty, it is an amazing thing to watch. Sophia Ali

Oler one two medals at the World Championships three years ago. She

is being followed at the moment by Ukraine and New Zealand going

through, Racquel Sheath. Sheath and Drummond Road together in Los

Angeles in the World Cup madison a couple of months ago. So we have a

few pairings who already are used to racing alongside each other, even

though there haven't been many top-level women's madison is races

as yet. Is such a shame it was lost on the Olympics, I hope this is the

start of a campaign to bring it back to the Olympics. Already we have a

crash. It looks like it is Ireland who are down. Both of them. In this

instance, they have four laps to get back into this race, two less than

other distance events, but if both are down, they have four laps down.

Both Lydias on the deck but both on their feet. Italy lead the way with

Barbieri who won the scratch race. Belgium are in second place, we will

keep an eye on them. They have got to be one of the favourites and the

Italians will push them hard. They are getting ready for the sprint,

they have been trying to position themselves, and the British team

have come in beautifully with a lap to go. Super riding by Emily Nelson,

chased by Belgium, France and Italy but Britain time that to perfection.

Emily Nelson claiming the first points on offer. She almost couldn't

believe that, I don't think they were intending to go for the first

sprint but time did beautifully as everyone else was looking for their

partner, found a gap and why not? Right now, they are persisting with

the effort to see if they can fracture this race at the start.

Emily Nelson has handed over to Elinor Barker, who is at the front

of the race with Belgium. Here is the crash involving the Irish pair,

both hitting the deck on the changeover. They have to get back in

quickly. When one falls down, the others can wait for them to get back

in, which is physically difficult. There is the early scenario, one

sprint of 12 completed. Great Britain are the early leaders. There

is Elinor Barker on the inside of the track. Sitting at the front at

the moment. I wouldn't say it was a gift but it was tactically won and

they will be pleased with that. It didn't cost them too much

physically. The timing of the changeable worked over very well.

Elinor Barker looks in great form. An attack coming in from Mexico and

that will be Salazar on the attack, the 20-year-old triple national

champion for sub Mexico making a move off the front of the field. As

I was saying that, Elinor Barker was in great form in the scratch race

and so nearly claimed the gold medal.

If you to chase every move from the start that I've riders rub their

hands enterprising way and sit and let you do all of the chasing --

then the other riders will rub their hands enterprising play. Sofia

Arreola from Mexico, has gone almost the length of the track... Yes, gaps

can come and go so fast in this event and you have to measure your

effort. If you have a really hard sprint and others following behind

you attack instantly, you can use huge amounts of ground very quickly.

A couple of laps away from the next sprint as Arreola we the way for

Nick Scott. Great Britain moving forward again as Elinor Barker

thrown back into the frame by Emily Nelson. Britain will be in the

shake-up here for the points, potentially, as Australia make a

change. Elinor Barker right on the wheel there of Alex Manley. She can

stick with the wheel and that is what you want in this position. She

has not had to cede any width at all, and, sorry, I beg your pardon.

Mexico took the points ahead of the others coming through but they are

staying out in front, long enough to collect the points. Inside the last

hundred laps now. That little flurry has brought them back into the fold.

They had half a lap's read and it can disappear so fast. Already, the

bunch in two halves here. Mexico back in, still on the front end of

the race, but New Zealand or on the front it the moment, with Sheath and

Michaela Drummond, Sheath got there at the moment, and Australia are up

there with Amy Cure and Emily Nelson for Great Britain, third in line. An

idea of the tactics, when a rider comes out and has lost all that

speed, the weight of the main race has passed, they can swing up to the

top and that is where they have to be really clever and watch what is

happening. Gauge how fast or high up the riding and that determines when

they will come back in. It is Lydia Gurley from Ireland, showing no ill

effects from that early crash both Irish riders suffered in the

changeover. Let's look at this changeover, much better, and

exclaimed one on the inside of the track, and Lydia Boylan now takes up

the running. That happens, if the riders are too far apart when they

take hold of each other, people in an arc towards each other. They are

very close and if they do that and keep it against their body, all of

the energy goes. Boylan on the front followed by Drummond of New Zealand.

Belgium are there or thereabouts in the front as well, and Australia,

making sure nothing get away from them. They are there, if anybody

decides to make a move. In second place at the moment, Australia.

Britain in fourth. Haven't put a foot wrong but it is early days in

this race. I am watching them tactically, how they position

themselves and have held their ground when someone tried to move

them out. The British team has held beautifully, coming to the front

with three laps to go until the next sprint. Around the outside, the

Italians, I think they will make a move, and it is the world junior

points race champion having a go for Italy, about to make the change and

so Barbieri into the fray. Australia are up there as well, Manly for

Australia, a big crash, and Australia with a rider down! Just

the same with positioning on the track. We will get the replay... I

think it is Manly on the ground but she is OK, has picked herself up

straightaway. Australia relying on Amy Cure to do it all on her own, as

Belgium make a change. Thrown into the race for Belgium. Took a little

too long and the Australians managed to get over the line, and the

British team-mate hit a point as well. Amy Cure still having to carry

on, her team-mate, Alex Manly, on a spear bike, no back-up and rejoining

the race. There is the spread and Great Britain scoring again, two

more points, Britain leading with nine overall, one clear of Australia

and Belgium are third on six. With written being in wheels for two

consecutive sprints, a little early but it would have been the perfect

time to counterattack with Australia -- with Britain being in wheels.

Let's look at that crash now. She comes down, looking through the

traffic. They just get a little crowded... Ah, OK, it was the

Belgian wheel comment off. Good change, she was trying to avoid the

Belgian rider and just couldn't do it. She doesn't look distressed,

just irritated, following off at 50km/h!

LAUGHTER Yes, perfectly OK and back in the

race, good to see. Great Britain leading with 86 laps still the go in

this first ever win in's madison at the Track Cycling World

Championships, coming to your life from Hong Kong, Britain riding very

well so far, represented by Elinor Barker and Emily Nelson. Cure and

Manly have also been riding aggressively and tactically well,

coming from behind but catching up quite quickly now. The United States

are also moving to the front. Is right there, and leading for the USA

at the moment, Kimberly Geist, one of their top performers this week.

They have to get a point on the board, the Americans, so that will

be OK with the British if they score. They are already starting to

position, such is the positioning of this race. Where is my team-mate?

How do I get myself positioned near the front? And they know they can

throw in a fresh rider just before it starts. A superb event if you are

a track rider. Developing your track racing skills. Yes, really you need

to understand how the raised floors, because if you are trying to do it,

the physiology, you will just get an absolute pasting -- you need to

understand how the race flows. Lotte Kopecky leads for Belgium down the

back straight. Britain are just tagging on the back of that line at

the moment. I would not be surprised to see an attack from the British

team because they almost seem to be purposely staying out of the Sprints

at the moment. A Belgian change, a clean pair of wheels, maximum points

for them, and Australia will take three, two for New Zealand and one

for Italy with Brian -- with France and Great Britain right behind.

Still all to play for here. We still have not had that big attack from

anybody yet. It will come from someone, as New Zealand hold the

front of the field. Racquel Sheath in with Michaela Drummond, and

handing over the comment now. The predominantly bluetit of Belgian,

the Belgian catching her breath there. A minor role in the action --

predominantly blue shirt or Belgium. I wonder if those early efforts are

catching the British team... I will pass that sentence! The Americans

have decided, if you are slowing down we are not and what a surprise

attack that was. That took everyone by surprise. The rider from

Pennsylvania on attack from the USA, although around outside of the main

field. No points on the board yet but that is is irrelevant... A

crash, are rider down yet again. The team from the USA pegging away and

it is a great move by them. Lydia Gurley on the deck but as you can

see she looks all right, good news. That is the second time Lydia has

fallen in this race. The Americans just pegging away, will take the

next sprint if they carry on like this. No real emphasis behind

because they do not have any points but if they take a lap that is 20

straightaway of course. As we see the team from Ireland getting

themselves back together, they have really been in the wars. Great

Britain in the mix as well for points behind the USA. Still four

laps to go, USA in the front, just seeing who is coming to... Russia is

on the outside of the moment. Hong Kong are up there as well, in behind

the Belgians. We already have teams starting to lose laps as well. The

Czech Republic, Ukraine... A bit of a surprise actually. The former

world champion in the points race, one of the two riders for the Czech

republic, normally a prominent performer at the World

Championships. Her next sprint hotting up, already buying for

position. The Italians coming over the top. British getting involved

this time. It is Rachele Barbieri from Italy lodging from a long way

out. France trying to get involved as well. A lovely little moved by

the Belgians down the inside to avoid any trouble. She throws Lotte

Kopecky back into the action. Italy leading Belgium, France in the

place, Great Britain Forth, coming right now, Great Britain, hoping to

get points here, as the French make a change in the middle of the

Sprint. I think Britain may score a point, one point for Britain scored

by Emily Nelson. She took a real risk going underneath of the

changing teams, and it paid off but, boy, a risky thing to do because

that is where the bodies are that are losing energy and speed and you

could suddenly find yourself with no breaks behind someone who is tenkm/h

slaw. But it paid off. -- ten kilometres per hour slower. Riders

all over the track. Which is what we would expect any madison race.

Australia on the front of the race with Manly, followed by Italy, and

at the moment the rider in the race is Barbieri. Britain are up there as

well, Britain, Belgium, Poland and Russia at the front. Mexico now

making a move on the inside. Up into about fourth place, but Paul leads

away. She is really turning on the pressure year -- Poland lead the

way. Too far out from the Sprint at the moment. We can see a good

demonstration of a hand sling there, you have to keep the forearm really

tucked into the body to make sure all the energy is going forwards and

backwards and not sideways. So easy to drag you team-mate round in a

half circle. A red flag for Ukraine. Ukraine being penalised by the

officials. That might be in working with one of the other teams because

they are actually two laps down at the moment. If you drop into a

breakaway, you will be penalised for that. Meanwhile at the front, New

Zealand, Australia, Italy, Belgium, and Hong Kong as well trying to get

involved to see if they can snap up some points next time. Three laps to

go until the next sprint, the next time over the line. Australia are

very consistent so far. The Belgians as well, looking good, leading at

the moment. Great Britain just slipping down now, four points

adrift, but less than the point available to get back on terms. I am

sure we will see some serious attempts. Still more than 60 laps to

go and they are coming fast around the outside now. This is the one the

British will want to go for. Lotte Kopecky, and Great Britain getting

involved around the British will want to go for. Lotte Kopecky, and

Great Britain getting involved around outside... Lovely ride here

on the front of the race and once more it is Elinor Barker, and Barker

absolutely flying down the back straight now! But she is being

chased by such a fast rider -- and she goes as they come up to the

line, Emily Barker with three points and she then throws Nelson into the

race. -- Elinor Barker. I wondered if they would stick with that but

you have to decide instantly whether you will do that because the gap is

gone, because everybody else spot the danger as well. The points move

Great Britain into second place in overall standings. Courtesy of three

points in the sprint of 12 year in this women's World Championship

madison. But they were hard-fought for because she did not get to throw

in her team-mate at the ideal time so had to go a long way over that

lap and a half to take those points, so she will need a little time to

recover. Gillian Doerr, if that name rings a

bell, it will be from the Olympic Games last summer -- Jolien d'Hoore.

Ukraine will take the said, we have the Czech Republic, Belarus and

Canada, into the last 56 laps and we have seen nothing but action so far.

The United States trying to get back on terms, which is surprising. I am

not sure what happened, got caught up in a bit of traffic. The team

from Ireland a game just plugging away, a tough old race, still

getting stuck in as they pause at the front again. It has certainly

been a physical race for Lydia Boylan and Lydia Gurley, on the deck

twice, but still battling away. On the front for New Zealand, Makela

Drummond, who won the team pursuit ROMs pedal earlier in the week with

her team-mates, the Oceania scratch race champion our 2017 and she has

Jolien d'Hoore right on her wheel. I think I can feel an attack building

now, people are getting tired and that is when the gaps appear and the

courageous few choose to take that opportunity. If something goes at

the moment, Chris, Great Britain are in a decent position to try and do

something about it. It is almost certain to be capitalised by a

sprint lap, gaps appearing after the -- the line. Three to go as they

come around this time. Amy Cure just winding it up for Australia, a

couple of laps to go to the next sprint. Elinor Barker right on her

wheel. Jolien D'Hoore following Barca and Italy are next in line.

Barker is beautifully placed to have a nice changeover in Harper lap's

time. She might get caught in traffic but the changeover will be

perfect. Did well to avoid a potential problem as Kopecky takes

it up for Belgium and going around for Great Britain still is Elinor

Barker as she throws Emily Nelson into it. Fresh legs for the sprint.

Here comes Emily Nelson. Can she find a way past? I think she can,

great stuff from Emily Nelson. That will be a photo finish but you can

see the difference, even thrown in with Harper lap to go, that fresh

legs make. Fresh being a relative term. That is a great sprinter for

three points. Consistently getting involved there. Still out in front.

Still out in front at the moment, Great Britain, and Australia realise

they cannot allow that to happen. Neither can Belgium or Italy,

suddenly gasping for air, their collective tank a little bit empty

with Britain at the front with Nelson. You realise you have got to

you put your foot down and there is nothing left. You can see, teams

everywhere, how they managed to cope with this, I just don't know. There

was nearly a crash there, they did well to stay up, the Russians.

Improves your handling skills, being involved in traffic like that and

staying upright. Three of the strongest teams together, something

in it for all of them to work together. New Zealand desperately

trying to get back on terms. Chris is talking about Australia, Belgium

and Great Britain. Kopecky for Belgium, with Alan Barker on her

wheel. Barker looking to add to that silver medal won on the opening day

and these three teams look to be the ones to beat. Belgium lead overall

as Kopecky rides around the outside to stay out of the way. Belgium on

21 points. If you are not participating in that breakaway, she

is sitting on the wheel, so that is the death of it, so they won't keep

going unless they are all contributing, they will not do the

work for another team and that is enough... France on the move,

leading the way for them is Laurie Berthon. They are all the strongest

teams that have just been on the road and who is left to chase? A

quarter of a lap. Laurie Berthon won the silver medal in the omnium in

London last year at the World Championships and as you can see,

she has a bit of a gap and it is Australia's term to do some work --

Australia's turn. First on the track at the moment, two laps to go Tillis

friend, are France, followed by Australia, Belgium, Great Britain,

Mexico, Italy and Russia. Amy Cure was bluffing, she suddenly has the

legs to do the chasing. The other riders not far behind as they come

around for the sprint and I think they may have shown their hand too

early. Amy Cure now going for it then the outside and Laurie Berthon

hasn't got anything left. New Zealand in second. Great Britain

with every chance of scoring a point as they come towards the line.

Britain settled through one -- 41 through Elinor Barker. Perfect time

to counter if you have the legs left, everyone has been on the gas.

The British have certainly done no more than everybody else. The

Belgians are doing everything you suggested, carrying the move on,

pushing forward. Kopecky. The others were gasping for air and hoping for

a short break and that that is not the case, Belgium are putting the

pressure on. The team from Australia have done a chase, they have done a

sprint, they must be moving into the red, they are exposing themselves to

a counterattack. Again, they have done the chasing but they know when

you are in that kind of condition, that is when it falls apart and so

courageous, they have gone on the attack. Amy Cure leads the way,

followed by New Zealand, followed by Great Britain. A little bit of a gap

back to Belgium as they prepare to make a change. Amy Nelson -- Emily

Nelson racing. Speaking at the British have stayed in touch with

every move that has gone but done the minimum amount of work,

following, following, following and keeping themselves in a great

position to either a tackle keep going for points. 36 laps remaining.

Great Britain in silver medal position at the moment in this

first-ever madison at the World Championships for women. Just four

teams at the moment as France again try and get back on terms. Belgium,

Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain at the front, joined by

France and the riders close the gap, Coralie Demay for the French. One of

the riders from the Russian team with the res camera. That is what it

looks like in the middle of a crash. Crash cam. In the front of the race,

New Zealand, Australia, Britain and Belgium, just a minor law at the

moment in relative terms. Ridden in second place. Just over a kilometre

remaining until the next sprint. They will start trying to position

things now. It may seem a long way out. Three laps to go, the board has

just changeover. Cure, Barker, Kopecky involved, Racquel Sheath as

well. A little bit of a gap as well. Elinor Barker. Speaking are moving

to the front, ready for the change. Just looking for her team-mate and I

think this is going to work out pretty well. Nelson is down the far

end of the back straight, very high on the banking, starting to wind it

up, waiting for Elinor Barker. Here she comes, the changes coming as

they take the bell. Both of them making a change at the same time,

there is a big crash and Australia with a rider down. Great Britain are

clear at the front with every chance of collecting five points. It was so

tight, there was no room be on the finishing line as they try to change

at the same time and Great Britain take maximum points. Not only five

points, they have a really big gap because of that crash. They weren't

the cause of it and suddenly the races spread all over the track.

This is it, they have an opportunity, will they persist?

Elinor Barker through Emily Nelson into the fray and Amy Cure colliding

with her team-mate. Speaker not the British team's appalled at all, they

were trying to do things to close and didn't leave enough room to

race. Frankly, it was their own fault. Manly hitting the boards for

the second time in this race. Here it is once again. While we are

watching the replay is, the Australian team are now half a lap

in arrears and they have been working hard and have got to get

back on terms here. Chris, surely this is the opportunity for Belgium,

New Zealand and Great Britain? They just have to keep pressing on now

with this advantage over Australia? Absolutely and only three points

separate Belgium and Great Britain at the moment. This is great stuff,

only 26 laps to go in this madison and what an epic race it is turning

into. It has become a real slog. If you look at any of the groups now,

they are just trying to get to the finish, everybody is in pain and

when the opportunity like this comes along, you have to take it, whether

you are prepared for it or not. Everybody has been working hard for

three or four minutes. The Italians are quite a way back

now with 11 points. Dairies Jolien D'Hoore, the superb road sprinter as

well as an excellent track rider. Just sits back and swoops down and

to the trio at the front of the race. That is Emily Nelson at the

front for Great Britain and for New Zealand, Makela Drummond. New

Zealand have to work hard, they only have eight points on the board and

they have to make up some ground to get onto the podium. It is in their

interests to really drive this breakaway. Behind them, it is

getting a consolidated chase, quite a large group and they are being

pegged at half a lap, so it will be a tough thing to gain a lap.

Particularly with two laps to go until a sprint, the pace is picking

up. The USA causing the problem at the back from the leader's point of

view by pressing on. At the front of the race, you can see them going

into the back straight. Britain and Belgium changing at the same time so

neither will have an advantage in this sprint but the ones on the

board at the moment are the ones that will have do contest it. They

take the bell, Elinor Barker on the wheel of Kopecky. There is a new

rider in for New Zealand, the sprint is on down the back straight. The

Belgians knew exactly what they had to do. Barker tries to go on the

inside and almost ends up on the deck, she did well to keep the bike

upright. There will be a warning, she went up the track, there was a

sizeable gap. She wasn't on the red line and came down on her opponent,

so Belgium will be penalised. Barker wasn't happy at all. There you go,

right inside the red line, very dangerous, they could even be

disqualified. Reckless riding from Belgium. We will wait for the judges

to makes an kind of pronouncement. You can see the gesticulation from

Elinor Barker. Man that no wonder. She did well, actually, to stay

upright. Once you go onto the flat and this banking is tuned to be

perpendicular at 30 mph, suddenly your wheels sliding away and you

can't freewheel, so there is even the possibility of touching the

pedal down. Great work by Elinor Barker to keep the bike up and keep

in the race. At the back, closing the gap rapidly, that really took

the impetus out of the breakaway and they are not going to gain that lap.

Australia back in the game, leading the chase with the United States and

Italy and Russia and that gap closing with every revolution of the

pedals. That is it, it is all back together, that is how fast the race

can change in a madison. As it stands, Belgium lead the way, Great

Britain in a silver medal position. We will have to wait and see because

that was a very dangerous move and I am sure it will have repercussions

but it is all back together, with 14 laps as they come around this time

into the closing stages, just one more sprint before that double

points finale, and we have to remember that, ten points on the

last sprint. All still to play for in the women's madison as we come to

the final laps of this race, this 120 lap race. I have got half an eye

on the judges and there is a little discussion taking place right now.

Italy give way on the front of the main field. Kopecky was the rider

involved in that incident, she is back on the track and alongside

Elinor Barker. Speaker trying to get her nose in front as they come

around with two laps to go. Change for the Italians, being thrown into

the races Barbieri. And Amy Cure looks like she is attacking around

the outside. Interestingly, the Belgians trying to interfere with

the British change by moving up the track early. So some pretty dirty

tactics going on. Elinor Barker Forster chase. Barbieri is looking

really fast as she goes past Amy Cure. Jolien D'Hoore might be even

quicker than the pair of them. She is around the outside, Jolien

D'Hoore takes it on the line and Australia have to settle for two. I

think the only opportunity for a golfer Great Britain is to go on the

attack in these last ten laps. They have been denied tactically. The

chance could be there now. That is exactly what they are trying to do.

It is testing the water but it is getting late for that, it is late in

the day. Ten points in this last sprint, but there is a 9-point

difference between Belgium and Great Britain. They need more, surely,

than to win the sprint, because both are likely to score. A lot of tired

riders on the track now, they have given it everything and they need to

muster their reserves for one final sprint.

Belgium leading the way, then Great Britain, Australia and Italy. Seven

laps remaining in this race, and they are already starting to think

about this final spread, so valuable, and which will affect the

podium places. -- final sprint. Remember they are on the same points

at the finish, if that is the case. Probably safer to be out on Uronen,

I think. Lydia Boylan leading the way, Amy Cure behind. -- out on your

own. Australia desperately want to see if they can overhaul Great

Britain, in the bronze medal position at the moment. They want

that opportunity. Five laps remaining. Britain going for it...

Emily Nelson on the attack you and Belgium have responded straightaway,

but Nelson going for it and Australia will have to chase here,

the closing laps, four to go. The Belgians will change first, making

all the difference to be able to close this one down quickly. Timing

is absolutely everything. They will lose a few meters in the chase but

the fresh legs will not under the wheels. Disappointing timing for the

British pair but it looks good between the pair of them. It will be

tough if it is Elinor Barker against Jolien D'Hoore, because she is such

a fast finisher, D'Hoore. D'Hoore is sitting on the wheels, knows that

she doesn't have to win but just stay there. Australia are

desperately trying to get back on terms but here comes the bell... She

works hard, back in place, Amy Cure. A little gap opens. What does Barker

have left? Australia around outside, and it is Amy Cure moving up now,

level with the Mexican rider. Can she get third? Barker has the hang

end, Barker takes second place, but Belgium hung on in that final spread

ahead of Great Britain. Elinor Barker could not have done any more

in that final sprint, could not beat Jolien D'Hoore, but Elinor Barker

and Emily Nelson have ridden so well in this first ever women's madison

at the World Championships. Great Britain will finish with a medal and

it will be silver. A nervous looking Belgian there because I am sure he

also thinks this might not be over. We will have to wait and see. That

one move, waiting to see if it has consequences because it was blatant.

Absolutely deliberate, and the judges... They are speaking now,

Chris, the judges, and I wonder whether it is to do with that

incident. Whether they are happy with everything as it is. Certainly

there has been no indication they were about to penalised Belgium

during the race. A couple of rather dodgy moves and you can see the

Belgians just moved into the pack, the British change, just getting in

the way of other people's racing. They are classy riders but clearly

knew every trick in the book as well. What about that ride from the

British pair? I don't think they could have done much more. From the

word go, the first to score, on top of everything, did not make any

tactical mistakes, and technically managing to stay up, at times,

absolutely brilliant. Those are the result as it stands of the final

sprint, won by Belgium, head of Great Britain, Australia and New

Zealand. And the provisional leaderboard should come up any

minute now as the Belgian pair, Lotte Kopecky and Uihlein Dora

celebrate -- Kopecky and D'Hoore. There you are, make it a straight

line, push all of your energy into your opponent and, boy, that takes

some doing at these speedss. I think what will happen is they will get a

warning and the points from that sprint taken away but because they

have scored so well elsewhere they will still get the win. They

certainly are top-class performers and we knew they were one of the big

favourites for the gold medal coming into it but, interestingly,

different pairing for Great Britain than the one we saw in Glasgow,

Katie Archibald and Manon Lloyd that day, so plenty of talent and choices

within the British team in this discipline. Surely this will go back

to the Olympic Games because it is just a fantastic day to go. For me I

think you get the most for your money with the madison. There we

are, the first women's madison at the World Championship has drawn to

a close, and what a race it was. Great Britain involved right to the

last. STUDIO: That was simply fantastic to

watch. Simon explaining that even if Belgium get their points taken away

from the tenth sprint where they clashed with Britain they still have

enough in hand to maintain that gold medal position. Let's look at the

first incident. This involved the Australians who eventually took the

bronze medal, Amy Cure and Alex Manly, so many crashes but we cannot

show them all, but this one was significant, and so difficult to get

your timing right in the changeover. Yes, it is good to have a fresh

rider coming in for the sprint but that is also when you're travelling

the fastest, making it all the more challenging. It could have been a

brilliant move but that did not end well for them. The Australians were

down twice actually. Watching the cycling this afternoon, you have to

see how phenomenally tough and brave these cyclists are. One more angle

of that Australian crash, and let's hear from Elinor Barker and Emily

Nelson after their silver medal in the women's madison.

Congratulations, both, on that silver medal. You battled hard and

really took a big risk there to try to get that gold medal and push the

Belgians but they were so strong. It very well done today. How did you

enjoy it? Really enjoyed it actually. Was pretty nervous

performing because we had both only had one madison before, each, so we

didn't know what to expect. You get a general idea of how the scratch

race will go based on the field but between us we have not graced the

whole field in this event, so really fun, actually. Not surprised at all

by the Belgians being a class above everyone else because it is kind of

bread into them, a madison nation, or that kind of stuff. Very

impressive there. Yes, but you were as well. He very nearly came to

grief with one of the Belgian riders coming down. What was going through

your mind at that point? We had seen one or two max spills. Get out of my

way! She was faster than me and I was trying to get second. I thought

it was a bit of an unnecessary danger because I was not going to

beat her and no one was changing at the time, so it just... I really

quite enjoyed it overall even though not at that specific moment. Are you

able to community, to shout, at that point? I was definitely shouting. I

don't know if you heard what I was saying. -- are you able to

communicate. I think it worked out all right. Yes, I think it is so

hard because you get three or four seconds, so you showed one or two

Matt words and hope they understand, but it worked out for us surreally

happy. To be up there on the podium, the first time this women's madison

in the championships. What a huge thrill for you as well? Definitely.

Such an exciting race and I can't wait for more. The commission meets

in July to see if it could become part of the Olympic programme. Do

you think you made an argument for it today with that type of race? I

definitely think it should be. How exciting is it to watch the women's

madison? It definitely should be there. Final word to you, Elinor.

Would you like to see back at the Olympics? Definitely. You only think

of the race last year, the best event of the whole week and

everybody loved it, so sometimes it is hard to keep track of what is

going on, Abbot of a messy race, but that makes it interesting. For

spectators it will only raise the profile. -- it can be a bit of a

messy race. Well done on that medal. You'd definitely sold it today.

Confirmation Belgium have won the gold medal, 45 points, ahead of

Great Britain on 33, and Australia taking the bronze despite two

crashes. Chris and Jo, do you think they should award extra points for

teams who can stay on their bikes? Incredible! Yes, great for Britain

to get another clause, onwards and upwards. In terms of your own mental

state as rider, how difficult to keep across everything happening? It

requires really intense concentration so you are trying

physically very hard but you also have to concentrate on where your

team-mate is when they are resting, and when you are resting, when your

team is in the race, on the other teams, how they are doing, their

point, a lot of concentration. Over the moon for the girls, a brilliant

ride. More action, coming thick and fast. If you ever get a chance to go

to cycling to watch the madison live is one of the best things ever

because you can see more there than you can with the TV pictures. The

sprinting is drilling as well for completely different reasons and

here we go with the men's sprint semifinals. Back to Chris and Simon.

There is a man who has to win this otherwise his chance of being world

champion in this will have gone for another year. Denis Dmitriev, the

Russian rider, going from what was on the first race, he looks pretty

much unbeatable? Yes, Mitchell, I mean, reading his mind now,

obviously thinking, I have got nothing. Any ideas? Because Dmitriev

was quite incredible. Yes, Dmitriev, if you are joining the coverage

late, he was dominant from start to finish in the sprint. It just was

not competitive in the end despite the fact that Mitchell is superb in

his own right. But he has to try and win this time. Has to try to find a