GB win two golds at Track World Championships
Summary
Great Britain won two gold medals at the World Track Cycling Championships in Shanghai. The women's team won the team pursuit final, and Matthew Bostock won the men's scratch race. GB also earned a bronze in the men's team pursuit.Key Facts
- The GB women’s team (Erin Boothman, Anna Morris, Josie Knight, Millie Couzens) beat Italy by over five seconds in the team pursuit final.
- Matthew Bostock won gold in the men's scratch race by taking the lead halfway through and keeping it.
- GB men’s team (Henry Hobbs, Noah Hobbs, Ethan Vernon, Ollie Wood) won bronze in the team pursuit, beating France.
- Bostock also got a bronze for earlier participation in the team pursuit rounds.
- Denmark won their fourth straight gold in the men’s team pursuit, beating Italy.
- Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane reached the semi-finals in the women's sprint events.
- Matt Richardson, a GB cyclist and Olympic medalist, withdrew from the championships due to an ongoing British Cycling investigation into misconduct.
- Richardson said he will cooperate with the investigation.
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