Stewart and Morris add to GB gold tally at Worlds
Summary
Mark Stewart and Anna Morris won gold medals for Great Britain at the Track Cycling World Championships in Shanghai. Stewart took the men's points race, while Morris won the women's omnium event.Key Facts
- Mark Stewart, from Scotland, won the men's points race by a margin of seven points.
- Anna Morris, from Wales, won the women's omnium, leading overall and winning the final points race.
- Morris had previously won gold in the women's team pursuit event at the same championships.
- Emma Finucane won silver in the women's sprint final, losing to Yuan Liying from China.
- Joseph Truman earned a bronze medal in the men's time trial final.
- Lorena Wiebes, the defending omnium champion, crashed and was forced to withdraw during the opening race.
- Stewart praised British Cycling and noted positive cultural changes within the sport over the last decade.
- Both Stewart and Morris are 31 years old and recently competed in major cycling events including the Commonwealth Games and European Championships.
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