Boothman helps GB to world team pursuit gold
Great Britain claim gold in the women's team pursuit and the men's scratch race at the World Track Cycling Championships.
Key points
- Great Britain won gold in the women's team pursuit and men's scratch race at the World Track Cycling Championships.
- Erin Boothman, Anna Morris, Josie Knight and Millie Couzens beat Italy by more than five seconds in the team pursuit final.
- Matthew Bostock took his first world title in the scratch race, while GB men also won team pursuit bronze.
Great Britain claimed two gold medals on day two of the World Track Cycling Championships in Shanghai, China. Erin Boothman, Anna Morris, Josie Knight and Millie Couzens won the women's team pursuit final, overturning an early deficit to beat world champions Italy by more than five seconds.
In the men's scratch race, Matthew Bostock attacked at the halfway point and held on to win his first world title. Henry Hobbs, Noah Hobbs, Ethan Vernon and Ollie Wood added bronze for GB in the men's team pursuit by defeating France in the bronze medal ride-off.
Bostock adds bronze
Bostock, 29, also earned a bronze medal for riding in the earlier rounds of the men's team pursuit. Denmark beat Italy in the men's team pursuit gold medal race, claiming their fourth consecutive title in the event.
on back foot
— GB men
Capewell reaches sprint semis
Sophie Capewell, who won silver in the women's team sprint with Rhianna Parris-Smith and Emma Finucane on day one, advanced to the semi-finals of the women's sprint. Capewell, 28, took two victories against China's Jiang Yulu in the best-of-three quarter-final and will be joined by Finucane, the sprint champion in 2023 and 2024, in the last four.
Richardson withdrawal overshadows event
GB's preparations for the championships have been overshadowed by Matt Richardson's withdrawal from the squad amid reports he is under investigation for misconduct. British Cycling confirmed the 27-year-old Olympic medallist's removal in a statement but did not give a reason.
Richardson, who had been expected to contend for medals in the individual sprint and keirin, said he would co-operate with a British Cycling investigation into the allegations.
