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GB Para-cyclists keep up gold run

PARA-CYCLING TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Venue: Manchester Velodrome Date: Friday 6-Sunday 8 November
Coverage: Daily reports and video highlights on BBC Sport website


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Day two highlights - Para-cycling World Championships

Great Britain's medal rush continued on day two of the Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Manchester with five golds and a silver.

There were wins in the 1km time trial for Mark Bristow (LC1), Jody Cundy (LC2) and tandem pairing Aileen McGlynn and Ellen Hunter (B&VI).

Sarah Storey clinched gold in the LC1 3km pursuit final after setting a world record in the morning qualification.

Darren Kenny beat compatriot Rik Waddon to gold in the CP3 3km pursuit.

Paralympic champions Bristow and Cundy were in superb form in the afternoon session with Cundy setting a new world record of one minute 5.414 seconds, beating his previous best by 0.052 seconds.

Title success for Cundy

"That's the hardest race I've ever had to ride," he told BBC Sport. "I got into the centre after the race and I was absolutely shot - I was really tired.

"But I gave it everything and the time goes to show that."

McGlynn, who is visually impaired, and her sighted pilot Hunter, who also won gold in Beijing, bettered their own world record with a time of 1:09.054.

It shaved 0.012 seconds off their Paralympic-winning time as they defended their world title for the third straight time.

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McGlynn and Hunter break World Record

Storey, who was born with a deformed left hand, emulated fellow former Paralympic swimming champion Cundy with a third straight world title win.

The 32-year-old from Manchester, who also rides in Sunday's 500m time-trial was two seconds quicker than her previous world record in qualification and caught American Greta Neimanas after five laps of the 12-lap final.

Kenny claimed a second win in the space of 24 hours over Waddon after Friday's victory in the 1km time trial.

It was the Bournemouth rider's 12th world title and his third of the year after success in the road race at September's Para-Cycling World Road Championships in Italy.


GB team: Mark Bristow (LC1), Jody Cundy (LC2), Neil Fachie (B/VI - pilot Barney Storey), Simon Jackson (B/VI - pilot David Readle), Darren Kenny (CP3), Aileen McGlynn (B/VI - pilot Ellen Hunter), Simon Richardson (LC2), Sarah Storey (LC1), Lora Turnham (B/VI - pilot Rebecca Rimmington), Rik Waddon (CP3), Russ White (LC1).



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see also
Tandem pair claim world success
06 Nov 09 |  Disability Sport
Paralympic cycling star demonstrates his racing leg
05 Nov 09 |  Disability Sport
Paralympians head GB cycle team
23 Oct 09 |  Disability Sport
Storey & Kenny lead GB medal haul
13 Sep 09 |  Disability Sport
Kenny secures double gold for GB
21 May 09 |  Disability Sport
Kenny begins World Cup in style
20 May 09 |  Disability Sport
A-Z of Paralympic classification
28 Aug 08 |  Disability Sport
Disability Sport on the BBC
02 Nov 09 |  Disability Sport


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