Bauge holds on to sprint title at world track meet
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March 30, 2010, Tuesday
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FRENCHMAN Gregory Bauge won the sprint at the world track cycling championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, for the second successive year on Sunday while Simona Krupeckaite finally landed gold after two near misses by taking the women's keirin.
Canada's Tara Whitten, the gold medalist in women's omnium on Saturday, won the women's points race.
Australia, despite failing to win a gold for the first time in the five-day event, finished top of the medals table with six golds followed by Britain with three and the US, France and Canada with two apiece.
Bauge, who beat former champion Chris Hoy of Britain in Saturday's quarterfinals, won the first two heats in the best-of-three series against Australia's Shane Perkins.
In the first race, Perkins made the break after the usual game of cat-and-mouse at the start but Bauge came around the outside and just managed to pip him on the line.
The second race was almost a replica with Bauge grinning as he closed in for the kill down the final straight. Bauge's compatriot Kevin Sireau beat Germany's Robert Forstemann for the bronze.
Krupeckaite, winner of a bronze medal in the sprint and silver in the 500 meters time trial, gave Lithuania its first gold by winning the women's keirin, an eight-lap race in which riders have to stay behind a pace-setting moped for the first two-thirds.
Krupeckaite moved to the front with two laps remaining and just managed to hold on for victory, pipping Britain's Victoria Pendleton, winner of the women's sprint on Saturday, by the thickness of a tire. Olga Panarina of Belarus took the bronze. Former cross-country skier Whitten won the points race by three points from Lauren Ellis with Tatsiana Sharakova of Belarus in third place.
Edward Clancy gave Britain its third gold medal by winning the omnium, a five-race event consisting of a 200 meters time trial, scratch, pursuit, points race and one kilometer time trial.
Canada's Tara Whitten, the gold medalist in women's omnium on Saturday, won the women's points race.
Australia, despite failing to win a gold for the first time in the five-day event, finished top of the medals table with six golds followed by Britain with three and the US, France and Canada with two apiece.
Bauge, who beat former champion Chris Hoy of Britain in Saturday's quarterfinals, won the first two heats in the best-of-three series against Australia's Shane Perkins.
In the first race, Perkins made the break after the usual game of cat-and-mouse at the start but Bauge came around the outside and just managed to pip him on the line.
The second race was almost a replica with Bauge grinning as he closed in for the kill down the final straight. Bauge's compatriot Kevin Sireau beat Germany's Robert Forstemann for the bronze.
Krupeckaite, winner of a bronze medal in the sprint and silver in the 500 meters time trial, gave Lithuania its first gold by winning the women's keirin, an eight-lap race in which riders have to stay behind a pace-setting moped for the first two-thirds.
Krupeckaite moved to the front with two laps remaining and just managed to hold on for victory, pipping Britain's Victoria Pendleton, winner of the women's sprint on Saturday, by the thickness of a tire. Olga Panarina of Belarus took the bronze. Former cross-country skier Whitten won the points race by three points from Lauren Ellis with Tatsiana Sharakova of Belarus in third place.
Edward Clancy gave Britain its third gold medal by winning the omnium, a five-race event consisting of a 200 meters time trial, scratch, pursuit, points race and one kilometer time trial.
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