Hoy takes keirin for 10th track title
Source: Agencies |
March 27, 2010, Saturday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
BRITAIN'S Chris Hoy buried memories of his crash last year at the Ballerup Arena outside Copenhagen when he collected his 10th world track championship title with victory in the keirin race on Thursday.
Australia, which claimed two golds on the opening day of the championship on Wednesday, added another two when it took the women's team sprint and the women's team pursuit.
Taylor Phinney of the United States won the men's individual pursuit for the second year in a row and Denmark's Alex Rasmussen won the men's scratch race to give the hosts their first gold of the championships.
Hoy, triple gold medallist at the Beijing Olympics, suffered a serious crash at the same track 13 months ago and missed last year's world championships as a result.
"I'm over the moon," he told the BBC. "The year hadn't gone well but to win that just feels amazing.
"Whilst it wasn't in my mind, to come back here at the venue where I had a nasty crash last year, to make amends for that, is very special indeed," he added.
Hoy forced his way to the front of the eight-lap race -- in which the riders follow a pace-setting moped for the first two-thirds -- with two laps left and held off a late challenge from Azizulhasni Awang to win by centimeters.
The Malaysian was second and Germany's Maximilian Levy, the defending champion, took the bronze.
Hoy's winning run stretches back to 2002 when he won the one-kilometer time trial and team sprint. He won the one-kilometer time trial again in 2004, 2006 and 2007, the team sprint in 2005, the sprint in 2008 and the keirin in 2007 and 2008.
Thursday's win made up for frustration the previous day when Hoy suffered mechanical problems and Britain, the favorite, failed to reach the final of the team sprint, having to be content with the bronze.
Anna Meares, who struck gold in the women's 500 time trial on Wednesday, claimed her second title of the championships when she partnered Kaarle McCulloch to win the team sprint. The Australians, who also won in Poland last year, beat China in the gold medal race, with Lithuania pipping Britain for bronze.
Australia also beat defending champion Britain in the final of the women's team pursuit, held over 3,000 meters, while New Zealand beat the United States for bronze.
Phinney beat New Zealand's Jesse Sergent in the men's individual pursuit final, in which the riders start on opposite sides of the circuit but race against each other over four kilometers.
Phinney quickly took the lead and averaged speed of 56.188 kilometers per hour as he dominated the race.
The American said he would keep racing the event even though it will not be featured at the 2012 Olympic Games.
"It's an event I love to do, its hard but really rewarding," he said. "I think I can go faster still."
In the scratch, a 60-lap race where the riders start together, Rasmussen, Kazuhiro Mori and Juan Esteban Arango gained a lap on the other pack with a third of the race to go, then inserted themselves in the pack.
Rasmussen broke away to win in the last lap while Colombia's Arango took silver and Japan's Mori bronze.
Australia, which claimed two golds on the opening day of the championship on Wednesday, added another two when it took the women's team sprint and the women's team pursuit.
Taylor Phinney of the United States won the men's individual pursuit for the second year in a row and Denmark's Alex Rasmussen won the men's scratch race to give the hosts their first gold of the championships.
Hoy, triple gold medallist at the Beijing Olympics, suffered a serious crash at the same track 13 months ago and missed last year's world championships as a result.
"I'm over the moon," he told the BBC. "The year hadn't gone well but to win that just feels amazing.
"Whilst it wasn't in my mind, to come back here at the venue where I had a nasty crash last year, to make amends for that, is very special indeed," he added.
Hoy forced his way to the front of the eight-lap race -- in which the riders follow a pace-setting moped for the first two-thirds -- with two laps left and held off a late challenge from Azizulhasni Awang to win by centimeters.
The Malaysian was second and Germany's Maximilian Levy, the defending champion, took the bronze.
Hoy's winning run stretches back to 2002 when he won the one-kilometer time trial and team sprint. He won the one-kilometer time trial again in 2004, 2006 and 2007, the team sprint in 2005, the sprint in 2008 and the keirin in 2007 and 2008.
Thursday's win made up for frustration the previous day when Hoy suffered mechanical problems and Britain, the favorite, failed to reach the final of the team sprint, having to be content with the bronze.
Anna Meares, who struck gold in the women's 500 time trial on Wednesday, claimed her second title of the championships when she partnered Kaarle McCulloch to win the team sprint. The Australians, who also won in Poland last year, beat China in the gold medal race, with Lithuania pipping Britain for bronze.
Australia also beat defending champion Britain in the final of the women's team pursuit, held over 3,000 meters, while New Zealand beat the United States for bronze.
Phinney beat New Zealand's Jesse Sergent in the men's individual pursuit final, in which the riders start on opposite sides of the circuit but race against each other over four kilometers.
Phinney quickly took the lead and averaged speed of 56.188 kilometers per hour as he dominated the race.
The American said he would keep racing the event even though it will not be featured at the 2012 Olympic Games.
"It's an event I love to do, its hard but really rewarding," he said. "I think I can go faster still."
In the scratch, a 60-lap race where the riders start together, Rasmussen, Kazuhiro Mori and Juan Esteban Arango gained a lap on the other pack with a third of the race to go, then inserted themselves in the pack.
Rasmussen broke away to win in the last lap while Colombia's Arango took silver and Japan's Mori bronze.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
