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Katie Archibald I took silver world Championships in the elimination race santiagoChile, won its first individual medal at the World Championships since omnium gold in 2021.
But there was disappointment for the defending sprint world champion emma finucaneJo was aiming for a hat-trick of consecutive rainbow jerseys, but her title defense ended in the quarter-finals, while Britain will have no male athletes in the keirin final after the early exits of Matt Richardson and Harry Ledingham-Horn.
The 22-year-old Finucane defeated compatriot Lauren Bell early in the competition and faced neutral athlete Ina Burkalova in the quarters, with the pair sharing the first two sprints to force a decider.
Burkalova took the lead in the final sprint after a fast start along the track stand, and although Finucane had the pace to overwhelm her, she was relegated after falling down the sprinter’s line, ending her competition.
Britain’s women’s chasing quartet of Anna Morris, Josie Knight, Jess Roberts and Meg Barker could not secure a hat-trick after failing to get past Germany in the first round. With Maddy Leach swapped for Roberts, the quartet took the bronze medal after dominating Belgium in the third-place ride-off.
Scott Archibald was not part of Britain’s team pursuit team this time after being part of the gold medal winning team at the last two World Championships.
The 31-year-old is instead focusing on the madison and elimination races, and the latter won a silver medal in the two-up sprint with Ireland’s Lara Gillespie.
The race required three attempts to start after several crashes, but Archibald stayed out of trouble in his first World Championships elimination race, and made the last four before edging out France’s Victoire Berteau to guarantee a podium spot.
With Belgium’s Helen Hesters not contesting the match sprint, Gillespie had enough left in the tank to force a gap to Archibald and seal the title.
Archibald said: “Logically I’m very happy, physically I’m a bit disappointed, but I think it’s a sign of respect for the World Championship title, you want to be top notch.”
Despite GB’s Richardson and Ledingham-Horn both qualifying second and first respectively in their heats, Kerin failed to progress beyond the quarter-finals. Both found themselves out of position in the quarters and were unable to bounce back in the later stages of the competition.