Emma Finucane, Sophie Capewell and Katy Marchant
dominated the women's team sprint to take Great Britain's first Track World
Championship gold in the event since 2008.
The trio, who were crowned Olympic champions in
Paris, donned golden helmets and were over half a second faster than the
Netherlands, who took silver.
Australia collected the bronze medal at the event in
Ballerup, Denmark.
"It feels really, really special because 2008 is such a
long time ago," said 31-year-old Marchant.
"It has been a long time coming but we have put the
graft in. It has been an incredible season, but to finish with gold today is
great.
"What we did in Paris was so, so special. We craved
that feeling again. This feels different but it's as special in a different
way.
"Personally, this felt harder than winning the Olympic
gold because of the high we'd had from the Games - to get back into training,
get into the headspace and get prepared after an exhausting year."
Britain's Joe Truman, Marcus Hiley and Harry Ledingham-Horn
lost out to Japan in the bronze medal race of the men's team sprint.
Roy van den Berg, Harrie Lavreysen and Jeffrey Hoogland
delivered a sixth gold in seven years for the Netherlands, who arrived at these
championships as defending Olympic and world champions and were too strong for
silver medallists Australia.
Meanwhile, a British quartet of Rhys Britton, Josh Charlton,
Ethan Hayter and Charlie Tanfield comfortably advanced to the final of the
men's team pursuit and will race Denmark for gold on Thursday.
There was further Dutch joy as Lorena Wiebes won gold in the
women's scratch race in her first Track World Championships.
Wiebes, 25, who has tasted success on the road, held off the
2023 winner, American Jennifer Valente, and New Zealand's Ally Wollaston, who
finished in second and third.
