Britain's Evans wins first world title in women's points race
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Britain's Evans wins first world title in women's points race
(Reuters) - Britain s Neah Evans won her first world title in the women s points race on the final day of the track world championships in Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines, France on Sunday as the 32-year-old delivered a last-gasp attack in a frantic race.
Evans won the gold medal with 60 points, finishing ahead of Denmark s Julie Leth (53) and the United States Jennifer Valente (51). Evans gold came after she won silver in the women s team pursuit earlier in this year s championships.
"It s not really sunk in yet. I m full of adrenaline and excitement, but I m delighted," Evans said after the race.
"I definitely felt like I had good legs and I had a really good gameplan going in, so I was quite confident."
In the men s elimination race, Italy s Elia Viviani retained his title as New Zealand s Corbin Strong took silver and Britain s Ethan Vernon won bronze.
Dutchman Harrie Lavreysen earned his second gold of this year s championships in the men s sprint, with Australians Matthew Richardson and Matthew Glaetzer grabbing silver and bronze respectively.
Germany s Lea Sophia Friedrich defended her world title in the women s Keirin as Japan s Mina Sato won silver and Steffie van der Peet of Netherlands took bronze.
France won the men s madison with Britain second and Belgium third.
