The revolving door of new track champions in British Cycling turned again amid the frenzy of the final track session in the Sir Chris Hoy velodrome, as Katie Archibald missed out on the medals in the women's Omnium, but 20-year-old Emma Finucane claimed her first world title in the women's sprint final.
Archibald rallied towards the end of the gruelling Omnium in the UCI World Cycling Championships in Glasgow, but was a subdued presence for most of the evening. A gold medallist earlier this week in the women's team pursuit, the Scot finished fourth behind Jennifer Valente of the United States.
But there was a breakthrough performance from Finucane, from Carmarthen, already a silver and bronze medallist in the team sprint, who took her first world title after beating Lea Friedrich of Germany in the first two sprint matches.
"That was pretty surreal, to be honest," Finucane, winner of four titles at the British National Track Championships this year, said. "I just took each race as it comes and once I made it into that final, I knew I really wanted to win. But I also had to put that into the back of my mind and focus on the process with Kaarle [McCulloch], my coach."
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