Great Britain has won a further six medals on the second day of the UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles.
The nation’s elite para-cyclists added two gold medals, three silvers and a bronze to the two medals, one gold and one silver, won on the opening day.
Mark Colbourne triumphed in the C1 3km Pursuit, while the tandem pairing of stoker, Anthony Kappes, and pilot, Craig MacLean, took gold in the B 1km time trial. Barney Storey and Neil Fachie claimed silver in the same event.
Speaking immediately after his pursuit victory, Colbourne told British Cycling his achivement had yet to sink in.
“Since first stepping on the bike two years ago I’ve had this dream [to become a world champion] and I didn’t know how long the journey would take.
“Today certainly means a heck of a lot to me and to my family and is a result of hard training, lots of efforts on the track and lots of time in the gym. Big thanks to my coach Tom Stanton for getting me to possibly the best year of my life,” he said.
Further medal success in the tandem events came courtesy of Aileen McGlynn and Helen Scott, who picked up a second medal of their world championship campaign by adding a silver in the women’s B 1km time trial to a silver won in the B/Vi 3km Pursuit on the opening day.
Multiple Paralympic and para-cycling world champion, Darren Kenny, took silver in the C3 3km pursuit, while Jody Cundy picked up a bronze in the men’s C4 3km pursuit.
Six British riders will compete in the various individual pursuit events tomorrow, including Sarah Storey, who set a British record on her way to a gold medal in the C5 500m time trial on the opening day of the championships.
