Strong (19) was recently named as the young member of the elite team for next month’s world championships where he has cemented a place in the team pursuit after outstanding form over the summer. Strong was caught in a crash early in the points race, the final disciple of the omnium, but returned to win three of the final five sprints to take the race and the overall title. He finished on 149 points ahead of Waikato’s George Jackson on 130 and Nick Kergozou on 127. “There are lots of good feelings about where our sprint group are at physically and mentally looking to the worlds. The elite team sprint honours went to the Southland trio of Nick Kergozou, Tom Sexton and Conor Shearing.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 26, 2020 15:45 UTC