HONG KONG (Reuters) - Benjamin Thomas of France stormed to gold ahead of New Zealand's Aaron Gate after a thrilling final sprint in the men's omnium at the track cycling world championships on Saturday. Thomas held off a furious challenge from his rivals on the last lap to finish with a total of 149 points, two more than Gate. Albert Torres of Spain, who led coming into the last of the four events that make up the omnium, had to settle for bronze. A dominant display by American Chloe Dygert gave her gold in the women's individual pursuit, the 20-year-old comfortably beating Australian Ashlee Ankudinoff by over six seconds. Daria Shmeleva won gold and Anastasia Voynova bronze with Germany's 2012 Olympic team sprint champion Miriam Welte taking silver.

Source: The Star April 15, 2017 14:37 UTC