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Jeremy Whittle at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome

Elinor Barker and Neah Evans win world championship Madison gold for Britain

Elinor Barker Neah Evans Ethan Vernon Gold Britain Kieran Reilly BMX Dan Bigham Pfeiffer Georgi Tim Goode
Elinor Barker (left) and Neah Evans celebrate winning gold in the women's Madison during day five of the Cycling World Championships.
Elinor Barker (left) and Neah Evans celebrate winning gold in the women's Madison during day five of the Cycling World Championships. Photograph: Tim Goode/PA

Elinor Barker, already a gold medallist in the women’s team pursuit at the UCI world championships in Glasgow, took a cliff-hanging win in the women’s Madison in the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome.

Britain’s pair of Barker and Neah Evans were seemingly poised to take gold in the 120-lap race, when a high-speed crash prior to the penultimate lap, forced a dramatic restart. Barker and Evans then had to fight hard in the final nine laps to hold off closest challengers Australia by just three points.

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