the us were never behind in apeldoorn, holding an advantage ofjust over half a second after the firstained the four—time olympic gold medallist laura kenny, who gave birth to her first child in august and only began training with the team in early january. i'm very pleased, i never expected to be back in the world championships so soon. i certainly would not have chosen the world to be my first race back, but i really enjoyed being back with the girls. we would have loved to come for a gold medal. any place we enter, we wa nt to gold medal. any place we enter, we want to win. we can't help but feel a little disappointed. the usa women's pursuit team won their third successive world title beating great britain at the world track championships in the netherlands. earlier on thursday, great britain went one better in the men's team pursuit claiming gold as their quartet including three—time olympic champion ed clancy and 21—year—old amateur charlie tanfield, who has deferred his university degree to race, beat denmark to secure britain's first title in apeldoorn. therefore games taking p

great britain have added another medal on day three of the world track cycling championship in apeldoorn meyer won gold with home riderjan willem van schip took silver. britain now have four medals — one gold, two silvers and stewa rt‘s — one gold, two silvers and stewart's bronze. — one gold, two silvers and stewa rt‘s bronze. it's — one gold, two silvers and stewart's bronze. it's been a difficult evening for elinor barker. earlier the briton was caught up in this crash during the elimination race in the women's omnium. she went into the fourth and final event, the points race, in the bronze medal position, but couldn't manage to hold on to it, finishing sixth overall just a hold on to it, finishing sixth overalljust a nine points off a medal. kirsten vild took gold for the netherlands. the british gymnast claudia fragapanne is out of next month's commonwealth games. the four time gold medallist at the last games in glasgow has snapped her achilles tendon. fragapanne says she's heartbroken and doesn't know when she'll be competing again. this was a treat she sent earlier, i was on the

great britain added another medal on day three of the world track championship in apeldoorn in the netherlandsmeron meyer retained his title with home rider jan willem van schip taking silver. britain now have four medals — one gold, two silvers and stewart's bronze. it was a difficult evening for britain's elinor barker as she was caught up in this crash, during the elimination race, in the women's omnium. she went into this final event, which was, the points race, in the bronze medal position, but couldn't manage to hold on to it, finishing sixth overall. kirsten vild took gold for the netherlands. super league fixtures have been hit by the weather, but last night's games went ahead. hull fc got their season back on track by beating warrington 21—12. it was a bad tempered affair in which both sides had a man sent off, after two red cards. elsewhere wigan moved up to second, with a 32—16 win over widnes. middlesbrough are into the championship play—off places, after beating leeds 3—0. it was a hat—trick from striker patrick ba mford that pushed boro into the top six. this game surviving the w

track world championships in the netherlands since they were previously held at the same venue in apeldoorn the hosts as they won two world titles plus a silver medal. netherland's kirsten wild took the first title awarded, in the women's scratch race, chasing down an attack by ireland's lydia gurley and then holding off the rest of the field. in the team sprint competitions, the dutch men's squad went up against olympic champions great britain, and it was the dutch who prevailed, winning by half a second. france beat the russian federation for bronze. we briefly saw kimi raikkonen and fernando alonso taking to the track in barcelona for the third day of pre—season formula one testing, but it was more "snowman" than "iceman" on wednesday. i think it would be nice to have competition. but of course, on the other hand, we would prefer to be miles away from everyone. because all we want to do is win, but it is true that when there is challenge and hard battles, it makes you appreciate the results more. so, for us appreciate the results more. so, for us to keep developing everyone, it would i b