Hoy and GB Simply Incredible

Romero, Houvenaghel and Rowsell Celebrate

GB are won all the Pursuit World Titles

Results

1. Great Britain (Wendy Houvenaghel, Bex Romero, Jo Rowsell) 3m 22.415s WORLD RECORD

2. Ukraine (Bochkarova, Kalitovska, Shulika) 3m 29.744s

3. Germany (Becker, Joos, Sontheimer) 3m 26.560s

Men's Points Race

Kiryienka was late to the start but first to the finish

"I wanted to do a bit better tonight because I finished fourth last year and did well through the World Cups and wanted a bit better result tonight," said the 20 year old who is only in his second year of senior competition. "But I have to look at it - fourth in a World Titles - I have to be somewhat happy.

"I raced the first half really well and put myself on the top in the first two (sprints) with my points and I hadn't really done much," explained Meyer. "I started to suffer mid race and sat too far back and had to keep chasing a few gaps which took its toll because when I made the right move at the end of the bike race I just didn't have the legs."

Meyer, a three time Junior World Champion in 2006, stamped his claim on the points race event when he won gold at the 2007 Los Angeles World Cup, his first in the senior ranks.

Scratch and Points Double for Belarus

"I've still got a lot to learn and each year I'm picking more up so I'm confident that one year I can pull it off and become a very good points racer," said Meyer who is alsohoping he has done enough to win selection for Beijing. "I put my hand up and have done everything I could - I won a medal at every World Cup I contested and (have been) fourth at two Worlds so now it's up to selectors but I'm confident I'l get the spot and I look forward to having a real go in Beijing."

Results

1. Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) 24pts

2. Christophe Riblon (Fra) 23pts

3. Peter Schep (Hol) 19pts

Men's Sprint

Chiappa beats Sireau in Round Two

Bauge on his way to victory

Sireau makes it to the Semi with victory over Bauge

Hoy teaches 'the Bos' a lesson

Hoy easily moves past Sireau

Chris Hoy - A True Hero

Results

1. Chris Hoy (GBr)

2. Kevin Sireau (Fra)

3. Mickael Bourgain (Fra)

Women's Sprint Rounds and Quarter Finals

The Australian camp is awaiting confirmation from the UCI (International Cycling Union) of the final points tally but is hopeful of a start in the women's sprint at the Beijing Olympic Games despite the absence, through injury, of Anna Meares from this week's track cycling World Championships in Manchester.

Meares, who won gold in the 500 metre time trial (no longer an Olympic event) and bronze in the sprint at the Athens Olympic Games, fractured a vertebrae in her neck, tore ligaments in her shoulder and sustained bruising and grazes when she crashed during the keirin final at the Los Angeles World Cup round in January. Those injuries forced her to miss February's Copenhagen World Cup, the Australian Championships and the World Championships meaning she could not collect additional qualification points for Beijing. Instead she was forced to wait for the results of other riders to determine whether she will realise her dream of racing at a second Olympic Games.

"We did our calculations with the qualification system coming into the Championships and there were two scenarios that needed to eventuate as far as Russian rider (Svetlana) Grankowskaja and China's Zheng Lulu," said Australian Head Track Coach, Martin Barras. "Both of those scenarios have been achieved so now we're just waiting for official confirmation from the UCI next week.

"The UCI works out the points and then gives the confirmation to the National Olympic Committees of how many starting places each country has in each event for Beijing," said Barras adding that nothing is certain until the final points are tallied after Sunday, which is the cut off date for all National Federations to lodge results for events that carry qualification points.

But the results of the women's sprint competition today have certainly eased the level of anxiety for both Barras and for Meares who sat at home in Adelaide glued to her computer overnight Friday following the action.

"I've been up all night - couldn't sleep anyway so I thought I may as well sit up and watch and wait," said Meares when contacted at 3.30am Adelaide time. "'Grannie' (Svetlana Grankowskaja) rode a 10.2 (seconds in qualifying) and I thought 'she's on form and I'm in trouble' but then she got put out in the first round and I was thanking my lucky stars."

Zheng won through to the second round but her compatriot and second seed Shuang Guo proved too strong bumping Zheng into the last chance repechage heats.

"After LuLu was beaten in the second round I thought 'great that's one race down' - and then in the repechage ... when they started riding two abreast pretty quick from the get go I thought, 'Yvonne (Hijgenaar) what are you doing?'," Meares explained. "I just wanted to close my eyes and not watch but watch at the same time.

"That last lap when Yvonne pulled out a little bit extra to hold off LuLu I felt so happy and now I can't stop shaking," said Meares who was in tears when she spoke to Barras on the phone. "It's been a really hard week, lack of sleep, stress to the point where my hair's falling out and I'm constantly in Manchester mentally thinking this is what they're doing at this minute, this is how we're preparing for this race.

"Hopefully now I can concentrate on preparing for the Olympics."

Kaarle McCulloch recovered from a shaky start in Wednesday's time trial event to knock more than two tenths of a second of her previous personal best in the flying 200m qualifying for the women's sprint. She recorded 11.417sec, the 16th fastest time, but came up against a very experienced campaigner and ninth seed, Jennie Reed of the USA, in the first round.

"I'm really pleased with the (qualifying) time but a little disappointed to not go through to the next round," said McCulloch who lead out the sprint against Reed in the hope of holding her at bay to the line. "I gave it a good try against Jennie but she just had too much power for me at the end."

"Absolutely for her it was very important (to ride a good time) because she was coming into this Championships with very good form but didn't quite achieve the level she's capable of in the time trial," said Barras. "It was a question of managing anxiety at her first major championships so we sat down and figured out ways to address that which she did she looked very good.

"She rode a great time and raced very, very well in the first round but more importantly showed she can manage herself at this level."