(Reuters) - Home favorite Kirsten Wild claimed her second gold medal of the week as she won the women’s omnium at the UCI world track championships in Apeldoorn on Friday.
Wild, who delivered home gold on the opening day of the event when she topped the podium in the scratch race, won the last sprint of the points race in the multi-discipline omnium to secure the title in style, delighting the home crowd.
It was an eighth world championships medal for the 35-year-old but first gold in the omnium, having won silver last year.
Amalie Dideriksen of Denmark was second with Rushlee Buchanan of New Zealand third.
Earlier in the day Australia’s Cameron Meyer controlled the men’s points race to win his fifth world title in the event and ninth rainbow jersey in total.
Jan Willem van Schip won silver, adding another medal to the hosts’ total, with Britain’s Mark Stewart third.
Italy’s Filippo Ganna won the men’s individual pursuit, storming back to beat Portugal’s Ivo Oliveira in a nailbiter.
Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Toby Davis