Track Countries Cup: Katie Archibald wins omnium for third gold in Milton - ISN TV

Track Countries Cup: Katie Archibald wins omnium for third gold in Milton - ISN TV
Katie Archibald is a double cross best on the planet and four-time European champ in the omnium

Extraordinary England's Katie Archibald won the omnium on day three of the Track Countries Cup in Canada to guarantee her third gold of the occasion. Archibald, 30, won the scratch, rhythm and disposal competitions to guarantee a greatest 120 focuses, prior to adding 11 additional in the focuses race.

The three-time Olympic medallist completed 20 focuses clear of Italy's Letizia Paternoster in second. Archibald won gold in the group pursuit and madison on Friday and Saturday. There could have been no further English achievement, with Imprint Stewart and Oliver Wood completing seventh in the madison - Belgian pair Lindsay de Vylder and Robbe Ghys asserted gold.

The Netherlands' Harrie Lavreysen won the men's run, with England's Hamish Turnbull and Joseph Trueman both disposed of in the 1/8 finals. New Zealand's Ellesse Andrews won the ladies' keirin, where there was no English interest. The occasion in Milton was the third and last round of the 2024 Track Countries Cup and was the last an open door for GB's track cyclists to race on the sheets before this mid year's Olympics in Paris.

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