Great Britain continues to show fantastic form with more medals on day two of the World Track Championships in Minsk, Belarus.
Elinor Barker joined Olympic champions Laura Trott and Dani King as they successfully defended the Team Pursuit title won in Melbourne last year (Joanna Rowsell is focusing on the road).
Meanwhile being down by nearly a third of second after the opening kilometre, Great Britain reduced the arrears and at the two-kilometre mark held a .841 second advantage, impervious to the efforts of Annette Edmondson, Ashlee Ankudinoff and Melissa Hoskins of Australia en route to gold.
A time of 3.18.140 handed 18-year-old Barker (below right) a debut senior world title and was over a second faster than their opponents.
After winning gold, Trott said: “No way [is there an Olympic hangover]. Who wouldn’t want to win another stripey jumper?”
British Cycling Academy rider Barker commented: “It was scary [being the youngest] to be honest but I couldn’t ask for better teammates, they are the best in the world, who better to learn from?”
Britain medallist of the evening, setting a new personal best to claim her second bronze of the championship in the 500m time-trial.
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