Sir Chris Hoy wins sixth Olympic gold medal with keirin victory - BBC Sport BBC Sport Sir Chris Hoy wins sixth Olympic gold medal with keirin victory By Matt Slater BBC Sport at the London Velodrome 7 Aug 2012 Media playback is not supported on this device Sir Chris Hoy claims historic sixth gold Sir Chris Hoy claimed a sixth Olympic gold medal to become the most successful British Olympian of all time. Having won gold on the first night of the track cycling in the men's team sprint, Hoy's triumph in the keirin was the perfect finale for Team GB. Analysis "That was a courageous ride by Sir Chris Hoy, he was passed by the German on the back straight but he held his line and didn't take his foot off the gas until the end. He deserves all the accolades he's about to get." Hoy's six golds take him past rowing great Sir Steve Redgrave's five. And with a silver from Sydney 2000 as well, he equals Bradley Wiggins's record total of seven medals.

The 36-year-old Scot is sure he will not carry on for a fifth Games in 2016, but he is already assured of his status as track cycling's greatest ever sprinter. Hoy, the defending Olympic and four-time world champion, hit the front with a lap to go and while he was momentarily overtaken by Germany's Maximilian Levy on the back straight, he came roaring back to win by a bike length.

Best of British - most medals Sir Chris Hoy (track cycling): seven medals - six gold, one silver Bradley Wiggins (cycling): seven - four gold, one silver, two bronze Sir Steve Redgrave(rowing):six - five gold, one bronze Ben Ainslie (sailing): five - four gold, one silver Jack Beresford(rowing): five - three gold, two silver Henry Taylor(swimming):five - three gold, two bronze Kitty McKane(tennis):five - one gold, two silver, two bronze Sir Matthew Pinsent(rowing):four - four gold Paulo Radmilovic(water polo): four - four gold Jason Kenny(track cycling): four - three gold one silver Levy, the silver medallist at the World Championships in April, had to settle for second again, with Teun Mulder of the Netherlands and Simon van Velthooven of New Zealand crossing the line together for third and a bronze medal each. "I'm in shock. You try to compose yourself but it's surreal," said Hoy. "I wanted to win gold in front of my home crowd. I saw everyone stepping up to the plate and thankfully it worked out for me too.

"The keirin is a lottery and you never take anything for granted in it. I can't describe the feelings I have at the moment. This is enough for me - this is the perfect end to my Olympic career. "I can't put into words what it means to me. It's one of the greatest feelings I have ever had. Media playback is not supported on this device Sir Chris Hoy's final gold medal ceremony "I'm 99.9% sure I won't be competing in Rio. How can you top this? [The 2014 Commonwealth Games in] Glasgow is another question, as that would be the dream ending for me." With a combination of bravery, cunning and power, the keirin, the final track cycling race of the Games, is always a favourite with the crowd. An eight-lap race, the six riders spend the first five and a half of those riding behind a small motorbike, or derny. The speed is slowly ratcheted up before the derny peels away to unleash an almighty charge for the line.

This most vocal of London 2012 audiences emphatically underlined the British team's domination of the last six days in the velodrome: 10 events, seven golds, a silver and a bronze. And the only medal missing was in the women's team sprint, the event that saw Pendleton and Jess Varnish disqualified when a place in the final was theirs. Most experts said Team GB could never repeat the success achieved by the track cycling team in Beijing 2008. Most experts were wrong. Final Results Chris Hoy - Cycling Track - News, Olympic Results and History Born Edinburgh, Scotland BIOGRAPHY Sir Chris Hoy, multiple world and Olympic champion track cyclist, was born and raised in Edinburgh and has represented Great Britain and Scotland throughout his career, winning four Olympic, 11 world and two Commonwealth titles to date. Hoy won his first Olympic gold medal at Athens 2004, and four years later in Beijing he became Scotland’s most successful Olympian and the first Brit since 1908 to win three gold medals at a single Games.

At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Hoy won gold in keirin and gold in the team sprint with partners Philip HIndes and Jason Kenny. Hoy goes for tenth world championship gold medal | Sport | The Guardian Close This article is 6 years old As the London Olympics begin to appear over the horizon Sir Chris Hoy has the chance to pass two personal milestones when he races with Jason Kenny and Ross Edgar in the three-man, three-lap team sprint which opens the world championships in the Ballerup stadium here tomorrowtomorrow. The first landmark is a psychological one: this is the first time the triple Olympic gold medallist has raced on this track since he crashed heavily here 13 months ago and lost the chance to race the 2009 Worlds. He will be looking to lay that ghost at the venue where he took his first world titles in 2002 in this discipline and the kilometre time trial. Hoy and company, for all their dominance in Beijing, have not won the team sprint world title since 2005, thanks to the dominance of the French.

But a world title today for the Scot and his team-mates would give the 2008 BBC Sports Personality of the Year a 10th world championship gold. Only France's Arnaud Tournant has won more world track titles and between now and London 2012 Hoy will surely threaten his tally of 14. Today Hoy will revert to the anchor position in which he took Olympic gold in Beijing, after flirting with a move to Man 2. The thinking is that the Scot remains the best in the business for the final lap while Edgar – silver medallist behind Hoy in the keirin in Beijing – has worked hard on his start recently and is regarded as being more suited to holding the hot pace which Kenny will set in the opening lap. Hoy has had a low-key winter after getting back to full strength following his crash here last February in the World Cup when he injured his hip. "It is important but it's not the be-all and end-all. Me being the competitive person I am, I always want to win. Whenever I get on the track I have the same mentality, so I'll be looking for three golds.

It is literally a stepping stone towards London in that it's all about producing a perfect performance there and every race we do is part of that jigsaw. But, having said that, I want to win." These world championships are a landmark in other ways. To paraphrase Winston Churchill it marks the end of the beginning of the Olympic cycle that concludes in London. Qualification for the home Games will soon begin to enter the equation, meaning that opportunities to experiment will become more restricted. Additionally they are the first since the International Cycling Union confirmed changes to the Olympic event line-up to ensure parity between men and women. The withdrawal of a raft of endurance events drew criticism from athletes, including Hoy. Today the men's team sprint is the lone Olympic event on the schedule but there are other medal hopes for Great Britain. Wendy Houvenaghel looks to improve on last year's silver in the women's 3,000m pursuit and Chris Newton is always in the mix in the men's points race, where he took bronze in Beijing. The teenage sprinters Becky James and Jess Varnish will contest the women's 500m time trial, largely to gain experience.

The changes to the programme will be most strongly felt at the weekend, however, when the men's and women's omnium races take place. They are recent additions to the programme and will be a new discipline in the Games. Confusingly for fans, riders and coaches alike, these multi-discipline races are being run on one day here rather than five as will be the case in the Olympics. This in turn means the format will not replicate the Olympic schedule: there will be five rather than six events and they will be over a shorter distance so that they can be accommodated in a single day. Given the complexity of the events, which marry endurance and sprint racing, that is hardly the best way to ensure riders and coaches can prepare properly and it looks like a continuation of the incoherent planning by the ICU which led to the changes appearing less than three years before London. Chris Hoy Chris Hoy Chris Hoy Biography Chris Hoy or Sir Christopher Hoy was born on the 23rd of March in the year 1976. He was born in Edinburgh in Scotland and is a British professional cyclist and races for Great Britain and Scotland. Chris Hoy has won the World Championship several times and is also an Olympic hero in the sport of cycling.

He won in total three gold medals at the Beijing Olympics held in the year 2008. With this tremendous performance, he became Scotland’s most successful athlete at the Olympics. Chris Hoy is also the most successful male cyclist of all time at the Olympics. The 1982 film E.T the Extra Terrestrial inspired Chris Hoy to cycle. He was then a mere six year old boy. Between the age of seven and fourteen, Chris Hoy raced for BMX and was ranked two in Britain, ninth in the World and seventh in the whole of Europe. He then received a scholarship from Kwik-Fit and Slazenger to compete in the United States and in Europe. Chris Hoy was also into rowing and rugby as a student. The fist cycling club that he ever joined was Dunedin CC in the year 1992. Chris Hoy then started focusing on only track cycling from the year 1994 joining the City of Edinburgh Racing Club. Chris Hoy’s main events included the Team Sprint and the one kilometre Time Trial. It was Team Sprint that brought him his very first World Championship medal. His team came second in the year 1999.

The first World Title for his team came in the year 2002 at Copenhagen in the Ballerup Velodrome. He also won the one kilometre time trial that same very year beating Arnaud Tournant. Their main competitors in the recent years have been the team from France. Chris Hoy was the number one cyclist in the one kilometre Time Trial for many years but stopped taking part in it after it was removed from the Olympic Schedule. Chris Hoy won his first World Title in the year 2002 and then again won it in the years 2004, 2006 and 2007. His first Olympic title came at the 2004 Olympics. After the Kilo was removed from the Olympic Schedule, Chris Hoy started focusing on other aspects of cycling. He started specializing in the Keirin. His first success at this event came at the Manchester round in the year 2007 at the World Cup Classics Series. His form continued to the World Championships where he bagged the gold medal. This showed his true class as he mastered a different new event and won the World Championships.

In the year 2007, Chris Hoy attempted to break the World Record for the kilometre. He came very close but fell short by a mere 0.005 seconds. Chris Hoy did not race at the World Cup Classics Event at Manchester as he chose to commentate with the BBC and sign autographs. He made a comeback at the Revolution 22 event in Manchester in the month of December. He was acknowledged by the crowd with a standing ovation, a gesture truly deserved by one of the most successful cyclists of all time, Chris Hoy. BBC Sport - Cycling - Sir Chris Hoy earns 10th world title with keirin win Sir Chris Hoy earns 10th world title with keirin win Hoy claims 10th world title Track Cycling World Championships 2010 Venue: Ballerup Super Arena, Ballerup, Denmark Dates: 24-28 March Coverage: Live on BBC Two, red button and BBC Sport website By Chris Bevan BBC Sport in Copenhagen Sir Chris Hoy powered to victory in the keirin event to secure his 10th world title and earn GB's first gold medal at the Track Cycling World Championships.

Hoy, 34, had recovered from a crash in his first heat to storm into the final. And the reigning Olympic champion held off Azizulhasni Awang of Malaysia to triumph on the line as the Scot picked up his second medal in Copenhagen. But Britain lost their women's team pursuit title, having to settle for silver behind dominant Australia. Lizzie Armitstead, Wendy Houvenaghel and Joanna Rowsell finished runners-up to Ashlee Ankudinoff, Sarah Kent and Josephine Tomic as the Australians continued to add to their medal haul. There was also disappointment for Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish, who finished fourth in the women's team sprint. Hoy recovered from a crash in the heats to claim gold in the final So it was down to Hoy to finally put a smile back on the face of the dozens of British fans at the Ballerup Super Arena as he beat Awang to the line, with Maximillian Levy of Germany taking bronze.

"I was aware of the magnitude of a 10th world title in the week building up to the championships because it's been in the press and people have been asking me about it," said Hoy, who had to settle for bronze in the team sprint on Wednesday after a broken pedal prior to qualifying hit their hopes. "But it was only when someone asked me 'what does it feel like to have 10' when I'd finished that it registered because I was so focused on the race itself. "That's the key really, to be focused on the process and not worrying about the outcome. But thinking about it now, it's fantastic and I think it makes it even more special to be back here again where I won my first world title in 2002. "I would never have predicted then that I would be coming back here in eight years time, let alone to win a 10th title. I'm delighted and it's been a fantastic year for me so far." It was not a trademark finish by the Scot, who usually goes early for the line but did not take the lead until a lap-and-a-half from the finish.

Hoy, who is competing at his first major global event since his Olympic triple success, had to face some rough treatment from his rivals in his heat. After one false start, Hoy was blocked by Malaysia's Josiah Ng Onn Lam before falling and taking out Holland's Roy van den Berg. The race was stopped and Hoy had to have the cleat on his right shoe repaired. After a delay to allow Hoy and Van den Berg to remount their bikes, Ng was disqualified after being deemed to have taken too direct a line off the track banking, causing the collision. Britain's women's team pursuit squad finished second behind Australia "The keirin is a physical race so you expect a few elbows," said Hoy. "I certainly didn't enjoy being bumped on my backside at the start of my first race - that was a bit out of order! "It made me angry but I had to keep my emotions in check because I didn't want the red mist to descend because I didn't want to lose the plot. I had to stay controlled and focused." Hoy missed last year's world championships through an injury sustained in a crash while competing in a keirin on the Ballerup track.

"Thankfully I wasn't hurt this time - I just refocused, got back on the bike and tried to stick to the gameplan," said the Scot, who clinched his third world keirin title to go with his wins in 2007 and 2008. There was no British rider in the men's individual pursuit, an event in which Bradley Wiggins is a three-time world champion and double Olympic gold medallist. Wiggins is currently concentrating on road racing but in any case the event is no longer seen as a priority by British Cycling as it has been dropped from the Olympic programme. CHRIS BEVAN'S BLOG Only France's Arnaud Tourmant, with 14, has more rainbow jerseys and Hoy is confident of moving closer to that mark before this week is out British Cycling's performance director Dave Brailsford told BBC Sport: "The team pursuit on Friday is our priority and we did not want to sacrifice one of our riders in that and fatigue them - there is no point. "Our mission is to win Olympic medal for this country and it isn't an Olympic medal anymore.

They might as well be out there playing tiddlywinks to be honest." Britain's Chris Newton, who just missed out on bronze in the points race on the first day of competition at the Ballerup Super Arena, was again denied a medal when he finished fifth in the scratch race. Matt Crampton, a bronze medallist in the keirin at the 2008 World Championships, was last in his second-round heat and eventually finished seventh overall. Hoy crashes in keirin qualifying Bookmark with: Chris Hoy claims fifth Olympic gold medal as Britain win team sprint | Sport | The Guardian Chris Hoy claims fifth Olympic gold medal as Britain win team sprint • 'It's overwhelming, phenomenal,' says emotional Hoy • British trio break world record twice in one day Britain's Jason Kenny, left, Philip Hindes, centre, and Chris Hoy display their gold medals after winning the Olympic men's team sprint final at London 2012.

Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters Thursday 2 August 2012 19.15 EDT First published on Thursday 2 August 2012 19.15 EDT Close This article is 4 years old It was 4.08pm when the Pringle erupted for the first time, when Vicky Pendleton and Jess Varnish stepped up for their ultimately abortive attempt on team sprint gold. After that, it just got louder and louder. The "London roar"– the intense cacophony produced by the 6,000 onlookers in the velodrome going collectively berserk on behalf of the home team – was first noticed in February at the test event. It clearly lifts the Great Britain team, who seem to be propelled on a solid wave of sound whenever they race evening the roar pushed them to world records in all their three events, topped by a gold medal for Sir Chris Hoy , Jason Kenny and Philip Hindes in the team sprint. There was more than a hint here of the devastating ride that Hoy, Kenny and Jamie Staff produced on day one in Beijing.

Asked whether he feared that might open the floodgates in similar style, the defeated finalist Grégory Baugé of France insisted: "Non, non, non," but he was probably trying to convince himself as much as any onlookers. When Pendleton and Varnish were cruelly deprived of a gold or silver medal in their event by the intervention of the referees, the roar turned briefly to a chorus of catcalls. But there was no time to dwell on it. Hoy's world record ride in the final means he is now level with Sir Steve Redgrave's tally of six medals, boasting five golds, and he could well draw level with his team-mate Bradley Wiggins's total of seven medals on Tuesday if the keirin goes to plan. The trio pushed the noise to new levels, after Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Steven Burke and Peter Kennaugh had surfed the sound wave to a world record in qualifying for the 4,000m team pursuit. Hoy rated this above all his other achievements, topping his first gold in Athens, and was fighting back the tears afterwards.

"The crowd make a huge difference, you get goosebumps when you cross the line and when you step into the velodrome you can feel the atmosphere. It's such a privilege." The gold was hard earned. Usually the team sprinters contest a qualifying round in the morning, and go straight to medal ride-offs in the evening. Here they had three lungbursting, legbreaking rounds in less than two hours. Kenny is clearly on fire, and was visibly stretching Hoy in third wheel. "Jason's second lap was phenomenal," said Hoy of the final against the French, where the trio pushed the world record deep below the 43sec barrier with a time of 42.60. "I was hanging on, digging deep. I've never suffered like I did on the final lap. It was horrible." Kenny added a second gold to the gold and silver he won in Beijing, but his achievements have so far not raised his profile. His status as the stealth medallist of the British track team may change later this week when he takes on Baugé and company in the match sprint. Few would bet against him for a medal given the searing second laps he produced in all three rounds.

Upstaging the 36-year-old Hoy, knight of the realm, multimedallist and BBC Sports Personality of the Year is a difficult task but that was what the 19-year-old Hindes did. "The find of the century" was how the coach Shane Sutton described the newcomer and he showed incredible character here. In the qualifying round, he had an obvious problem holding his line, fluffed his start, but had the presence of mind to fall off ensuring a restart – accepted practice that is within the rules. His style out of the gate is so aggressive, bordering on wild, that he is flirting with losing control even when things go smoothly, and this time, he appeared to overdo it. Coming after his disqualification for a technical infringement in the world championships, it could have destroyed him mentally – his first ride at his first Olympics, on home turf – but, critically, he bounced back to produce a succession of faster and faster starts over the three rounds, culminating in a 17.2 opening lap just when it mattered, in the final. It was a 0.3sec improvement on his personal best, faster than he had expected, and it launched Hoy and Kenny into orbit.

The men's team sprint has a been a headache for the British coaches since Staff's retirement two years ago, as the starter was deemed irreplaceable, and without him they were "staring down the barrel of a gun", as one of their coaches put it. Pretty much every world-class sprinter in the country apart from Hoy has been trialled in the slot, to no avail, and the untried Hindes's selection for the world championships in April was the last throw of the dice. As so often happens for Dave Brailsford and his cohorts, the gamble worked, as it did with Kenny in 2008. If Hindes keeps going, with Matt Crampton waiting to step in for Hoy at man three, the team sprint squad's future now looks assured. The team sprinters defended their title and on Friday the men's team pursuiters could emulate them. The Great Britain against Australia match had been hotly anticipated and Kennaugh, Clancy, Burke and Thomas laid down an early marker with a spectacular beating of their own world record in qualifying.

The British started third from last, and pulled out what appeared to be the perfect ride with 3min 52.499sec, pushing the standard closer to the magic 3.50 mark. On Friday Today they will race the fourth fastest team, Denmark in the second round, which they will be favourites to win, if their cushion of almost six seconds in qualifying is anything to go by, and victory there would put them through to the gold and silver ride-off. The chances are they will meet their old rivals Australia and that the record will go again. "There is more in the tank," said Thomas, although their coach Dan Hunt believes it will take a huge heave to break 3.50. That said, if the Pringle pulsates as it did , who knows what awaits? BBC Sport - Cycling - World Track Championships - day four as it happened Coverage: Watch and listen live across the BBC - What to watch and where to watch it LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY (all times GMT) To get involved use Twitter (via hashtag #BBCCycling ) or text us via 81111 with CYCLING before your message. (Not all contributions can be used.

Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate.) By Marc Vesty 1705: I feel like I've competed in an omnium after the excitement of Dani King's bronze medal. Thanks for all of your comments today. I'll head for a warm-down now, but I'll be back in the same seat tomorrow from 1300 BST (yes, BST) for the final day of the 2011 Track Cycling World Championships. The women's omnium will come to a close tomorrow, but the big one to watch will be the women's keirin, where Victoria Pendleton will try for a third time to win a gold medal in Apeldoorn. Can't wait. Goodbye, for now. 1659: Well that's almost all from Apeldoorn, as a beaming Dani King receives her bronze medal, flowers and a pair of clogs. Sir Chris Hoy on his keirin silver medal: "It's not the physical side, it's the emotional and mental side, getting yourself up after you've lost a race and fighting back. It's energy-sapping, it really does take it out of you. I'm emotionally and physically exhausted right now.

I'm looking forward to a couple of weeks off the bike and then I'll get back in the gym and start the season again for next year." Former Great Britain cyclist Rob Hayles in Apeldoorn: "It might not be an Olympic event but 20-year-old Dani King's performance in the scratch race shows the strength of British talent coming through." Dani King on her scratch race silver medal: "It's a big dream for me, I don't think this smile will be off my face for a long time. I just hung on and hung on and knew I could sprint. There's Brits in the crowd, including my parents and that just kept me going." 1644: What a way to finish. The Dutch crowd are finally treated to a home gold medallist as Marianne Vos breaks from the pack to cross the line in style. The surprise package, though, is Dani King. What a ride from the Briton who showed pure grit and determination to put herself in with a chance before digging in to take bronze to add to her team pursuit gold from Thursday. Kate Bates of Australia takes silver.

MARIANNE VOS WINS SCRATCH GOLD, DANI KING WINS BRONZE 1640: Dani King joins Marianne Vos, Kate Bates and Els Belmans in the breakaway pack. The home crowd are screaming for Vos. Great excitement to finish the day's racing. 1638: Marlanne Vos goes again and she's out in front along with Kate Bates. But Dani King has broke from the trailing pack, can she reach the front three for the final eight laps? 1635: A break from Marianne Vos gets the home crowd going and splits the field. Halfway through the race now and Dani King is still in touch. 1632: Dani King is sat in the front three of the scratch race at the moment, 10 laps into the 40-lap event. It would be tough to lead this one out from start to finish. 1629: The final event of the day is just about to get underway in Apeldoorn, it's the non-Olympic scratch race. Dani King, who has already won one world title this week in the team pursuit, is in action for GB.

Could the 20-year-old deliver the gold medal we have all been waiting for? 1624: Anna Meares is in floods of tears as she receives her gold medal. Tears of joy from the Australian, who said she had waited 10 years to win the sprint gold. Anna Meares on her sprint gold medal: "I felt like my semi-final with Vicky Pendleton was a final as she's a five-time world champion. The camaraderie and morale brings confidence to the Australian team. If someone is not pulling their weight, we can pull them up on it. It's just been a great night for the Australian team. This is the biggest event outside of the Olympic games. Some people never get to win a world title, I've just won my seventh. This is a big deal." 1619: What a stunning day for Australia, that's three gold medals on Saturday, with Anna Meares winning the sprint, Shane Perkins the keirin and Michael Freiberg the omnium. They are going to take some beating in London.

1615: Wow, a blazing run from Shane Archbold of 1 min 03.879 secs puts him top of the times but it won't be enough to take gold overall as Michael Freiberg finishes sixth in the time trial and that is enough to collect the gold medal. Archbold finishes in the silver message position. Gijs Van Hoecke of Belgium gets bronze. 1607: Sam Harrison still sticking in there in second place with his earlier time in the omnium time trial, it would be a tremendous effort if he were to stay there. Here comes New Zealand's Shane Archbold, though, and he could make a difference. 1601: There's some tired legs out there now as the gruelling omnium almost reaches the end. Whatever happens, we will have a new world champion by the end of the day after current title holder Ed Clancy had to head home with a virus. Wonder whether Clancy will ride the omnium at the Olympics, he's undoubtedly GB's best option, but would it really be possible to do both the omnium and men's team pursuit? 1557: Time for Sam Harrison to step up to the track.

He's had a hard slog at the worlds after being dropped into the pusuit team on Thursday in place of the ill Ed Clancy - where he won bronze. But the plucky youngster digs deep and goes second fastest in 1 minute, 04.325 secs. 1552: Fair play to the Dutch fans, they go crazy every time a home rider takes to the track. Tim Veldt is flying around the track amid the noise and it works for him as he records the fastest omnium 1km time trial with a time of 1 minute 04.093 secs. 1548: The BBC video coverage has finished, so feel free to manually refresh this page to remove it from the top of this live text if you wish. But we're not finished, oh no, and they're not finished at the velodrome just yet either. It's the 1km time trial in the omnium - the third event of the day for this group, sixth in two days. Ouch. EpicallyFailing on Twitter: "Omnium is no more complex than decathlon. Personally, I think it's a cracking event." 1535: Medal time.

Shane Perkins collects his gold medal and rainbow jersey, Sir Chris Hoy, ever the gentleman, congratulates his opponent and receives his silver medal. There's tears from Perkins as Advance Australia Fair plays out around the Omnisport Velodrome. Touching stuff. Victoria Pendleton on her sprint bronze medal: "I'm not in the best form but I'm working on a two-year plan. You have got to have confidence and patience in your form and stick to your plan. I've been in every semi-final since 2003, so I don't think that's a bad run. Anna Meares is in the form of her life and I'm not but don't write me off yet. 1528: Matt Crampton leads out Chris Hoy as they approach the final lap of the keirin but Shane Perkins pulls through the middle of the British pair and takes the lead. Hoy is having to go around the outside to try and pull Perkins back but he's not got the horse power and the Australian crosses the line first to become world champion. Hoy finishes second, with Teun Mulder taking bronze from Matt Crampton. Breathless action but no world title for the Brits on day four.

SHANE PERKINS WINS KEIRIN GOLD - CHRIS HOY WINS SILVER 1523: So, can Great Britain win gold on day four? Chris Hoy and Matt Crampton are out behind the derny bike in the keirin final. Nervous times. BBC sport reporter Ollie Williams in Apeldoorn: While Anna Meares rode her way to sprint gold, Chris Hoy and Matt Crampton were sitting side-by-side in little plastic chairs by the side of the track, waiting to race in the keirin final. A draw takes place to decide which order the riders head out in behind the derny, and it's exactly like the FA Cup draw. Each rider dips their hand into a bag and pulls out a neon yellow ball. 1515: Anna Meares is the world sprint champion for the first time and well deserved it is too. Simona Krupeckaite is no where near the Australian, who simply puts the hammer down and powers through on the final bend. On this evidence Meares and Pendleton are the form horses and there's not much in it.

1505: Victoria Pendleton hangs back against Olga Panarina as the pair stand still for almost 30 seconds before they are urged to continue. The Briton bursts through on the final lap and Panarina doesn't stand a chance. Bronze might not be what Pendleton came to Apeldoorn for but there have been encouraging signs for the Olympic champion to take away with her. VICTORIA PENDLETON WINS SPRINT BRONZE 1505: And then there were two... Evgenya Romanyuta takes it from Joanne Kiesanowski with home favourite Kirsten Wild in third. Wild goes top of the standings after three events. It would bring the house down if the Netherlands win gold in the omnium on Sunday. 1503: Still battling away in the omnium elimination race. There's a surprise, Sarah Hammer is caught at the back and makes way with five left on the track. BBC sport reporter Ollie Williams in Apeldoorn: Laura Trott is back in the warm-down area, pedalling away still.

Cyclists at these events don't just hop on a bike at the start of their race and hop off at the end; a good deal of time is spent preparing to race, and then warming down afterwards. She's smiling with her coach but will be frustrated to have gone out of the elimination race so soon. At the age of 18, though, she's got more than enough time to learn from that experience and build it into her race strategy for the next one. Don't forget she wasn't even down to race the women's omnium until Lizzie Armitstead withdrew from the British team through injury. CricketEggHead on Twitter: "This Omnium is a shocking event. Impossible to follow and goes on for days. How does this reduce the schedule at the Olympics?" It is lengthy, that's for sure. Maybe they should just run the eliminator on it's own instead? Or reinstate the individual pursuit? 1452: Well that's how quickly this event can turn. Laura Trott finds herself in trouble in the group at the back and can't outsprint her rivals as they head for the line. The Briton is eliminated by the smallest of margins. Disappointing.

1448: One of the best decisions in cycling in recent years was to bring the elimination, otherwise known as The Devil, into the omnium. The rider caught last at the end of every other lap is eliminated. Beautifully simple and breathtakingly brutal. It's the women's turn today, Laura Trott is involved for GB and she's placed at the front early on. 1444: Anna Meares brushes aside Simona Krupeckaite in the first heat of the sprint final. The Australian has so much power, Krupeckaite can't catch her as she tries to come from behind. The on-form Meares edges closer to a first individual sprint world title. 1438: Here goes Victoria Pendleton, looking for bronze in the sprint against Olga Panarina. The Briton leads from the front from the off and has too much power for the Belarusian to peg her back. That's a 1-0 lead for Pendleton. 1435: Scratch race victory for Michael Freiberg gives the Australian top spot in the omnium with one race to go.

Shane Archbold is pushed down to fourth and will need to come up with something special in the 1km time trial later. BBC sport reporter Ollie Williams in Apeldoorn: "While the men's omnium scratch is in progress, I've been speaking to France's Gregory Bauge, now a sprint world champion for the third successive year having defeated Jason Kenny yesterday. Through a translator, he told me: "All I wanted after my win yesterday was my family and my music." He won't reveal precisely what kind of music we're talking about - or whether he means listening or playing. Part of me hopes he's grade eight on a viola, it'd be such an image. Or maybe he just listens to skiffle to wind down. We'll never know. 1430: Still slugging it out in the omnium scratch race, Sam Harrison is not really in the hunt I'm afraid. Neither, though, is Shane Archbold, which could make for an interesting final event later - the 1km time trial. MattG481 on Twitter: "Enjoying a day of world class cycling! Lets hope for some more Gold for team GB!

#BBCCycling" It's going to have to be Chris Hoy or Matt Crampton in the keirin now... 1423: No one wants to lead this scratch race out at the moment. Shane Archbold, the New Zealander who impressed when he won the omnium at Manchester World Cup in February, leads the field overall. 1419: While the men's omnium scratch race gets underway, including GB's Sam Harrison, I've just got a second to tell you to manually refresh this page in order to get the live cycling video up top. 1410: In a cagey semi-final second heat Anna Meares pins Victoria Pendleton to the wall and forces the Briton into the front. Meares hits the front again early on the final lap but as they come around the final bend it looks like Pendleton might have the wheel of her rival but it's not enough as Meares beats the world champion in the dash to the line. Pendleton will ride for bronze against Olga Panarina, Meares will face Simona Krupeckaite for the rainbow jersey. 1407: Ok, time to decide these sprint semi-finals.

And it's Simona Krupeckaite who takes it after a strong tactical race. Olga Panarina can't get near her after being forced high and that's game over. But will Krupeckaite face Victoria Pendleton or Anna Meares in the final? 1403: Tremendous noise inside the Omnisport Velodrome as home favourite Teun Mulder finishes second behind the hugely impressive Shane Perkins in the second heat of the keirin second round. Mickael Bourgain comes in third with a late burst. The keirin final will be incredibly competitive judging by this showing. 1355: There's almost a shock in the keirin as Matt Crampton takes the win followed by Rene Enders. Sir Chris Hoy looks out of it but an almighty push from the rear of the field sees the Scot come through in third place to book his place in the final. Jason Kenny finishes fifth. 1353: Time for round two of the keirin and we've got three Britons involved. Sir Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny and Matt Crampton - basically the GB sprint team - go up against each other as the derny bike sets the pace.

1352: Stunning stuff from Victoria Pendleton who hangs back before getting onto Anna Meares back wheel on the final straight and propelling herself around the outside and into a deciding heat. Top class racing. 1346: Here go Olga Panarina and Simona Krupeckaite in their second heat. And it's Krupeckaite who, against the odds, comes from behind at the last second and forces this one into a deciding heat. 1342: Just to keep the nerves on edge ahead of the sprit semi-final they are making repairs to the track at the Omnisport Velodrome after the fall in the points race. A bit of wood filler, cover it up with sticky tape and job's a good-un. 1338: After a furious final sprint Tatslana Sharakova wins the points race with 25 points, Amy Cure finishes second, while Malgorzata Wojtyra is third. It seems lapping the field is definitely the way to go. Now for something a little more straightforward, Victoria Pendleton v Anna Meares heat two, coming up next.

1336: Tatslana Sharakova laps the field and picks up 20 points for her troubles. With five points already on the board, that puts the Belarusian top of the points. 1332: More news on that crash from BBC Sport reporter Ollie Williams in Apeldoorn: Minami Uwano, one of the riders involved in that points race crash, has been stretchered away. She was helped from the track by two officials and wheeled away while sitting up, clutching her torso and looking in a substantial amount of shock and pain. She is one of three Japanese riders at this week's World Championships who hail from the region around Fukushima, scene of the nuclear incident Japan is currently working to contain. 1330: With 30 laps to go, Malgorzata Wojtyra and Amy Cure lead on 20 points but neither have scored in the sprints yet. Marla Lulsa Calle Williams has won two sprints in a row and sits in third overall, level with Kirsten Wild. Laura Trott down in eighth.

1326: Laura Trott is in the points again, this is a gutsy ride from the 18-year-old, this time it's two points to make three in total. 1324: Laura Trott picks up a point, finishing fourth in the second sprint. Kirsten Wild takes five points again, much to the delight of the home crowd. 1321: Amy Cure and Malgorzata Wojtyra launch a break away and lap the field to take a 20-point bonus, nice riding from the Australian and Polish riders. I'm pleased to say all of the riders involved in the earlier crash are back on the track, just bumps and bruises. BBC Sport reporter Ollie Williams in Apeldoorn on the sprint semi-final: Britain's coaches have been wearing holes in the temporary carpeting inside the middle of the velodrome track this week, fretfully watching their charges in action. During the first Pendleton-Meares semi-final race, head coach Shane Sutton practically laid out crop circles in the cyclists' warm-up area, spinning to follow the contest while competitors readying themselves weaved around him.

The GB team members rarely show emotion after these races, though, especially when it's only one race down in a battle as fierce as this one, and Sutton simply strolled off after Meares crossed the line first. 1315: Big crash, three riders go down on the corner as the first sprint gets underway on the 70th lap. Laura Trott is not involved. Kirsten Wild of the Netherlands gets five points for winning the first sprint. BBC Sport reporter Ollie Williams in Apeldoorn: There are two Trotts in action today. In case you've been following the cricket player all morning, Laura Trott is a decade younger than England batsman Jonathan but equally on top of her game. She already has a rainbow jersey this week having helped Britain to women's team pursuit gold, their only triumph of the Track World Championships to date, and is now taking on the omnium. There are six events in the omnium, which is new for the 2012 Olympics. She and Sam Harrison, the men's omnium rider, are the youngest members of the GB team here, taking on one of track cycling's most punishing disciplines.

1310: While the sprinters take a break, the points race in the women's omnium gets underway. Leire Olaberria Dorronsora of Spain is leading after the flying lap but expect Tara Whitten and Sarah Hammer to be up there fighting. Laura Trott is involved for GB. 1307: Tense stuff. Anna Meares tracks Victoria Pendleton's rear wheel closely throughout before a huge burst takes her round the top and the world and Olympic champion has no answer. It's 1-0 to the Australian. 1303: Olga Panarina takes the first heat, keeping Simona Krupeckaite to her rear for the duration and slamming the foot down when it counts late on. 1300: Olga Panarina of Belarus and Lithuania's Simona Krupeckaite face each other in the other women's sprint semi-final and they are going to get us underway. Here we go. 1256: Ticking down to the start of the afternoon session in Apeldoorn, we are a couple of minutes from seeing Victoria Pendleton go up against Anna Meares, who has already won a team sprint gold medal at this year's Worlds.

Meares also beat Pendleton in the semi-final at the Manchester World Cup in February. Fair to say this is the rivalry in women's sprinting. 1251: By the way, aside from reading all the latest right here, you can watch live coverage on the BBC Sport website (but in the UK only I'm afraid) and on BBC One from 1415 to 1545 GMT. 1247: So, we're all up to date and almost ready to roll in the Omnisport Velodrome but what will make this day of tremendous sporting action even better is if you get involved. What have you made of GB so far in the Netherlands? Could Jason Kenny do a Chris Hoy in London and win three Olympic golds - pushing the big Scot out in the process? Victoria Pendleton v Anna Meares - discuss! Send me a tweet using the hashtag #BBCCycling or text me using 81111 (UK). 1244: I should also mention that two more GB riders are also in action this afternoon and it's the massively promising 18-year-olds Laura Trott and Sam Harrison.

Trott started her six-event omnium campaign earlier, posting a 16th-fastest flying lap. She has the points race and elimination to contend with this afternoon. Meanwhile, Harrison's omnium draws to a close with the scratch race and 1km time trial, although he will be hard pushed to pick up a medal. 1240: There's no time for easing into it today. Victoria Pendleton is aiming to win a fifth consecutive world title in the sprint but first of all she has to get past arch-rival Anna Meares of Australia in their semi-final clash, with the first heat set to start at 1300 GMT. World and Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy is highly fancied to take gold in his favourite event, the keirin. After easing through this morning's qualifying rounds Hoy will be joined by team-mates Matt Crampton and Jason Kenny (who had to battle through the repechage) in the second round at 1350 GMT.

1237: Today is a huge day of British sport and not just in the velodrome, with Wales v England in the football, Sri Lanka v England at the Cricket World Cup and the boat race - all being covered on the BBC Sport website. But I know what you're really here for, a heavy dose of explosive, world-class cycling, of course. Here's what you can look forward to this afternoon... 1232: To get you fully up to date with the events in Apeldoorn so far... GB are on a run of two medals per-day, with bronze in the men's team sprint and team pursuit on day one followed by gold in the women's team pursuit and bronze in the women's team sprint on day two. On a fascinating day three of racing, Jason Kenny edged out Chris Hoy in the sprint semi-final but the Bolton rider was beaten by Frenchman Gregory Bauge in the final. Hoy settled for bronze but immediately vowed to bounce back - the duo's battle for the one British sprint spot at the Olympics is well and truly on. 1230: Afternoon, everyone.

It's day four of the 2011 Track Cycling World Championship and the big guns of the British squad are back in action. But can Sir Chris Hoy or Victoria Pendleton fire GB to a second gold medal of the championship? Bookmark with: Day 1 Track Cycling World Cup - Melbourne Day 1 Track Cycling World Cup - Melbourne Navigation: 2010/11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup - Melbourne December 2-4, 2010 | Melbourne (Australia) | | | Day 1 Report Gold & Silver for GB on Day 1 Great Britain win Gold in Men’s Team Sprint and Silver in Women’s Team Sprint on Day 1 of the Melbourne round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup. Ed Clancy lies in second position in the Men’s Omnium. GB on the top step of the podium with the nations from Down Under, New Zealand and Australia either side. The first Track Cycling World Cup got off to a flying start for GB in Melbourne (Australia) as the best track riders from around the globe got to grips with the new World Cup event programme.

With so many of the long established track cycling events now axed from the Olympic programme, the new Olympic track cycling events such as the Omnium (men and women) took precedence in the events schedule. Only one non-Olympic event (male and female) is now part of each round in the World Cup programme and in Melbourne, it’s the Men’s Madison and the Women’s 500 metre Time Trial. The riders in the GB Cycling Team however are in Melbourne to concentrate on the Olympic events and a month after the very successful European Track Cycling Championships, there were two medals for GB on the opening day. Because the Track Cycling World Cups form part of the Olympic qualification process, GB are sending strong teams to three of the four rounds with the strongest squad of riders expected to be competing at the final round in Manchester. The World Cup events are important stepping stones for the GB Cycling Team, both for this season heading towards the World Championships in March, and ultimately the Olympics in 2012. They will provide a valuable opportunity to the GB Cycling Team to not only test itself against their main rivals, but also help them identify exactly what they need to do to be competitive when it really matters.

Men's Team Sprint The same three riders that lined up for Great Britain at the European Championships in Poland, Sir Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny and Matt Crampton, were on the start line in Melbourne to do their best to improve on the Bronze medal at the European Championships. At that event, the Brits were the fastest team in the final and in Melbourne in qualifying, they found themselves pitted against Poland in one of the later heats. Jason Kenny peels off as Chris Hoy and Matt Crampton prepare to carry on the sprint for a Gold medal and Olympic qualifying points. With Olympic champion and World record holder (along with Sir Chris Hoy) Jason Kenny leading the team away out of the gate, their qualifying ride was one from the top drawer as they ripped through the three laps in a time of 43.939, slightly faster than their 43.96 they did in the finals for Bronze at the Europeans. With Kenny leading off, it was Sir Chris Hoy in man two position who raced through the second lap with GB still ranked fastest after two laps with 30.413.

The final throw of the dice was down to the big man, Matt Crampton, and he carried the GB flag all the way to the line to record the only sub 44 second ride of the qualifying round. The time was good enough to see them in the Gold medal final where they came away with the Gold medal against their antipodean opponents and more importantly, very valuable Olympic qualifying points as they took their next step on the road to London. Afterwards, Sir Chris Hoy said "I'm pleased with our first win for a while in the team sprint, and happy to go 12.8s at man 2 which was a personal best." "Tonight was a good performance but not an exceptional one and I think a low-43 would be looking to win the world championships, so we probably have got another half a second to come off that hopefully," said Hoy, the four time Olympic champion, who now turns his attention to Friday's Keirin. "I would like to try and dominate the Keirin tomorrow and stamp my authority on it, that's the aim," Hoy said adding, "if you win then that's great but the important thing is to dictate the race." 1.

Great Britain 43.829 Sir Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny, Matt Crampton 2. New Zealand 44.339 Women’s Team Sprint Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish on the podium with the girls from China and France. The Women’s line-up of Jessica Varnish and Olympic and World Sprint Champion, Victoria Pendleton, were again representing their country in this event just as they did at the European Championships where they were second. With the might of Australia and China thrown into the mix, the British riders knew it would take a special ride to get a good result. Off in heat five against Lithuania, the British duo got away to a flying start with Jess Varnish going close to beating that magic 19 second barrier with a 19.0 and with Victoria Pendleton finishing the job off nicely, the GB riders certainly came up with something special as they finished qualifying in second place. Jess Varnish finishes her lap and Victoria Pendleton gathers speed to try and beat the Chinese team on the other side of the track. In the finals for Gold/Silver, the GB duo of Jess Varnish and Victoria Pendleton met the Chinese pairing of Jinjie Gong & Lin Junhong.

The Chinese opened up again with a sub 19 second first lap, 18.923 to GB's Jess Varnish time of 19.083 and with nothing in it, the teams raced neck and neck around the final lap. The Chinese duo got to the line first in a time of 33.240, only a few tenths down on the World Record of 32.9 ahead of GB's Victoria Pendleton who stopped the clock at 33.562. It was GB’s second Silver medal in the Olympic qualifying process after they were second in Poland at the Europeans and it was a great performance by the GB duo. Jess Varnish and Victoria Pendelton pose with their furry Kookaburras which were presented to them along with Silver medals. Gold/Silver 4. Holland's 33.664 Men's Omnium Ed Clancy, Olympic Team Pursuit Champion and World Omnium Champion, had the tough start he wasn’t really looking forward to when the Men’s Omnium saw qualifying heats called for with Clancy off in heat 1.

Whilst the Omnium has many people divided as to its merit as an Olympic event, it is certainly a really punishing event for the riders with full distance endurance and sprint events and a Points qualifying race thrown in for good measure. Seven events over two days. Ouch! Ed Clancy (right) in the rainbow jersey fights tooth and nail in the Elimination race where he was 6th. In that first Points race over 15 kilometres (heat 1) to qualify for the Flying Lap, Points Race and Elimination races that made up the Omnium events on day 1, Clancy finished in ninth place with five points. With fifteen riders starting and only twelve to qualify from each heat, Clancy went out and quickly won the first sprint to grab the five points and from there on, sat on that tally knowing, with help from his team at the side of the track, whether it was going to be enough to get through to the finals proper. It was. Flying Lap The timed sprints events are those where Clancy knows he can score strongly and he didn’t disappoint with first place in the flying lap sprint over 250 metres.

Recording a time of 13.059, Clancy was almost two tenths clear of former Dutch sprinter, Tim Veldt who recorded 13.249. The British World Champion wearing the rainbow stripes, had begun the competition like he had in Poland, only quicker having improved from a 13.244 to the 13.059. His winning margin over Veldt, who was also second in the flying lap behind Clancy at the European Championships, was also a lot larger so many positives from that first event. Points If ever there was an event that Ed Clancy doesn’t like, it’s this one and the Olympic Champion for the Team Pursuit improved on his position from Poland, finishing in 12th place with 13 points. He finished in 15th place for the Points event at the Euros. The Spanish winner of the Points leg of the Omnium in Melbourne, averaged over 50 kilometres an hour for the race. Victor Eloy Rovira was certainly the star of the event taking no less than three laps with his three nearest rivals, all on two laps.

Clancy relied on scoring in sprints for his points tally, winning the second and eighth sprints as well as getting second in the fifth sprint before crossing the line in 18th place. Elimination In the Men's Elimination race, there was one non-starter from Belgium which left 23 riders to take the start for this final Omnium race of day 1. First rider caught by the 'devil' was Austrian Graf followed by Sakavets from Belarus and Kwok of Hong Kong. GB's World Champion Ed Clancy, who was ninth in this very physical event in Poland and fourth overall, used his natural speed and experience from the Europeans to duck and dive until he was finally caught out and eliminated from the race after 17 riders had gone before him. This gave him a final ranking of sixth place, a great performance in an event where the argy bargy in the final push for the line and the fatigue from the other races, makes it a really punishing event. With three events to go, Clancy was lying in second position overall behind New Zealand’s Shane Archbold.

Women's Team Pursuit With the Great Britain girls back home training and building on the great form they had in Poland where they won the European title, it was left up to the other nations from around the world to fight it out for the Olympic Qualifying points. After recording the fastest time in the qualifying round, the home team from Australia comprising the very experienced Katherine Bates along with young champions Sara Kent and Josephine Tomic, went into the final against Germany as favourites. With the all important home crowd support in a city known for its love of sport, the Aussie team didn’t let their supporters down, going faster again in their final than they did in qualifying. Aftewards, Tomic explained “That time at this time of the year is pretty good. We were quite a few seconds ahead than we have ever been at this time so that shows there are really good things to come next year and for the world championships.”

Question: In which event did Chris Hoy win a Gold Medal at the recent World Track Cycling Championships?
Answer: KEIRIN