Great Britain’s Jason Kenny won his second medal at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup with silver in a thrilling sprint final in Guadalajara, Mexico.
The Olympic champion, winner in the team sprint with Callum Skinner and Philip Hindes on Saturday, continued his impressive form on the final day at the Pan American Velodrome as he narrowly lost to Australia’s Matthew Glaetzer in two heats.
Fastest qualifier Glaetzer took the first race by 13 thousandths of a second. The next heat was even closer, as 26-year-old Kenny pushed Glaetzer to the line once more, missing out by just nine thousandths of a second.
The medal helped Great Britain to second in the medal standings behind Australia, with two gold and two silver medals.
In the women’s keirin Jess Varnish was knocked out in first round.
Having finished fourth in her round-one heat, the 23-year-old was forced into the repechage and beaten to the line by just one thousandth of a second by Australia’s Anna Meares.
Both Jon Dibben and Katie Archibald completed their men’s and women’s omnium respectively after a tough opening day in the six-discipline event.
Thirteenth in the kilo for Dibben was followed by 11th in the flying lap.
But a costly points race, in which the 20-year-old finished on -17 points, saw Dibben end in 19th overall with 65 points as Germany’s Lucas Liss took victory.
Archibald also took 13th in her time trial, over 500m, before 15th in the flying lap.
Seventeenth in the points race, with six points, saw her end the event with a total of 67 points, placing her 17th overall. Belgium’s Jolien D'Hoore won gold.
The day had started with men’s sprint qualifying, Kenny 10th with a time of 9.832 seconds as the high altitude conditions saw some exceptionally fast times with Glatzer the quickest in 9.516 seconds.
Kenny defeated Great Britain teammate Philip Hindes in last 32, Hindes having qualified in 15th in 9.898 seconds.
Victory over Germany’s Stefan Botticher in the 1/8 final saw Kenny drawn against France’s Michael D'Almeida in the quarter-finals as the competition went to the best of three heats.
A third race wasn’t required though as Kenny defeated the Frenchman by two heats to nil.
It was the same result in the semi-final with New Zealand’s Sam Webster the opponent as Kenny became the only male to reach every final in the sprint disciplines over the three-day event.
The next round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup takes place in London from 5-7 December.
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