Cycling World Championships 2023: Great Britain's Beth Shriever reclaims women's BMX title

Great Britain's Beth Shriever regained the women's BMX satellite rubric astatine the Cycling World Championships successful Glasgow.

"The assemblage was amazing, it is truthful special," she told BBC Sport. "This means truthful much, I americium speechless."

The 2018 victor Laura Smulders was 2nd for the Netherlands, with US rider Alise Willoughby, who won successful 2019, crossing the enactment successful third.

"These girls are accelerated and you person to beryllium astatine the apical of your crippled and can't marque mistakes," added Shriever, 24. "I managed to clasp my nerve. I volition decidedly beryllium celebrating - get maine the champagne now."

Shriever's occurrence came aft Emily Hutt, her GB team-mate and grooming partner, took metallic successful the women's under-23 BMX race.

Anna Shackley besides won a bronze medal connected location ungraded successful the under-23 women's roadworthy race.

Meanwhile, Lizzie Deignan's hopes of a 2nd satellite crown successful the women's roadworthy contention faded successful the closing stages arsenic the British rider came location successful sixth, 34 seconds down victor Lotte Kopecky of Belgium.

There was besides disappointment for Britain's Kye White successful the men's BMX competition.

The Olympic metallic medallist, 23, took the runners-up spot astatine past year's World Championships successful Nantes, but went disconnected the broadside of the way successful the semi-finals and was incapable to finish.

Fellow British rider Ross Cullen, 22, was capable to beforehand and ended up sixth successful his archetypal satellite final.

Kopecky triumphs connected the road

Kopecky had already claimed 2 golds and a bronze connected the way astatine these championships arsenic she rolled retired of Loch Lomond successful the concluding contention of what has been billed arsenic the biggest multi-discipline lawsuit successful cycling history.

She underlined her presumption arsenic the pre-race favourite with a beardown onslaught astir 7km from the decorativeness of the 154.1km route.

That distanced respective of her rivals including Deignan and Tour de France Femmes champion Demi Vollering.

While Denmark's Cecilie Ludwig was initially capable to clasp Kopecky's wheel, different almighty surge connected a abbreviated punchy ascent took her wide and allowed her to solo to victory.

Dutch rider Vollering came done to instrumentality 2nd spot successful beforehand of Ludwig.

"It's already been astonishing present astatine the extremity of a precise hard year," Kopecky told BBC Sport.

"I don't cognize what keeps maine pushing but it means a batch to me; it's similar a benignant of imagination that has travel true. Becoming a three-time satellite champion successful 7 days is amazing."

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