UCI Cycling World Championships 2023: GB win three golds and three silvers on day two

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Hosts: Glasgow and crossed Scotland Dates: 3-13 August
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Great Britain person won 3 golden and 3 metallic medals aft a large commencement to Friday's evening league astatine the Cycling World Championships successful Glasgow.

Briton Jody Cundy won his 20th cycling satellite rubric successful the men's C4 1km clip trial.

In the men's B 1km clip trial, GB's Neil Fachie and Matthew Rotherham finished 0.042 seconds up of team-mates James Ball and Steffan Lloyd.

GB's Jaco van Gass won golden successful the men's C3 1km clip trial.

The defending champion finished 0.236 seconds up of chap Briton Fin Graham.

Earlier GB's Frances Brown won metallic successful the women's C1 500m clip trial.

Epic commencement for hosts successful evening session

There was seemingly a medal won successful each lawsuit successful the archetypal fractional of Friday's evening league arsenic Great Britain dominated the para-cycling schedule.

Cundy, 44, finished implicit a 2nd up of Australia's Michael Shippley with compatriot Archie Atkinson successful sixth.

The seven-time Paralympic champion successful cycling and swimming present has 23 satellite titles crossed some sports.

In the men's B clip proceedings Fachie and aviator Rotherham took golden aft a tense last 750 metres, delivering Fachie his 17th satellite title.

Olympic and defending champion Fachie, on with spouse Rotherham, were the event's overwhelming favourites.

The pair, who won the Commonwealth rubric for Scotland unneurotic successful 2022, were disconnected the gait with a thigh to spell but managed to borderline up of compatriots Ball and Lloyd who took silver.

World grounds holder Van Gass and Graham delivered different British one-two successful the men's C3 1km clip trial, with second-placed Graham 0.644 seconds up of New Zealand's Devon Briggs.

In the women's C1 500m clip proceedings Brown finished 2,332 seconds disconnected China's Qian Wangwei who took gold.

GB's Katie Toft was fourth, 0.914 seconds disconnected China's Yang Jiafan who took bronze.

GB's Atherton done successful downhill

Meanwhile, successful the women's upland motorcycle downhill, GB's five-time satellite champion Rachel Atherton safely qualified a time aft dislocating her shoulder.

Atherton injured her enarthrosis aft a autumn during a signifier tally connected Thursday and posted the 31st fastest clip connected Friday.

With less than 40 entrants immoderate rider who acceptable a clip successful qualifying precocious to Saturday's final.

GB's Tahnee Seagrave posted the second-fastest clip with Britons Harriet Harnden, Stacey Fisher, Anna-Louise Ferguson and Mikayla Parton besides posting apical 20 times.

In the men's upland motorcycle downhill qualifying GB's Bernard Kerr posted the third-fastest clip with compatriots Charlie Hatton and Danny Hart besides posting apical 10 runs.

Earlier connected Friday, Great Britain, led by section favourite Katie Archibald, were fastest successful qualifying for the women's squad pursuit.

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