Today's action in LA at the Para World Track Cycling Championships saw some more stand out results for the Aussies.
In action today were Claire McLean in the Women's C5 pursuit, Alex Green and Sue Powell in the Women's C4 pursuit and David Nicholas in the Men's C3 1km Time Trial.
Claire qualified 5th in the C5 division, which saw her miss out on the finals ride-offs but that's no disgrace when the field contains a rider of the calibre of Sarah Storey from Great Britain!
Alex and Sue qualified 1st and 2nd fastest in the Women's C4 pursuit, and contrary to my surmising this morning, Alex actually rode off against World Record holder Marie-Claude Molnar from Canada and easily accounted for her - congratulations to Alex the giant slayer for the first big scalp of her career!
Between pursuit qualifying and finals, David kept the Aussie flag flying with silver in the men's C3 1km Time Trial. Great result for the Pursuit World Champion.
In the Women's C3 pursuit final, a captivating battle saw Alex knock another second off her earlier PB to take the gold in 4.09.112. Sue finished second in 4.13.191.
The only events now remaining are the tandem sprints, team sprints and the newly introduced scratch races.
Australia will be hoping that Steph and Flick can hold their World Record form and claim another gold medal in the women's tandem sprint, and who knows what will happen in the lottery that is a scratch race...
More to come.
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