Australia 1-2

The only event that Australia has competed in so far on Saturday is the Women's C4 Pursuit qualifying round, featuring Alex Green and Sue Powell.

Alex is definitely the most entertaining pursuiter around. Many will recall her nail biting race off for the bronze medal last year, when the Chinese 500m World Record holder almost caught her in the first three laps.  This year, Alex has pulled out a 14 second improvement on her time from the 2011 Worlds - yes, that's right - from 4.24 last year to 4.10 this year, and has qualified fastest for tonight's gold medal ride off.

Qualifying second is Canberra's own, Sue Powell, defending World Champion in this event. Now I wasn't there, but I'm guessing that Sue will have ridden her qualifying round against last year's silver medallist Marie Claude Molnar from Canada, and that this ride will have occurred after all the other riders had posted a time, so all Sue had to do was ride faster than Molnar to ensure an Australian 1-2 in the final.

The significant thing about the Australians riding off for gold and silver is that Molnar is the current World Record holder in this event, but obviously couldn't find the same form that saw her ride 4.05.403 in November 2011 to break the record previously held by Sue.

The stage is set for an intriguing final - can Alex find even more speed to win her first World Championship, can Sue find a 2-3 second PB to reclaim the World Record?

Either way, later in the day, Australia will stand proud on the top two steps of the World Championship Podium!