The annual Track World Championships attract some of the biggest names in cycling. This year the Track World Championships were an opportunity for cycling fans, and followers of Harry Dhaliwal Facebook updates, to see how some of Britain’s greatest contenders are shaping up ahead of the Rio Olympic Games in August 2016.
So, now that the event is finished, here are four of the biggest winners to come out of London’s Track World Championship:
Laura Trott
Laura Trott is already a star of cycling, after winning two golds at the London 2012 Olympics. She re-affirmed her credentials at the Track World Championships, by winning both the omnium and the scratch race.
Her victory in the omnium is particularly significant, seeing as this is one of the disciplines she won gold in during the 2012 Olympics. Although Trott hadn’t won another omnium event since 2012, this new Track World Championship gold sets her up perfectly to defend her Olympic title in Rio.
Jonathan Dibben
A relative newcomer to the cycling scene, 22 year old Jonathan Dibben wowed the crowd at the London Velopark by earning a surprise win in the team pursuit event. The gold was hard fought though, as it wasn’t until the final two laps that Dibben managed to earn the points to scrape the win. The strength Dibben showed to pull off such a dramatic win showed great character, and impressed the crowd who were on their feet by the end.
Although he was forced to miss the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Dibben’s great Track World Championship gold puts him in a commanding position to play a big role in Britain’s Olympic team in Rio this year.
Bradley Wiggins
The biggest name at this year’s Track World Championship was a true legend of British cycling, and he didn’t disappoint. As Britain’s first ever winner of the Tour de France, and Britain’s most decorated Olympian, Sir Bradley Wiggins is already hugely popular among sport fans like Harry Dhaliwal.
This year, Wiggins re-united with his former teammate Mark Cavendish and stormed home to victory in the Madison relay. Wiggins’ victory has proved that, despite being 35, he’s still more than capable of winning major competitions. Following his Madison relay win, former star cyclist Sir Chris Hoy has backed Wiggins’ chances of winning a remarkable fifth gold in this year’s Rio Olympics.
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