Jennifer Valente Wins The 2023 World Championship Omnium Title
Jennifer Valente Wins The 2023 World Championship Omnium Title
The women's Omnium race at the Track World Championships 2023 was taken by the American Jennifer Valente.
The women's Omnium race at the UCI Track World Championships 2023 on Wednesday was taken by the American Jennifer Valente ahead of Amalie Dideriksen of Denmark and road star Lotte Kopecky of Belgium.
On the final night, Valente successfully defended her title in the Women's Omnium.
"To back up last year is really special in a different kind of way. I was just elated last year and so excited. I had reached a career goal mindset, and I think that this race was really for me. I was focused on myself and my own racing, and just kind of took it one step in the process and was able to defend that," said Valente about her back-to-back wins.
Emma Finucane Wins World Track Sprint Gold For Britain
Emma Finucane won the women's sprint title, beating Germany's Lea Sophie Freidrich 2-0 in a best-of-three final.
The 20-year-old from Wales edged the first round at the Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow with 4,000 fans in the stands, coming from behind.
She then went off first in the second leg and sprinted away early leaving Freidrich no margin.
"It's pretty surreal to be honest," said Finucane. "I can't really believe that I'm world champion."
Finucane was already looking ahead to the Olymic Games in Paris next year.
"This year has been pretty special for me and I've broken through but there's still so much more to come for Paris, and I'm excited to start that journey again," she said.
Ellesse Andrews of New Zealand won the bronze medal sprint ahead of another German Emma Hinze.
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New Zealand's Aaron Gate Wins Points Race At 2023 Worlds
Aaron Gate of New Zealand won the epic 40km points race, 10 years after his last world title in the Omnium.
"I've been waiting ten years for this, it makes all of it worthwhile," said the 32-year-old from Auckland.
He also claimed bronze in the Madison and the Team pursuit in Glasgow.
In the men's Keirin final, Colombia's Santiago Quintero won the men's title ahead of a distraught Matthew Richardson of Australia, who appeared to be blocked by a rival.