Five titles were on the line on day 2 of racing at the 2025 UCI Track World Championships in the Peñalolén velodrome in Santiago, Chile.
The second day of competition decided the gold medallists in the Men’s Keirin, the Men’s Scratch, Women’s Team Pursuit, Men’s Team Pursuit and Women’s Elimination Race.
Hélène Hesters was able to secure Belgium’s first medal of the Championships after a ferocious battle against Victoire Bertheau of France, who had to settle for fourth.
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Rank |
Name (Country) |
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1 |
Lara Gillespie (Ireland) |
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2 |
Katie Archibald (Great Britain) |
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3 |
Hélène Hesters (Belgium) |
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4 |
Victoire Berteau (France) |
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5 |
Olivija Baleišyte (Lithuania) |
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6 |
Lea Lin Teutenberg (Germany) |
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7 |
Chiara Consonni (Italy) |
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8 |
Maja Tracka (Poland) |
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9 |
Lorena Leu (Switzerland) |
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10 |
Megan Jastrab (United States) |
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11 |
Yareli Acevedo Mendoza (Mexico) |
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12 |
Yumi Kajihara (Japan) |
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13 |
Laura Rodriguez Cordero (Spain) |
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14 |
Alžbeta Bačíková (Slovakia) |
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15 |
Anita Yvonne Stenberg (Norway) |
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16 |
Barbora Němcová (Czech Republic) |
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17 |
Alyssa Polites (Australia) |
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18 |
Scarlet Cortes Ugarte (Chile) |
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19 |
Ebtissam Zayed Ahmed (Egypt) |
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20 |
Bryony Botha (New Zealand) |
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21 |
Lisa Van Belle (Netherlands) |
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22 |
Fiona Majendie (Canada) |
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23 |
Laura Auerbach-Lind (Denmark) |
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24 |
Valeriya Valgonen (Individual Neutral Athletes) |
Women’s Team Pursuit
After two victories for Great Britain in 2023 and 2024, Italy were able to clinch the win in the women’s Team Pursuit, their first medal of the 2025 Track World Championships.
Martina Fidanza, Federica Venturelli, Vittoria Guazzini and Martina Alzini were able to get the better of Germany in the final by a narrow but sufficient margin, crossing the line with a time of 4:09:569, with Germany finishing with a time of 4:09:951.
Germany led in the opening lap, but the Italian quartet then turned on the power to move ahead, maintaining the pressure all the way…
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