Josie Knight picked up her second medal of the week with individual pursuit silver at the UEC Track Elite European Championships in Grenchen, Switzerland.
Will Perrett further added to the Great Britain Cycling Team’s impressive medal tally on the night, with a nailbiting bronze in the omnium. Women’s individual pursuit
Newly-crowned team pursuit champions Josie Knight (3:22.198) and Anna Morris (3:22.856) continued their impressive form by qualifying second and third fastest in the individual pursuit.
This set up a gold medal ride for Knight against world champion Franziska Brausse, and the German put on a show in the rainbow bands in the final, leading from the start and taking the victory by more than three and a half seconds.
Returning home with two medals, after winning team pursuit gold earlier in the championships, Knight said:
“Glasgow worlds is a big target of mine, so I’ve been trying not to get too nervous about this and see it as a stepping stone, and tried a bigger gear. So to get second is really good.
“Huge credit to our coach Cam. He’s just come in and he’s on it, he says what he thinks, and I just really trust in him, so anything he says I’m just like okay, let’s go! It makes a big difference having someone who genuinely believes in you.”In her ride for bronze, Anna Morris rode brilliantly and led Germany’s Mieke Kroger until the final two laps, but a strong finish from Kroger denied her of what would have been a […]
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