Netherlands finish second in track cycling worlds medal table
The Dutch team won five gold medals in Shanghai, but Great Britain edged it in the world championships medal table with six.
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The Netherlands finished second in the medal table at the track cycling world championships in Shanghai, winning five golds, one silver and one bronze. Great Britain topped the standings with six gold medals, according to ANP.[1]
Harrie Lavreysen won three titles: the sprint, keirin and team sprint, alongside Roy van den Berg and Jeffrey Hoogland. Hoogland claimed his fifth world title in the kilometre time trial, an event Lavreysen, the defending champion, skipped this year.
Lorena Wiebes won the scratch race but fell in the omnium and lost her world title. Hetty van de Wouw took silver in the kilometre time trial, after winning three world titles last year. Sofie van Rooijen earned bronze in the time trial.
The Dutch team had topped last year’s medal table in Chile with nine golds.[1]
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