Victoria Pendleton retained her World Championship sprint title by beating China's Guo Shuang in the final in Copenhagen
Fifth sprint title for Pendleton in Copenhagen, but Hoy bows out
Victoria Pendleton retained her World Championship sprint title by beating China's Guo Shuang in the final in Copenhagen, but there was no second gold for Sir Chris Hoy as he could only finish sixth in the men's event.
Olympic champion Pendleton claimed her fourth consecutive world sprint title with a 2-0 win over Guo in the final - claiming a fifth rainbow jersey in six years.
Pendleton had to overcome Australia's double gold medallist Anna Meares in the semi-finals, but did so with ease, before recovering from a fall in the final to beat Guo.
After a comfortable win in the first final bout, the second had to be restarted after Pendleton slipped on the track, but she was unhurt and got back on her bike to claim the second race to pocket gold.
"Having a little crash like that can sometimes give you quite a big adrenaline spike so maybe it helped me in the end," said Pendleton. "I'm kind of expected to do so well these days that it feels like par for the job.
Expectations
"The whole world has such high expectations of us, it is difficult and only the best - as in gold - ever feels good enough. I'll enjoy it after I've got through this competition.
"It's another step towards London. It was difficult last year - I did too much after the Olympics and everything else that takes over your life."
Pendleton will ride in the women's keirin on Sunday at the Ballerup Super Arena, seeking a second world title in the discipline and a ninth in all.
Olympic champion Hoy was bidding to reclaim the title he won in 2008, but was eliminated by French defending champion Gregory Bauge 2-1.
Hoy and team-mates Matt Crampton and Jason Kenny all failed to progress to Sunday's semi-finals, and in the battle for fifth to eighth place, Crampton won to come fifth, Hoy was second for sixth, Francois Pervis of France seventh and Kenny eighth.
Lizzie Armitstead added a second medal of the day to take the total to seven as she scooped silver in the women's omnium.
The 21-year-old from Otley, West Yorkshire was in the medal positions throughout and finished with silver for Britain's seventh medal of the championships.
Tara Whitten of Canada had the same finishing positions as Armitstead in the first four events, but her superior 500metres time-trial performance saw her claim gold.
