Australia finished the second round of the Cambridge Track World Cup standings as the top nation as Matthew Glaetzer added another gold medal to the tally in the men's sprint while Annette Edmondson and Anna Meares claimed silver in the omnium and keirin, and Glen O'Shea bronze in the men's omnium.
Nine medals in total saw Australia finish clear on top having also claimed gold in the team pursuit on Saturday, silver in the women's sprint and team sprint, alongside bronze in the men's team sprint.
"It's awesome. It's such a challenge. Max Niederlag pushed me all the way and I had to really execute my racing perfectly to beat him," said Glaetzer who also won bronze in the team sprint. "If I had made a mistake he probably would have won it. I raced really well, one of my best competitions that I have raced and I'm really happy with this result."
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Glaetzer was the fastest in qualifying and then saw off Sandor Szalontay (Hungary), Njisane Phillip (Trinidad and Tobago), Peter Constable (Australia) and Edward Dawkins (New Zealand) to reach the final. A late run in race one of the final saw Glaetzer take the advantage and a narrow win on race two then sealed victory.
"In the second race I was at the front. I knew that I would probably keep the front in the race. He kept around me, he got the jump on me a bit at the start but I managed to hold him on the outside," he added.
Despite racing with a back complaint, Meares added to her career World Cup medal haul in the kierin while wearing the world champions rainbow stripes.
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