The Australians cemented their domination of the 2017 UCI Track World Championships in Hong Kong on Friday, more than doubling their medal tally from the first two days of racing. The team added five medals in one day: two gold, one silver and two bronze.
The team now lead the medal count with eight (three gold, three silver, two bronze). Germany, New Zealand, Great Britain and Italy are all tied with three medals (each with one gold, one silver, one bronze).
Cameron Meyer earned the eighth world title of his career, lapping the field twice en route to taking out the Points Race world title, while Jordan Kerby rode the third-fastest individual pursuit in history en route to winning the gold medal.
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Kelland O'Brien took third in the individual pursuit behind his teammate Kerby and second-placed Italian Filippo Ganna, and in the women's sprint Stephanie Morton took second to German Kristina Vogel. Finally, Amy Cure, who led the women's Omnium before the final Points Race, ended the event with the bronze medal.
Kerby, who moved from the road to the track just last year, was stunned with his result and the 4:12.172 he set in qualifying.
"If I'm going to do something I'm going to do it properly," Kerby said. "4:12 – I never thought I'd do that, we came to Hong Kong a week before and I was doing similar efforts to home and they were all two and three seconds quicker.
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