THREE GOLDS FOR GB ON DAY 2

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The team pursuit, the Keirin and the women?s team sprint: on day two of the Copenhagen World Cup no less than three gold medals became Great Britain property.

The team pursuit victory was even more remarkable given one of the four components of the team was young Steven Burke. Chris Newton pulled out after forming part of the team that qualified for the finals, as Burke lived up to the challenge of racing with the more experienced trio of Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas and Paul Manning in style, helping secure GB?s third gold from three World Cups.

"It?s the first time that Holland have lost since last year. Shanaze still has a lot of work to do, but she?ll be great for Mancester. Like Vicky, she?s a very special rider.?

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THE RESULTS

BRITISH MEDAL COUNT SO FAR: 4 Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze

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WOMEN?S 500M TIME TRIAL

Gold Jinjie Gong (China)

Silver Sandie Clair (France)

Bronze Miriam Welte (Germany)

The Brits Anna Blyth was fifth and Shanaze Reade finished eighth.

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MEN?S TEAM PUSUIT

Gold Great Britain

Silver Denmark

Bronze Australia

The Brits With a time of 4-00.9, the British quartet of Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning and Steven Burke beat the Danes, who qualified fastest.

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WOMEN?S POINTS RACE

Gold Wan Yiu Wong (Hong Kong, China)

Silver Trine Schmidt (Denmark)

Bronze Theresa Cliff-Ryan (USA)

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MEN?S KEIRIN

Gold Chris Hoy (Great Britain)

Silver Ricardo Lynch (Jamaica)

Bronze Arnaud Tournant (Cofidis)

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MEN?S KILOMETRE TIME TRIAL

Gold François Pervis (France)

Silver Yevgen Bolibrukh (Ukraine)

Bronze Wen Hao Li (China)

The Brits Matt Crampton of Science in Sport just missed out on a bronze medal by two hundredths of a second.

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WOMEN?S TEAM SPRINT

Gold Science In Sport (Pendleton & Reade)

Silver Netherlands (Hijgenaar & Kanis)

Bronze France (Clair & Sanchez)

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MEN?S SCRATCH RACE

Gold Wim Stroetinga (Netherlands)

Silver Andreas Mueller (Austria)

Bronze Juan Esteban Carvajal (Colombia)

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