TRACK WORLDS: SATURDAY AS IT HAPPENED

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Hopefully you were either at Manchester velodrome to witness another golden day on the track, or you were watching on BBC1.

But here's a recap of what happened on the penultimate day of competition.

Gold for Victoria Pendleton in the sprint - she was unbeaten throughout the competition and must go into tomorrow's Keirin as the favourite.

They're in danger of wearing out the CD that holds the British national anthem at this rate... and we're not done yet. Can Pendleton make it a perfect 10 for Britain on Sunday?

MEN'S KEIRIN FINAL

16.25 GOLD FOR HOY That's nine. Nine gold medals for Great Britain. Chris Hoy went from the front, as ever, and held on to beat Teun Mulder (Netherlands) and Christos Volikakis (Greece).

16.20 False start in the men's Keirin. The line-up is Arnaud Tournant (France), Matt Crampton and Chris Hoy (Great Britain), Christos Volikakis (Greece), Toshiaki Fushimi (Japan) and Teun Mulder (Netherlands).

16.19 Jennie Reed took bronze in the women's sprint 2-1 over Shuang Guo. Then Ross Edgar took eighth place in the Keirin ride for 7-12 places.

MEN'S MADISON

Only GB or Germany can win. It'll be down to the sprint.

They were the best points scorers but needed the lap to leapfrog from fifth to first. They've just done it and now there are just 10 laps to go.

Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendishcolour> are in action for Great Britain but having just seen the host nation take their seventh gold medal of the championships, it's unlikely the other countries will be allowing any favours.

WOMEN'S SPRINT GOLD MEDAL RACE

WOMEN'S SPRINT BRONZE MEDAL RACE

MEN'S KEIRIN SECOND ROUND

WOMEN'S SPRINT GOLD MEDAL RACE

WOMEN'S SPRINT BRONZE MEDAL RACE

WOMEN'S POINTS RACE

14.15 Nicole Cooke's nemesis on the road, Marianne Vos attacked after the penultimate sprint to make absolutely certain. She soloed away from the bunch and won it in style. Britain's Lizzie Armitsteadcolour> finished in 20th place without scoring a point.

14.05 With 15 laps to go three riders are in the ascendancy. Dutch girl Marianne Vos - who has won road and cyclo-cross world titles - has 28 points, Trine Schmidt (Denmark) has 25 and Italy's Vera Carrara has 20.

I had a great aunt called Vera. It's not a very world champion's name is it?

13.52 Hopefully it'll be a bit more aggressive than the men's race yesterday. Britain's rider is Lizzie Armitsteadcolour>.

MEN'S KEIRIN FIRST ROUND REPECHAGE

WOMEN'S SPRINT SEMI-FINALS

13.12 PENDLETON REACHES FINALcolour> It'll be Pendleton v Krupeckaite in the final then.

MEN'S KEIRIN FIRST ROUND

That's all three British riders safely through to round two.

News reaches us that the Belarus sprinter Natallia Tsylinskaya has a broken collarbone and bruising around the neck after yesterday's crash in the women's sprint.

12.43 Any thoughts that Chris Hoycolour> may be feeling the effects of last night's sprint competition are quashed as he takes the first heat of the Keirin in relative comfort. The usual tactic - hit the front and hold them off. No one could get near him.

WOMEN'S SPRINT SEMI-FINALS

Sunday, day five>>

Saturday, day four>>

Friday, day three>>

Thursday, day two>>

Wednesday, day one>>

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Sports journalist Lionel Birnie has written professionally for Sunday Times, Procycling and of course Cycling Weekly. He is also an author, publisher, and co-founder of The Cycling Podcast. His first experience covering the Tour de France came in 1999, and he has presented The Cycling Podcast with Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe since 2013. He founded Peloton Publishing in 2010 and has ghostwritten and published the autobiography of Sean Kelly, as well as a number of other sports icons.