WORLD CUP DAY ONE: MEDAL HAT-TRICK FOR GB

Gold for Rebecca Romero in the women?s pursuit, silver for Victoria Pendleton in the women?s sprint and bronze for Chris Newton in the men?s points: as GB track manager Shane Sutton said, ?It really couldn?t have been much better for Great Britain in the opening day of the World Cup.?

Newton?s bronze at the fourth and final round of the World Cup in Ballerup, Denmark is arguably the most significant result of the three long-term. It means the veteran rider now has automatic qualification for the Olympic Games thanks to his outright victory in the series - although he has yet to be selected. Consistency - he was the only rider to score points in all four rounds of the series - made all the difference.

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THE RESULTS

BRITISH MEDAL COUNT: 1 Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze

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WOMEN?S INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT

Gold Rebecca Romero (Great Britain)

Silver Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania)

Bronze Sarah Hammer (USA)

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MEN?S POINTS RACE

Gold Pim Ligthart (Netherlands)

Silver Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland)

Bronze Chris Newton (Great Britain)

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WOMEN?S SCRATCH RACE

Gold Marianne Vos (Netherlands)

Silver Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic)

Bronze Anastasiay Chulkova (Russia)

The Brits Kate Cullen reached the final and was 11th.

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MEN?S TEAM SPRINT

Gold France

Silver Netherlands

Bronze Cofidis

The Brits The British trio of Chris Hoy, Craig MacLean and Jamie Staff were beaten by Cofidis in the bronze medal race.

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MEN?S INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT

Gold Sergi Escobar (Spain)

Silver Alexei Markov (Russia)

Bronze Luke Roberts (Australia)

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WOMEN?S SPRINT

Gold Willy Kanis (Netherlands)

Silver Victoria Pendleton (Science in Sport)

Bronze Shuang Guo (China)

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