Tarling, Charlton Win World Track Golds

Great Britain claimed their first golds on day three in Santiago as Josh Tarling and Josh Charlton won the men’s points race and individual pursuit respectively. Tarling, 21 and riding for Ineos Grenadiers on his Track Worlds debut, took maximum points in an early sprint, launched a solo move to gain a lap and held off the field to beat American Peter Moore. Charlton, 22, produced a dominant individual-pursuit ride, finishing more than three seconds clear of Denmark’s Rasmus Pedersen to give Britain its first men’s pursuit world title since Bradley Wiggins in 2008. Joe Truman added a bronze in the kilometre time trial. Katie Archibald’s silver in the elimination and a women’s team-pursuit bronze helped boost GB’s overall medal haul after three days. The Netherlands also took titles, with Hetty van de Wouw winning the women’s sprint and Lorena Wiebes the omnium.