{"id":802825,"date":"2026-10-14T23:44:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T23:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/802825\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T23:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T23:44:21","slug":"australia-wins-silver-in-mens-team-sprint-at-uci-track-cycling-world-championships-in-shanghai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/802825\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia wins silver in men’s team sprint at UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Shanghai"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia has claimed a silver medal in the men’s team sprint on the opening night of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Shanghai.<\/p>\n

The Australian trio of Leigh Hoffman, Ryan Elliott and Danny Barber finished runner-up to the Netherlands in the final.<\/p>\n

It was Australia’s fifth consecutive World Championships medal in the event.<\/p>\n

“For the final, we made a minor change in strategy,” Hoffman said.<\/p>\n

Richardson withdrawn from world champ squad<\/a><\/p>\n

British track cyclist Matthew Richardson, who defected from Australian cycling at the end of the Paris Games, has been withdrawn from this week’s UCI Track World Championships in Shanghai.<\/p>\n

“We just tried to have a little gamble, and it almost paid off.<\/p>\n

“We were up to the 500-metre mark, so we definitely gave the Dutch a run for their money.<\/p>\n

“It’s definitely bittersweet to miss out on the [winner’s] rainbow bands, but considering last year was a bronze and this year we have silver, I think this team is on the way up.”<\/p>\n

Australia won a first-round duel against a British team missing Matt Richardson.<\/p>\n

He was withdrawn from the British squad earlier in the week<\/a> over alleged misconduct.<\/p>\n

Richardson won three Olympic medals for Australia before switching allegiance to Great Britain after the 2024 Paris Games.<\/p>\n

In other results in Shanghai, Australia’s Kristina Clonan, Molly McGill and Alessia McCaig finished seventh in the women’s team sprint.<\/p>\n

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