Andrews takes bronze in 1000m time trial
- Dave Worsley
- 10 hours ago
- 4 min read
Olympic champion Ellesse Andrews secured her first podium at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships on the penultimate day of competition in Santiago, Chile.
Andrews claimed the bronze medal in the demanding 1000m time trial, staged for the first time for women this year over the same distance as men.
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She was third fastest in the morning qualifying in 1:04.524 which broke her own New Zealand record and a fraction outside the world mark, which was later broken twice by eventual gold medallist, Hetty van de Wouw.
Andrews, like most of the top eight qualifiers for the final, was a fraction slower in the second ride of the day, clocking 1:04.909 which was 0.15s from the silver medal, with van de Wouw the standout winner.
“I’ve been excited for the kilo to come in for women. Historically it has only been Kilo for men and 500m for women, so I was excited for that to be equal for us. It was cool to get out on the world stage and put down a PB for me and walk away with a bronze medal,” said Andrews.
There is no time to rest for Andrews, who will compete in the keirin competition on the final day tomorrow.
The pairing on the super-experienced Bryony Botha and Sami Donnelly rode strongly to finish seventh in the two-rider Madison over 120 laps, with one rider always in play, as teams swap “live” riders with a hand-sling.
The kiwis picked up points throughout, with sprints every 10 laps, and were able to ride with the leading bunch but unable to go with the breaks made by women’s powerhouse teams like Great Britain who took out the gold medal.
Newcomer Prue Fowler finished fifth in her debut in the 4000m individual pursuit, clocking 4:32.902 in qualifying, only two seconds outside the New Zealand record and one second off qualifying for the ride-off for medals.
Sprinter Sam Dakin qualified for the team sprint match-racing round with a 9.897s qualifying ride but succumbed to former world record holder Nicholas Paul (TTO) in the first round.
A long day of competition saw former world champion Campbell Stewart finishing in mid-pack in 14th place in the men’s omnium competition.
Day three on Friday did not bring medals but Canterbury’s Samantha Donnelly, a Paris Olympics reserve, had her first world championship start in the omnium competition, finishing 13th overall from 24 starters.
The experienced Tom Sexton from Southland had his first world championship start in the quintessential 40km Points race, finishing 10th overall after winning the opening two sprints.
Also experienced North Canterbury cyclist Ben Oliver had his first international track cycling race in the 4000m individual pursuit, to be ninth in qualifying in 4:10.004.
Tomorrow’s final day of competition will see Ellesse Andrews in the keirin, Bryony Botha in the Points race, Stewart in the elimination race with Sexton and Keegan Hornblow combining in the two-rider Madison.
Women 1km qualifying: Hetty van de Wouw (NED) 1:03.652 (WR), Lea Sophie Friedrich (GER) 1:04.474, Ellesse Andrews (NZL) 1:04.524 (NZR). Final: Van de Wouw 1:03.121 (WR), 1; Iana Burlakova (AIN) 1:04.797, 2; Andrews 1:04.909, 3.
Women omnium, scratch race: Lorena Wiebes (NED) 1; Amalie Dideriksen (NOR) 2, Shari Bossuyt (BEL) 3. Also: Samantha Donnelly (NZL) 9. Tempo race: Jesica Roberts (GBR) 1, Marion Borras (FRA) 2, Bossuyt 3. Also: Donnelly 19. Elimination Race: Wiebes 1, Yareli Acevedo Mendoza (MEX) 2, Bossuyt 3. Also: Donnelly 9. Points race: Yumi Kajihara (JPN) 30 points, 1; Marion Borras (FRA) 27, 2; Lorena Wiebes (NED) 26, 3. Also Donnelly 8, 12. Final: Wiebes 136, 1; Boras 127, 2; Dideriksen 120, 3. Also: Donnelly 60, 13.
Men 4000m Individual Pursuit qualifying: Josh Charlton 4:02.844, 1; Rasmus Pedersen (NOR) 4:05.092, 2; James Moriarty (AUS) 4:05.944, . Also: Ben Oliver (NZL) 4:10.004, 9.
Women individual pursuit qualifying: Anna Morris (GBR) 4:24.194, 1; Josie Knight (GBR) 4:25.141, 2; Chloe Dygert (USA) 4:26.127, 3. Also: Prudence Fowler (NZL) 4:32.9023, 5.
Men 40km Points Race: Josh Tarling (GBR) 56 points, 1; Peter Moore (USA) 48, 2; Clement Petit (FRA) 41, 3. Also: Tom Sexton (NZL) 15, 10.
Men Sprint qualifying: Matthew Richardson (GBR) 9.210, 1; Harrie Lavreysen (NED) 9.306, 2; Mikhail Yakovlev (ISR) 9.368, 3. Also: Sam Dakin (NZL) 9.897, 27. First round: Nicholas Paul (TTO) bt Dakin.
Men Omnium, scratch race: Kazushige (JPN) 1, Lindsay de Vylder (BEL) 2, Juan Sierra (ITA) 3. Also: Campbell Stewart (NZ) 7. Tempo: Moritz Augenstein (Ger) 23, 1; Kuboki 7, 2; Albert Barcelo Torres (ESP) 6, 3. Also: Stewart 13. Elimination: De Vylder 1, Augenstein 2, Barcelo 3. Also: Stewart 15. Points Final: Torres133, 1; Kuboki 131, 2; de Vylder131, 3. Also: Stewart 66, 14.
Women Madison: Great Britain 30 points, 1; France 24, 2; Italy 20, 3. Also: New Zealand (Bryony B Botha and Samantha Donnelly) 7, 7.