Two more medals for New Zealand track cyclists
- Apr 27
- 2 min read
New Zealand cyclists claimed two medals on the final night to complete a four-medal haul at the UCI Track World Cup in Malaysia.
It completed an excellent haul of seven medals over two World Cup competitions in Hong Kong and Malaysia, with New Zealand pushing near the top of the UCI World Cup standings across their key events.
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There were a silver and bronze medals earned on the final night, with Samantha Donnelly claiming her first individual World Cup medal with third placing in the women’s four-race Omnium.
George Jackson and Tom Sexton then combined to earn a silver medal in the demanding two-rider madison competition over 200 laps (50kms).
Donnelly enjoyed an impressive ride in her first World Cup omnium, starting with ninth in the scratch race and 10th in the tempo race before a strong effort for sixth in the elimination, to place seventh overall after three of the four events.
The Christchurch rider produced a superb display in the final gruelling points race, to be the top points scorer with 28 which moved her into medal contention after she lapped the field. Having collected the 20 bonus points, she then won the third to last sprint and was second in the penultimate sprint to jump to third overall behind winner Anita Stenberg (NOR) and Lorena Wiebes (NED).
Jackson and Sexton were superb in the challenging madison, the two-rider event with one rider “in-play” at all times, swapping with a hand-sling action.
The kiwis scored points in 10 of the 20 sprints, with four first-placings including the final double-points sprint to move them to second behind Netherlands.
Earlier Sam Dakin was edged out on the first round of the individual sprint while fellow sprinter Olivia King missed out in the keirin repechage.
The team return home today and after a short break with begin preparations for the Commonwealth Games.
