GB win four Worlds golds across BMX and track

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Great Britain have four gold medals on day five of the UCI World Cycling Championships.

Kieran Reilly won the men's elite BMX freestyle park for the first gold, whilst Ethan Vernon kick-started the track team with gold in the men's elimination race.

In the men's B sprint, para-cyclist Neil Fachie and Matthew Rotherham eased to victory.

Neah Evans and Elinor Barker were crowned world madison champions.

The duo completed over 120 laps in an attritional race, winning by three points: "I didn't know if I had nine laps left in me, but we got to the front and we just went hard," Evans told BBC Sport.

The only bronze of the evening for GB came from Jack Carlin in the men's elite sprint as he defeated Polish rider Mateusz Rudyk.

Reilly's big rainbow moment

In the men's elite BMX freestyle park Reilly beat former champion Rimu Nakamura of Japan and Olympic champion Logan Martin of Australia, who was second.

Newcastle-born Reilly, 22, displayed a superb performance scoring 95.80 compared to Martin's 95.30, to claim the coveted rainbow jersey - given to all gold medal winners.

Reilly told BBC Sport, "It feels like a dream come true, I cannot believe it. It is a run I will remember forever."

Ethan Vernon won GB's first medal on the track this evening in the men's elimination race.

Vernon - also a road rider on the World Tour - dug out a gutsy victory after Dutch rider Matthijs Buchli came up the track and took the British rider out.

Ethan Vernon on the deck after Matthijs Buchli takes him outVernon still won the men's elimination race after being taken out

"When I crashed I didn't really know the rules, so I just got back on and sprinted back on." Vernon told BBC Sport.

Facie and Rotherham were dominant in their first and second race leading to a third race not been necessary against German opponents.

There are also a number of British track riders hoping to win more medals in the Glasgow's Chris Hoy Velodrome.

GB's Emma Finucane produced a national record in the women's elite sprint qualifier, with a time of 10.234. The finals take place on Wednesday.

Earlier, Matthew Robertson came agonisingly close to making the C2 1km time trial final being 0.3 seconds from qualifying.

You can follow live updates of this evening track session here.

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