Katie Archibald thought she had blown it before claiming her first Track Cycling World Marty Mcsorley Authentic Jersey Championships individual title with victory in the omnium on Friday’s third day. The 23-year-old from Milngavie won the opening two of four disciplines, but was clinging on by the end of the concluding points race. She finished the day elated, wearing a world champion’s rainbow jersey to complement her shock of pink hair. Elinor Barker takes World Championship silver in scratch race Read more “I thought it was home time,” said Archibald, who won ahead of Holland’s Kirsten Wild and Amy Cure of Australia. “There was a point where I kept chasing. I put way too much into the chase watching Cure. “And Wild just kept swinging up, swinging up. So I thought: ‘Well, I’m just going to have to chase.’ “And then she attacks and I thought: ‘Of course she attacks. That’s the right thing http://www.officialkingsteamstore.com/Nic_Dowd_Jersey to do! I’m going to lose. Well done.’ “For it to happen the way it did, thinking I was either going to be last or first, was very confusing emotionally.” Archibald’s striking individualism was apparent when she first came to the attention of British Cycling in 2013. With a pierced lip, tattoos and, most likely, blue hair – she changes hair colour regularly and cannot recall exactly – she caught the attention of the then head coach Shane Sutton. “The first time I met Shane he comes up to me and says ‘You look terrifying’ and just walks away,” Archibald added. “And I don’t think he meant it as a compliment. I don’t know what he thinks now, probably still look terrifying.” Sutton resigned as technical director last April amid allegations of discrimination, which he denies and which sparked an independent review Peter Budaj Youth Jersey which is ongoing. Archibald laughed off the comments and the former junior swimmer has come a long way since. Despite the off-the-bike turmoil, Britain won six of 10 Olympic track titles in Rio – Archibald was part of the gold medal-winning team pursuit squad – and a youthful team has three medals from three days of competition here
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