Kiesanowski earns Top 10 in omnium

Dec 4th, 11. NZ's Jo Kiesanowski finished 8th overall after the second day of omnium events at the UCI World Cup in Cali, Colombia today.

The Cantabrian had three solid performances on the second day of omnium racing, finishing 12th in the individual pursuit, 11th in the scratch race and 12th in the 500m time trial.

On the first day of racing she wowed with a fantastic elimination race where she earned the win over current Omnium World Champion Tara Whitten (Canada).

It was American Sarah Hammer (USA) who took the overall omnium title with super consistent results in the six race event. She earned two 1sts, two 2nds and two 4ths. Whitten was 2nd overall and Great Britain's Laura Trott 3rd.

Meanwhile, sprinters Eddie Dawkins and Sam Webster bowed out of the men's sprint in the round of eight. The pair qualified in the competitive field with Dawkins 10th fastest in 10.268 and Webster 13th fastest in 10.326.

Dawkins lost in the round of eight to Germany's Rene Enders and Webster went out to Trinidad's Njisane Phillip.

The next round of the World Cup is next month in Beijing.

New Zealand finished this round of the  World Cup with four medals. Alison Shanks won gold in the individual pursuit and NZ's men's team pursuit also won gold while the women won team pursuit silver and Simon Van Velthooven won the silver medal in the kilo event.

Final day results

Women's omnium

• individual pursuit: Tara Whitten (CAN) 3:30.222, 1; Sarah Hammer (USA) 3:30.494, 2; Laura Trott (GBR) 3:33.180, 3. Also: Joanne Kiesanowski (NZL) 3:44.269, 12.
• Scratch race: Hammer 1, Li Huang (CHN) 2, Min Lee (TPE) 3. Also: Kiesanowski 11.
• 500m time trial: Trott 35.378, 1; Austine Trebaite (FRA) 35.813, 2; Mel Hsiao (TPE) 36.087, 3. Also: Kiesanowski 36.813, 12.
• Overall points: Hammer 14, 1; Whitten 28, 2; Trott 29, 3. Also: Kiesanowski 57, 8.

Men's sprint qualifying: Eddie Dawkins (NZL) 10.268, 10; Sam Webster (NZL) 10.326, 13. Round of 8: Dawkins lost to Rene Enders (GER), Webster lost to Njisane Phillip (TRI).