Plus two makes ten World Jnr Track medals

Aug 22nd, 11. The New Zealand team added two more medals to its tally to complete a record haul of ten medals earned at the UCI Junior World Track Championships.

Auckland's Georgia Williams won a silver medal in the women's 2000m individual pursuit while Christchurch's Alex Frame and Havelock North's Fraser Gough combined to bag silver in the Madison.

Final medal tally -  four silver and six bronze medals.

Georgia Williams - silver

The young Auckland rider, who was a member of the silver medal winning team pursuit in last year's championships in Italy, tried similar tactics in the final. However she was a second slower through the 1000m than in the morning and while she pushed hard, she had given the German Mieke Kroger too much of a start.

Kroger won in 2:27.113 with Williams claiming the silver medal in 2:28.714, with an average speed of over 48kph.

Frame and Gough - bronze

Frame, who rode the Madison at the Italy Worlds last year, had not paired with Gough in the Madison before these championship. In this unique event, one rider must be on the track at any time, swapping turns with his teammate with a hand-to-hand slingshot action.

The pair were in the bronze medal winning team pursuit combination while Frame won his second medal in the Points race yesterday.

Australia took out the gold medal with 10 points, just edging the BikeNZ combination by a single point.

Other riders

She clocked 36.333s in a strong ride to finish 4/10ths off the bronze medal in the event won by host nation Russia with Anastasiya Voynova setting a new world record in 34.768.

New Zealand team management reaction

"Overall, I am extremely happy with the over performance of the 2011 Junior Worlds, very impressed with the team and the way they have gone about their campaign," said New Zealand coach Ross Machejefski.

"The most impressive aspect and reason they tasted so much success, was their professionalism and execution of race plans. We worked with them to create a race plan and they all following it through, which was so impressive for such young athletes. This really helped in the team and bunch race events where we saw a lot of success.

"The staff here have been exceptional and provided the very best of support to them.

"It will be a giant hurdle to top this next year, but with six of the team eligible to be back, the talent will definitely be there to give it a good go and put on a great show in front of the home support that we will get at Invercargill, which is a track they all know well."

Next year's World Junior Track Championships will be held in Invercargill, New Zealand.

Day 5 Results

Women's 500m time trial

Anastasiya Voynova (RUS) 34.768, 1 (World Record); Victoria Williamson (GBR) 35.687, 2; Daria Shmeleva (RUS) 35.949, 3. Also: Stephanie McKenzie (NZL) 36.333, 4; Paige Paterson (NZL) 37.926, 11.

Women's 2000m individual pursuit

• Gold medal: Mieke Kroger (GER) 2:27.113, 1; Georgia Williams 2:28.714, 2. 
• Bronze medal: Aleksandra Chekina (RUS) 2:27.125, 3; Beatrice Bartelloni 2:31.299, 4.
• Qualifying: Kroger 2:27.117, 1; Williams 2:27.456, 2; Chekina 2:39.168, 3; Bartelloni 2:30.558, 4. Also: Georgina Wilson (NZL) 2:31.226, 8.

Men's 33km Madison

Australia 10 points, 1; New Zealand (Alex Frame, Fraser Gough) 9, 2; Spain 7, 3.