Jo has won the Pursuit championships at the Nationals today, in a Gold medal ride off again Laura Trott.
Joanna Rowsell is the new national individual pursuit champion, beating Laura Trott in the gold medal final. Wendy Houvenaghel took bronze, while Sarah Storey rode into fourth place, breaking the C5 Paracycling world record in the process.
Rowsell opened with a storming first kilometre, inside Rebecca Romero’s British record time. At 2km Rowsell had slipped outside a record time but was three seconds ahead of Trott on the track. At the bell the gap had come down slightly, but the die was cast and Rowsell had the title in the bag.
In the Bronze final Sarah Storey had the advantage in the early stages but by the 1km stage Houvenaghel was ahead. At the 2km stage Houvenaghel was over a second ahead, an advantage that she would keep until the end. However, Storey had had done enough to break the world record for the C5 category, the fourth Paracycling record to topple during the championships. Dani King followed up her qualifying form, winning the 5th to 8th contest.
Gold Joanna Rowsell HRF 3:30.474
Silver Laura Trott MLG 3:33.272
Bronze Wendy Houvenaghel BCR 3:32.263
4. Sarah Storey HRF 3:33.248 WR (C5 category)
5. Dani King HFT 3:36.64
6. Elizabeth Armitstead GAR 3:39.919
7. Hannah Mayho %ME 3:42.687
8. Katie Colclough HTC 3:44.188
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