Maria Laura Orru Italy set a new road 200m TT world record of 18.331 to win the world 200m title. She needed to do something special to overcome the times of 18.463 Jennifer Caicedo Colombia and 18.470 Andrea Gonzalez Argentina.

In the men’s race, Wouter Hebbrecht 17.011 beat Juan Jardine Venezuela 17.071 for his 1st bronze medal of this championships and his first world championship medal ever. Kalon Dobbin pulled out every bit of energy he could find to cover the 200m in an amazing 16.740 seconds but the last skater was the invincible Gregorio Duggento who smashed Dobbins time and covered the distance in a blistering 16.450. His wheels were going so fast there was almost a trail of fire following him.

Earlier, the Junior ladies event was won by Brittany Bowe USA in 18.850 which would have put her into 6th place in the senior ladies, and Simone Bellia was the only junior man to break 17 seconds beating his countryman by three tenths of a second for the gold medal.

Today’s session actually finished early, so all the skaters have gone back to their hotels to rest for tomorrow. The Australian team will have a dinner together to reflect on the loss of Shaun Thompson.