Wendy Houvenaghel advanced to the final of the non-Olympic three-kilometre women's individual pursuit at the Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne as the second fastest qualifier.
Twice a runner-up in the World Championships, as well as claiming Commonwealth Games silver and second in the Olympics to team-mate Rebecca Romero in Beijing, Houvenaghel clocked three minutes 27.842 seconds to finish behind only New Zealand's Alison Shanks (3mins 27.268secs).
Houvenaghel missed out on a ride in the team pursuit as Britain won gold on day two and will meet Shanks - a familiar foe at world and Commonwealth level - in Sunday night's final.
Joanna Rowsell, who was part of the world record-breaking team sprint trio, finished in 3:31.187 to place sixth and miss out on a medal ride.