Jason Kenny returned to London and got back to winning ways on the track where he starting to be unbeatable.
The three-time Olympic champion, who won men’s sprint gold at London 2012, claimed his third career world title with a storming sprint victory at the track cycling World Championships.
Kenny won keirin gold in 2013 and the men’s sprint title five years ago but this will be his most special rainbow jersey yet, roared all the way by an expectant home crowd.
But the 27-year old did it the hard way, losing the first race in his final against Australia’s Matthew Glaetzer by 0.002 seconds.
However, he came back to win the next two races in style, his seventh World Championship medal in six years - and there's a chance of another in Sunday's keirin.
"It was epic. I'm just totally shattered and I'm a bit speechless," said Kenny, who last won the sprint title in 2011 after France's Gregory Bauge was stripped of the jersey for a doping infringement.
"To win the sprint is special because it's the blue riband event. Last year I remember sitting in the stands, watching the semi-final and the final and it just seemed like a world away because I'd been first-round fodder.
“We’ve turned it around and we need to make sure we make the most of the next five months."
Elsewhere, Laura Trott sits equal first in the women's omnium heading into Sunday's final three events, Mark Cavendish finished sixth in the men's omnium and team newcomer Emily Nelson, just 19, ranked fifth in the women's points race.
Cavendish was told he’d need to crack the podium to be considered for Rio - a key ambition considering an Olympic medal is the only cycling honour missing from his impressive collection.
However, he’s not giving up hope, with British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton claiming there’s plenty of time to finalise the team
"I'm not actually too disheartened with how I went but my timed events let me down a little bit and perhaps I got a bit carried away with the crowd and rode like a junior,” said Cavendish.
“I don't know if I'm going to the Olympics because that's down to the selectors."
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