Hoffman steps up with sensational keirin silver

[ad_1] Leigh Hoffman has claimed a spectacular silver medal within the males's keirin on the 20025 UCI Monitor Biking World Championships in Santiago.

Hoffman completed second behind Dutch legend Harrie Lavreysen, who claimed his 18th total world title and underlined his standing as the best monitor sprinter of all time.

Moving into the void created by Olympic silver medallist Matthew Richardson's shock defection to Nice Britain after the Paris Video games, the 25-year-old from Whyalla carried out beautifully to show there's nonetheless loads of class within the Australian dash program.

It's Hoffman's first particular person medal at a world championships. He was a part of the crew that gained the crew dash gold in 2022, silver within the 2023 and 2024 editions, and bronze earlier on this competitors.

The Australian drew the fourth place within the prepare, behind 2024 silver medallist Mikhail Takovlev and Lavreysen, latching onto Jeffrey Hoogland because the derny swung off.

Lavreysen, who gained the occasion in Paris and has three world titles within the occasion as well, wound up very early, launching a stinging assault from two-and-a-half laps out, with Hoffman in sizzling pursuit.

Harrie Lavreysen is inarguably the best monitor sprinter of all time. ( Reuters: Pilar Olivares )

The Dutch maestro was by no means more likely to be caught, claiming yet one more rainbow jersey so as to add to his in depth assortment.

However Australian champion Hoffman confirmed his unimaginable energy to carry on comparatively comfortably to second place, with two-time world silver medallist Hoogland in third.

Though Ellesse Andrews claimed gold within the ladies's keirin in 2023, no Australian man has gained the keirin title since Shane Perkins in 2011, with Richardson's silver medal in 2023 the perfect consequence since then.

One of many favourites for gold, Richardson stunningly didn't get out of the quarter finals in one of many main upsets of the championships thus far.

Oliver Bleddyn, Blake Agnoletto, Conor Leahy, and James Moriarty claimed world silver to go alongside their Olympic gold. ( Reuters: Agustin Marcarian )

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The reigning world report holders and Olympic champions have been up towards two-time defending world champions Denmark within the gold medal race, however have been by no means within the hunt.

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The Aussie crew, consisting of Olympic gold medal winners Oliver Bleddyn and Conor Leahy — each resplendent on customized gold bikes — with Blake Agnoletto and James Moriarty, have been behind from the off towards the well-drilled Danes, who accomplished the 4,000m race in 3:43.915, a median pace of 64.31km/h.

The Aussie quartet completed over three seconds behind within the last.

It was Denmark's fourth victory within the occasion prior to now six championships, whereas this was Australia's first medal within the self-discipline since profitable gold in 2019.

New Zealand completed in third, repeating their consequence from 2023 in Glasgow.

Within the ladies's occasion, Australia completed seventh, with Italy simply holding off Germany for gold, Nice Britain profitable the bronze.

In a chaotic ladies's elimination race, Eire's Lara Gillespie claimed gold in a race that wanted to be re-started 3 times because of heavy crashes, the primary of which concerned Australian Alyssa Polites.

Alyssa Polites crashed onerous, taking down Valeriya Valgonen. ( Reuters: Agustin Marcarian )

Polites misplaced management of her entrance wheel within the pack and cannoned into Valeriya Valgonen, who crashed closely on the pine to immediate a prolonged delay and restore job on the velodrome.

Gillespie, who has frolicked coaching in Australia lately, profitable the elimination and scratch races on the 2024 Australian Monitor Nationals in Brisbane, averted all of the chaos to edge previous Katie Archibald of Nice Britain within the last section of the race.

"It is actually, actually particular, I am so proud to do it for my nation … I am so happy with our small little crew right here. We're small however mighty," Gillespie stated.