Australia 3rd in track cycling worlds Australia finished with eight medals to be ranked third among nations at the end of cycling's Track World Championships in Minsk, Belarus. The Cyclones claimed two gold, two silver and four bronze medals while Great Britain, with nine medals (five gold, two silver and two bronze medals) topped the table. A resurgent Germany ranked second with eight medals (three gold, three silver and two bronze) after 19 events. In Sunday's final session Annette Edmondson added a third medal to her personal tally when she won bronze in the omnium. The event is made up of six races with points awarded according to the results of each round, the aim being to finish with the lowest tally. Sarah Hammer of the United States, the individual pursuit champion, won with 20 points, four fewer than defending world champion Laura Trott of Britain, who beat the American for the Olympic gold in the discipline in London. Olympic bronze medallist Edmondson had 26 points, having started the day in fourth place. She unluckily crashed in the elimination race, six points to her total. "To be honest my legs weren't that great before the crash (in the elimination race) so it may have rattled me a little bit but I wasn't feeling that great which is why my tactics changed," explained Edmondson. He omnium result followed a silver medal in the teams pursuit and bronze in the individual pursuit. I'm quite happy to get a medal in all those events but I was hoping to go for the gold in at least one .... it's a bit hard to keep getting so close and just miss out. Cycling Australia National Performance Director, Kevin Tabotta, says the first world championships after the Olympic Games featured some promising performances. "We're rebuilding ... looking towards 2016 in Rio so it's important to come in here and indicate where you think you can be competitive heading forward but not setting any really lofty expectations," said Tabotta. We're reasonably pleased and more or less meeting expectations. The most notable victory was in the men's team pursuit, an Olympic event. Missing in Minsk were two stalwarts of the Australian team Anna Meares and Shane Perkins. Two time Olympic champion and multiple world champion Meares has only just returned to training after her post London break while Perkins is recovering from shoulder surgery. In other results on the final day Stefan Botticher won the men's sprint to claim his second gold medal of the week. Botticher beat Russia's Denis Dmitriev in two races in the sprint final while Francois Pervis of France edged Sam Webster of New Zealand to win his second bronze medal and third overall in five days. Britain's Becky James added gold in the women's keirin to her sprint title. The 21-year-old Welsh star beat home China's Gong Jinjie and Lisandra Guerra of Cuba. France duo Vivien Brisse and Morgan Kneisky won the madison, having opened up a one lap advantage on their rivals in the closing quarter of the 200-lap race. Spain (David Mutaner/Albert Torres) took silver and Germany (Henning Bommel/Theo Reinhardt) the bronze.