London 2012 Olympics: Sir Chris Hoy scales new heights in the Keirin I knew that Bourgain was going to be a threat. He looked strong in his semi, so I let him do the chasing of the Kiwi and the German rider. I had to choose the moment to go and when you go, you give it everything. I believe I hit 78.1kms an hour. That's highest I've ever hit in a keirin race. There's always a possibility you can lose, you never go into a keirin and expect to win. All you can do is race to your strengths. I could have gone from the front but I'm trying to race with other tactics. It's nice to win from all positions. As you can see I was quite chuffed. It doesn't feel like a World Cup, feels more important and bigger, but what a buzz to get that reaction from the crowd. When you crossed the line it was phenomenal. This was a vivid, extrovert performance from a rider absolutely on top of his game. His victory certainly made for exciting viewing because in the near-endless game of bluff and double-bluff that defines world-class keirin and individual sprinting, Hoy appeared on a couple of occasions to have left it late to start his charge. The capacity 6000 crowd were almost suffering a collective nervous breakdown. Hoy's tendancy to always leave more room between him and the rider in front - he likes space to manoeuvre quickly if something unexpected occurs or there is a sudden attack - only heightened the tension. Certainly in the qualifying round he had to make good a 25-metre deficit going into the final lap. In the final he again had to open up the throttle to come over the top round the final bend to defeat Enders and Bourgain. Meanwhile, in the women's individual sprint, rather to the disappointment of another sell-out crowd, Vicky Pendleton and Anna Meares were drawn to meet in the semi-final after the morning's qualification rides when that would have made a fitting final. Theirs was a cracking contest and an early taster of a duel that is almost certain to feature at some stage in August. Meares, a hugely powerful athlete and smarting a little after seeing Pendleton and Jess Varnish break Australia's world record in the team sprint on Friday, took the first heat when she outfoxed Pendleton to win comfortably by more than a bike's length. Great Britain's five-time former world sprint champion hit back in the second leg, however, by craftily persuading Meares to jump ahead and go earlier than is ideal before she roared home down the home straight. The third and deciding race was also hard-fought but Mears took the initiative on the crown of the penultimate bend and never lost it. The massive effort required in that semi-final - and their exhausting rides in the team sprint - seemed to drain both riders. Meares promptly lost the final 2-0 to China's Shuang Guo. Pendleton went by a similar margin to Lee Wai, of Hong Kong. Both Meares and Pendleton will have to be mindful of these fast-improving riders who are perfectly capable of taking the Olympic title, especially if they get caught up in their Anglo-Australian rivalry. The women's individual pursuit produced another gold medal for Great Britain, and a second in 24 hours for Jo Rowsell, when she defeated New Zealand's Alison Shanks in 3min 32.354 seconds. And finally, on the subject of crowd noise, laura Trott brought the house down in the final event of the night, when she won the 'Devil' or the elimination race, the third discipline in the Omnium. Seven or eight times she looked like being knocked out but every time she rallied to record a remarkable win which just about keeps her in contention for a gold medal. UCI Track Cycling World Cup Keirin Finals Team Result: 1 Chris Hoy (Gbr), 2 Rene Enders (Ger), 3 Mickael Bourgain (Fra), 4 Teun Mulder (Ned), 5 Kazunari Watanabe (Jpn), 6 Simon Van Velthooven (Nzl), 7 Joachim Eilers (Ger) Team Erdgas 2012, 8 Azizulhasni Awang (Mal) Ysd Track Team, 9 Christos Volikakis (Gre), 10 Phillip Njisane (Tri) Trinidad & Tobago Men's Omnium Individual Pursuit Team Result: 1 Juan Esteban Arango (Col) 4mins 24.087secs, 2 Zach Bell (Can) at 0.970secs, 3 Ho Sung Cho (Kor) at 2.253, 4 Benjamin Swift (Gbr) at 4.185, 5 Roger Kluge (Ger) at 5.085, 6 Casper Folsach (Den) at 5.595, 7 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) at 6.357, 8 Martyn Irvine (Irl) at 7.335, 9 Bryan Coquard (Fra) at 7.721, 10 Rafal Ratajczyk (Pol) at 7.894 Omnium Team Result: 1 Benjamin Swift (Gbr), 2 Rafal Ratajczyk (Pol), 3 Roger Kluge (Ger), 4 Zach Bell (Can), 5 Ho Sung Cho (Kor), 6 Martyn Irvine (Irl), 7 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Omnium Time Trial Team Result: 1 Zach Bell (Can) 1min 03.667secs, 2 Juan Esteban Arango (Col) 0.163secs, 3 Rafal Ratajczyk (Pol) 0.326, 4 Ho Sung Cho (Kor) 0.415, 5 Elia Viviani (Ita) 0.493, 6 Bryan Coquard (Fra) 0.583, 7 Roger Kluge (Ger) 0.874, 8 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) 1.063, 9 Martyn Irvine (Irl) 1.118, 10 Hao Liu (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling 1.287 Omnium Final Standings Team Result: 1 Juan Esteban Arango (Col) 21pts, 2 Ho Sung Cho (Kor) 32, 3 Zach Bell (Can) 33, 4 Elia Viviani (Ita) 39, 5 Bryan Coquard (Fra) 42, 6 Benjamin Swift (Gbr) 43, 7 Rafal Ratajczyk (Pol) 44, 8 Roger Kluge (Ger) 50, 9 Martyn Irvine (Irl) 50, 10 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) 65 Women's Individual Pursuit Qualifying Team Result: 1 Joanna Rowsell (Gbr) 3mins 33.496secs, 2 Alison Shanks (Nzl) at 0.082secs, 3 Vilija Sereikaite (Lit) at 2.243, 4 Amy Cure (Aus) at 2.287, 5 Jasmin Glaesser (Can) at 3.097, 6 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) at 5.493, 7 Verena Absalyamova (Rus) Rusvelo at 6.857, 8 Pascale Schnider (Swi) at 7.918, 9 Elizaveta Bochkareva (Ukr) at 8.580, 10 Caroline Ryan (Irl) at 8.610 Individual Pursuit Finals Team Result: 1 Jasmin Glaesser (Can) 3mins 32.364secs, 2 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) at 1min 042secs, 3 Verena Absalyamova (Rus) Rusveloat 4.343, 4 Pascale Schnider (Swi) at 4.773, 5 Elizaveta Bochkareva (Ukr), 6 Caroline Ryan (Irl), 7 Madeleine Sandig (Ger), 8 Jennie Reed (USA), 9 Eugenia Bujak (Pol), 10 Els Belmans (Bel) all at same time Omnium Flying Lap Team Result: 1 Li Huang (Chn) 14.339secs, 2 Laura Trott (Gbr) at 0.134, 3 Sarah Hammer (USA) at 0.140, 4 Annette Edmondson (Aus) at 0.145, 5 Tara Whitten (Can) at 0.209, 6 Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) at 0.224, 7 Ausrine Trebaite (Lit) at 0.269, 8 Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spa) at 0.334, 9 Jolien D'hoore (Bel) at 0.339, 10 Kirsten Wild (Ned) at 0.367 Omnium Points Race Team Result: 1 Sofia Arreola (Mex) 33pts, 2 Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr) 32, 3 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) 24, 4 Ausrine Trebaite (Lit) 23, 5 Charlotte Becker (Ger) 22, 6 Malgorzata Wojtyra (Pol) 20, 7 Kirsten Wild (Ned) 11, 8 Annette Edmondson (Aus) 8, 9 Sarah Hammer (USA) 8, 10 Tara Whitten (Can) 6 Selected Other: 17 Laura Trott (Gbr) 1pts Omnium Elimination Team Result: 1 Laura Trott (Gbr), 2 Tara Whitten (Can), 3 Kirsten Wild (Ned), 4 Annette Edmondson (Aus), 5 Pascale Jeuland (Fra), 6 Joanne Kiesanowski (Nzl), 7 Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spa), 8 Sarah Hammer (USA), 9 Jolien D'hoore (Bel), 10 Alzbeta Pavlendova (Svk) Omnium Standings Team Result: 1 Annette Edmondson (Aus) 16pts, 2 Tara Whitten (Can) 17, 3 Laura Trott (Gbr) 20, 4 Sarah Hammer (USA) 20, 5 Kirsten Wild (Ned) 20, 6 Ausrine Trebaite (Lit) 25, 7 Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) 30, 8 Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spa) 31, 9 Jolien D'hoore (Bel) 33, 10 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) 34 Sprint Qualifying Team Result: 1 Anna Meares (Aus) 10.939secs, 2 Wai Sze Lee (Hkg) at 0.064secs, 3 Shuang Guo (Chn) at 0.140, 4 Victoria Pendleton (Gbr) at 0.172, 5 Jess Varnish (Gbr) at 0.208, 6 Kristina Vogel (Ger) at 0.230, 7 Natasha Hansen (Nzl) at 0.343, 8 Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cub) at 0.363, 9 Tianshi Zhong (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling at 0.370, 10 Kaarle Mcculloch (Aus) at 0.379 Sprint Finals Team Result: 1 Shuang Guo (Chn), 2 Anna Meares (Aus), 3 Wai Sze Lee (Hkg), 4 Victoria Pendleton (Gbr), 5 Jess Varnish (Gbr), 6 Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cub), 7 Kristina Vogel (Ger), 8 Kaarle Mcculloch (Aus), 9 Miriam Welte (Ger), 10 Sandie Clair (Fra)