Golden day for Hoy, Bos at track worlds
PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain -- Olympic champion Chris Hoy of Britain won his fourth 1-kilometer sprint title at the world track championships Sunday.
Hoy finished in 1 minute, 0.999 seconds, nearly a full second ahead of Francois Pervis for his second straight title, two days after winning his first keirin championship. British cyclist Jamie Staff was third in 1:02.074.
Favorite Theo Bos won his third men's sprint championship in the past three years, beating Gregory Bauge of France for his first medal at this year's worlds. Mickael Bourgain of France won the bronze after beating Craig McLean of Britain.
Franco Marvulli and Bruno Risi led Switzerland to gold in the men's sprint with 14 points, one more than Dutch teammates Peter Schep and Danny Stam. The Czech Republic took bronze.
Britain won its seventh medal in the women's keirin after Victoria Pendleton finished ahead of Chinese cyclist Shuang Guo in the eight-lap race. Sprint champion Anna Meares of Australia finished third.
Katherine Bates gave Australia its second gold with her victory in the 25-kilometer points race. Mie Bekker Lacota of Denmark finished six points back with 29 points, two more than bronze medallist Catherine Cheatley of New Zealand.
Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press
