The Dutch Harry Lavreysen He extended his legend and became the cyclist with the most gold medals in the history of the track cycling World Championships with a total of fifteen gold medals, after winning this Friday’s kilometer test final.
Lavreysen, who on Wednesday managed to equal Frenchman Arnaud Tournant’s fourteen gold medals after becoming world champion in the team speed event, became the most successful cyclist on Friday with his victory in the 1,000 meters.
A discipline in which Lavreysen made his debut at these World Championships in Ballerup (Denmark) and in which the 27-year-old Dutchman did not disappoint showing a time of 57:321 seconds in which he won.
Almost a second less -0.931- than his compatriot Jeffrey Hoogland who won the silver medal in a time of 58:252 seconds, and 1.348 less than the British Joseph Truman who took the third step on the podium with the time which is 58:669 seconds. .
A victory that allowed Lavreysen to record his fifteenth universal title in his eight participations at the World Championships, where the Dutchman debuted in 2017 in Hong Kong.
Source: La Verdad
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