Barker Bags First World Track Cycling Championships Gold for Britain Froome Among Riders Cleared to Leave UAE After Coronavirus Scare
Established 1961 25 Sports Monday, March 2, 2020 Barker bags first world track cycling championships gold for Britain Froome among riders cleared to leave UAE after coronavirus scare BERLIN: Elinor Barker of Britain, the 2017 world positive for coronavirus. champion, struck again yesterday to claim victory in Authorities said on Saturday that the first 167 tests the women’s points race at the world track cycling for the virus had come back negative but there have championships. Barker, 25, totalled 50 points to win been no further updates. Some 600 riders, staff and from second-placed American Jennifer Valente (34 members of the media were tested. points) with Norwegian Anita Yvonne Stenberg third “All our riders and staff (are) now leaving UAE after on (33 points). being given the all clear,” Team Ineos posted on Twitter Baker, the Olympic team pursuit champion and four- https://twitter.com/TeamINEOS/status/12340250450 times world champion, was assured of victory when 61705728 on Sunday. “Thank you to all those who have she stole ahead to lap the peloton twice, earning herself helped us and looked after the team over recent days.” a 20-point bonus along the way. She brought home the Team Jumbo-Visma and Israel-Start Up Nation first gold medal for Britain, a less dominant force at squad also confirmed that their riders and staff had left these world championships in Berlin than in previous the UAE. Despite receiving the green light to travel editions since the 2012 London Olympics. home, Team UAE-Emirates decided to extend their stay Barker on Thursday won silver with the women’s in Abu Dhabi and go home “only with the safety of team pursuit squad, while Britain also claimed silver in non-contagion”.
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