Meares shatters time trial record

Australia's Anna Meares smashed her own world record as she stormed to gold in the women's 500m time trial at the world track cycling championships yesterday. The 23-year-old, winner of the gold at the Athens Olympics, sliced off almost half a second...

Australia's Anna Meares smashed her own world record as she stormed to gold in the women's 500m time trial at the world track cycling championships yesterday.

The 23-year-old, winner of the gold at the Athens Olympics, sliced off almost half a second of the mark she set at the Sydney World Cup classic last November to set a new best of 33.588 seconds.

Cuba's Lisandra Guerra went one better than in 2006 and claimed the silver and five times time-trial world champion Natallia Tsylinskaya of Belarus took the bronze.

Britain's Shanaze Reade, who won gold in the team sprint with Victoria Pendleton on the opening day, threw down the gauntlet at the start of the event when she posted a time of 34.633 seconds with the second ride of the day.

The 18-year old BMX rider held the lead until Simona Krupeckaite of Lithuania, riding fourth last of the 21 riders, bettered her mark.

Krupeckaite eventually finished fourth and Reade took fifth ahead of Dutch rider Wily Kanis.

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