Gillespie Wins Points Race as Lysenko Takes Keirin in Shanghai

Lara Gillespie of Ireland won the women's points race on the final day of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Shanghai, finishing on 42 points to beat Denmark's Amalie Dideriksen by five. Belgium's Shari Bossuyt took bronze with 35 points, and Mexico's Yareli Acevedo Mendoza, the defending champion, finished fourth.

The medals were decided by laps gained. Anna Hicks of the United States went clear first and took an early lap. Bossuyt then attacked on her own and lapped the field, collecting the 20 points that put her in control of the standings for much of the race. Gillespie and Dideriksen each answered by gaining a lap of their own, and from there the podium belonged to those three. With no one else able to break away, the intermediate sprints separated them, and Gillespie finished the strongest of the group to take the title.