Liying Yuan gave the home crowd in Shanghai the title it wanted on Friday, beating Great Britain's Emma Finucane 2-0 in the women's sprint final at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. The first race was decided by 0.025 seconds. In the second, Finucane took the front and tried to dictate the race from there, but Yuan jumped clear and won by bike lengths to claim the rainbow jersey in front of her own fans.
It was Yuan's second world title of the week. On Wednesday she rode in the Chinese team sprint that beat Great Britain in the final, a ride in which Sophie Capewell, one of the British starters alongside Finucane, was hampered by a problem with her saddle. Friday made it two defeats in three days for Finucane against Chinese riders, and the second came against a sprinter who swept the final without needing a third ride.
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