Katie Archibald defends European individual pursuit title
(Cyclingnews.com)

Katie Archibald secured Great Britain`s first gold medal of the 2017 UEC European Track Championships on Friday, successfully defending her title in the individual pursuit. The 23-year-old delivered her best ever time to set the fastest qualifying mark in the Berlin velodrome and then faced off against Poland`s Justyna Kaczkowska in the final. Kaczkowska led after a kilometre but Archibald pulled back even and then surged away to take the win over the ensuing two kilometres. Her time of 3:29.328 earned her a second medal this week after she nabbed silver in the team pursuit. `Today I`ve had all the wins. I`ve beaten myself, I`ve beaten everyone else. I`ll sleep happy,` Archibald said.ADVERTISEMENT `I went into qualifying with modest ambition, and suddenly by the time the final came around we are back to having high expectations and I thought `it`s all going to go wrong.` `We have our coaches in the last kilometre telling you whether you`re up or down and I think if you`re down your head goes, and I think that`s what happened to her. I`ve been in that position myself so it`s nice to be on this side of it.` You can read more at Cyclingnews.com