Sport in Short: Cycling

WORLD TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS (Valencia): Professional 5,000m pursuit, semi-finals: M McCarthy (US) 5min 47.276sec bt F Moreau (Fr) 5:48.176; S Wallace (GB) 5:46.517 bt A Kasputis (Lith) 5:46.869. Final: McCarthy 5:45.076 bt Wallace 5:46.805. Bronze medal: Kasputis. Amateur tandem sprint, semi-finals: G Capitano and F Paris (It) bt E Raasch and E Pokorny (Ger) 2-0; L Hargas and P Buran (Cz) bt T Peden and D Dew (Aus) 2-1. Amateur 25km Motorpace: 1 C Podlesch (Ger) 100pts; 2 D Solari (It) 60; 3 R Koenigshoefer (Aut) 52; 4 R Keller (Ger) 42.