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Hosts:<\/strong> Glasgow and across Scotland <\/span>Dates:<\/strong> 3-13 August<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n| Coverage:<\/strong> Watch live across BBC TV and iPlayer, with 200 hours of live streams on the BBC’s digital platforms<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | Great Britain continued their excellent start to the Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, winning four gold and five silver medals on day two.<\/span><\/p>\n All nine medals were won by Para-cyclists, including Jody Cundy who clinched a 14th consecutive world title in the men’s C4 1km time trial.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n There were British one-twos in the men’s C3 1km time trial, the men’s B 1km time trial and women’s B individual pursuit.<\/span><\/p>\n Britain’s medal total now stands at 14.<\/span><\/p>\n Over the opening two days GB have won six golds, six silvers and two bronzes.<\/span><\/p>\n Neil Fachie and Matthew Rotherham won Britain’s first gold of the day, finishing 0.042 seconds ahead of team-mates James Ball and Steffan Lloyd in the men’s B 1km time trial.<\/span><\/p>\n Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl, who won the B 1km time trial on day one, took gold in day two’s penultimate event, defeating British Paralympic champion Lora Fachie and pilot Corrine Hall in the B individual pursuit final.<\/span><\/p>\n In the C3 1km time trial, British defending champion Jaco van Gass won gold by finishing 0.236 seconds ahead of compatriot Fin Graham.<\/span><\/p>\n GB’s Daphne Schrager won silver in the women’s C2 individual pursuit and Frances Brown claimed second in the women’s C1 500m time trial.<\/span><\/p>\n There was seemingly a medal won in every event in the first half of Friday’s evening session as Great Britain dominated the Para-cycling schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n The gold rush was triggered by Cundy and Fachie, with the two Britons boasting 40 world titles between them.<\/span><\/p>\n Cundy, 44, finished over a second ahead of Australia’s Michael Shippley in the C4 1km time trial.<\/span><\/p>\n The eight-time Paralympic champion in cycling and swimming now has 23 world titles across both sports.<\/span><\/p>\n In the men’s B time trial, Fachie and pilot Rotherham took gold after a tense final 750 metres, delivering Fachie his 17th world title.<\/span><\/p>\n The pair, who won the Commonwealth title for Scotland together in 2022, were off the pace with a lap to go but managed to edge ahead of compatriots Ball and Lloyd who took silver.<\/span><\/p>\n Britain’s Sophie Capewell, who won silver in the team sprint on Thursday, finished fourth in the women’s elite 500m time trial – 0.122 seconds off a bronze medal.<\/span><\/p>\n GB also missed out on bronze in the men’s elite team sprint, narrowly losing out to France.<\/span><\/p>\n Meanwhile, in the women’s mountain bike downhill, GB’s five-time world champion Rachel Atherton safely qualified a day after dislocating her shoulder.<\/span><\/p>\n Atherton injured her shoulder after a fall during a practice run on Thursday and posted the 31st fastest time on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n With fewer than 40 entrants, any rider who set a time in qualifying advanced to Saturday’s final.<\/span><\/p>\n Tahnee Seagrave posted the second-fastest time with fellow Britons Harriet Harnden, Stacey Fisher, Anna-Louise Ferguson and Mikayla Parton also posting top 20 times.<\/span><\/p>\n In the men’s mountain bike downhill qualifying, GB’s Bernard Kerr posted the third-fastest time with team-mates Charlie Hatton and Danny Hart also posting top 10 runs.<\/span><\/p>\n |