{"id":753,"date":"2016-10-22T12:37:20","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T12:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/?p=753"},"modified":"2016-10-31T14:00:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T14:00:30","slug":"euro-cycling-champs-katie-archibald-wins-omnium-for-second-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/euro-cycling-champs-katie-archibald-wins-omnium-for-second-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Euro Cycling Champs: Katie Archibald wins omnium for second title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>ARTICLE SOURCE: <\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/cycling\/37742452\" target=\"_blank\"> >> www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/cycling\/37742452<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <strong> RELATED LINKS:<br \/>\nKATIE ARCHIBALD TWITTER: <\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_katiearchibald\" target=\"_blank\"> >> twitter.com\/_katiearchibald<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <strong> KATIE ARCHIBALD WIKIPEDIA: <\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katie_Archibald\" target=\"_blank\"> >> en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katie_Archibald<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- responsive1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"3379014842\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8934562929349122\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>British Olympic champion Katie Archibald won omnium gold at the European Track Championships, her second title in two nights in Paris.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Archibald, 22, dominated the event, with Dutch rider Kirsten Wild second and Belgium&#8217;s Lotte Kopecky third.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">That came 24 hours after she won her third consecutive women&#8217;s individual pursuit title, having gained silver in Thursday&#8217;s elimination race.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Scottish cyclist won gold in the pursuit quartet at the Olympics in Rio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>21\/10\/16: European Track Championships: Katie Archibald claims individual pursuit gold <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">British Olympic champion Katie Archibald won a third consecutive women&#8217;s individual pursuit title at the European Track Championships in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The 22-year-old Scot finished four seconds ahead of Polish opponent Justyna Kaczkowska in the final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She set a personal best in qualifying on the way as she added gold to the silver she won in the elimination race.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Archibald was part of Britain&#8217;s gold medal-winning team pursuit quartet at the Olympics in Rio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;I thought I was destined for failure because I&#8217;d been working at a lot slower pace in training,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;I guess I must still be benefiting from my Olympic form but I&#8217;m also pretty well rested.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;It guarantees me a place at the World Championships as continental champion so that&#8217;s my ticket booked. I&#8217;m really happy.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Elsewhere, Elinor Barker finished fifth in the points race and Mark Stewart sixth in the new-look omnium, which has been reduced to four events from six and contested over one day rather than two, while Rachel James fell in the Keirin final.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARTICLE SOURCE: >> www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/cycling\/37742452 RELATED LINKS: KATIE ARCHIBALD TWITTER: >> twitter.com\/_katiearchibald KATIE ARCHIBALD WIKIPEDIA: >> en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katie_Archibald British Olympic champion Katie Archibald won omnium gold at the European Track Championships, her second title in two nights in Paris. Archibald, 22, dominated the event, with Dutch rider Kirsten Wild second and Belgium&#8217;s Lotte Kopecky third. That came 24 hours after she won her third consecutive women&#8217;s individual pursuit title, having gained silver in Thursday&#8217;s elimination race. 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