Cycling - 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Pruszkow, Poland - February 28, 2019 Australia's Samuel Welsford celebrates winning the men's scratch race final REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
PRUSZKOW, Poland (Reuters) - Australia smashed their own world record to win the men's team pursuit gold at the track cycling world championships ahead of Olympic champions and title holders Britain on Thursday.
The Australians led from the start and the quartet of Leigh Howard, Samuel Welsford, Kelland O'Brien and Alex Porter set a time of 3:48.012 to eclipse the previous world mark of 3:49.804 achieved at their home 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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