Cycling - Italian Ganna takes world pursuit gold


  • Cycling
  • Saturday, 02 Mar 2019

Cycling - 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Pruszkow, Poland - March 1, 2019 Italy's Filippo Ganna in action during the men's individual pursuit REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

PRUSZKOW, Poland (Reuters) - Filippo Ganna continued his dominance of the individual pursuit as the Italian produced a stunning performance to take gold at the world track championships on Friday.

The double world and 2017 European champion posted a stunning four minutes 07.456 seconds in morning qualifying - the fastest ever recorded at sea level - and almost matched it in the final with 4:07.992 to overwhelm Germany's Domenic Weinstein.

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