Anna Taylor on her way to gold in the C4 Omnium Photo: SWPix
New Zealand para-cyclists have taken their medal tally to ten at the world champs with two gold medals in the omnium
with Anna Taylor and Nicole Murray winning their respective C4 and C5 categories.
Taylor's success comes on her 32nd birthday.
The Cambridge rider has developed in through the world champs with a number of personal bests and career firsts throughout the track racing.
"Pretty stoked. Yeh, I'm over the moon. Best way to spend my birthday!"
Previously an accomplished rower, Taylor received a C4 classification after Acute Cauda Equina Syndrome (compression of the nerve roots in the spine).
Nicole Murray (centre) Photo: SWPix
Murray meanwhile has now won the C5 Omnium gold two years in a row.
"Stepping up to the top step on the podium is special every single time," she said.
"This campaign I've worked for, race by race, and to finish on the top is just awesome. To hear the New Zealand anthem and see all the Kiwis in the crowd cheering me on and just feel that support."
Today's gold completes the set for the C5 Para cyclist, who previously won bronze in the 500m Time Trial and silver in the 3km Individual Pursuit.
The 30-year-old was pipped at the post for a Scratch Race medal today, finishing 4th, but the result was still enough for her to top the Omnium points table.
Following one more day of track competition, all six of the New Zealand track Para cyclists will compete to road eventswhere they will be joined by 3 more teammates in tricycle and handcycle classes.
-RNZ
