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GB women target Worlds team pursuit three-peatImage source,SWpix.comImage caption,Great Britain have won World Championship gold in the women’s team pursuit on eight occasionsByGareth BaileyBBC Sport WalesPublished20 October 202521 Comments2025 Track Cycling World ChampionshipsVenue:Velodromo Penalolen, Santiago, ChileDate:22-26 OctoberCoverage:BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer & BBC Sport Website & AppGreat Britain are targeting a third straight world title in the women’s team pursuit at the Track Cycling World Championships in Chile.The British team took gold at Glasgow in 2023 before successfully defending their title in Denmark in 2024. The 2025 event takes place in Santiago from Wednesday 22 to Sunday 26 October.Josie Knight, Jess Roberts, Katie Archibald, Anna Morris and Megan Barker return to take aim at gold once more, while Maddie Leech will make her World Championship debut after narrowly missing out on the women’s omnium European title earlier this year.Britain have dominated the women’s team pursuit since its inception in 2008, winning eight gold medals, six silvers and two bronzes, failing to win a medal just once.With the sustained success of the British team, Knight says she understands the pressure on the squad.”It’s just something that has come from the history of the event and the riders that have come before us,” she said.How to follow Track Cycling World Championships on BBCPublished18 OctoberGB win two more world golds on final day of Para-cycling Track World ChampionshipPublished19 October”They have set this precedent that British Cycling is one of the best teams in the world.”Sometimes you can find yourselves thinking: ‘How did we end up being these people?'”You’ve had Laura Kenny and Elinor Barker and Joanna Rowsell setting such a standard for us that we want to keep that going.”Kenny won five Olympic and seven World Championship gold medals while Barker won Rio Olympic gold to go with seven world titles. Rowsell is a double Olympic and five-time world champion.”People look at us as the best, whether or not we are,” added Knight. “So we just have to take confidence from that and know that as much as we’re looking at other nations, they’re all looking at us.”Nine times out of 10 we can do it, so we’ve got hope.”I don’t want to jinx anything but it would be really nice to win it three times in a row, that would be something special.”Roberts was part of the 2024 team and says the competition will be tough in Santiago.”Everyone is so strong, I guess we’re thinking about other teams as well,” said Roberts, one of three Welsh riders in the sextet along with Morris and Barker.”The strength in women’s cycling now is really high, you’ve all just got to bring your A-game really.”With the addition of 22-year-old Leech, the make-up of the four riding in the team could look different again, but it is a challenge the squad are relishing.”I think with the programme we have here at British Cycling, with the podium potential …
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