Ethan Vernon recovers from crash to wins men's elimination race gold at UCI World Championships

Great Britain's Ethan Vernon took the rainbow jersey, and a 19th gold for Britain. in the men's elimination race in the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. The 22-year-old finished ahead of Canada's Dylan Bibic and Elia Viviani of Italy despite crashing heavily with Matthijs Buchli to neutralise the race early on.