Neil Faci's gold race continues with victory at the World Championships in Glasgow.

The winning quartet of Matthew Rotherham, Neil Faci, Elizabeth Jordan and Amy Cole once trained as a four. Credit: PA/Tim Goode

The UK medal race came to a halt on Day 7 of the UCI World Championships in Glasgow, but the event's organizers continued to demonstrate why they remain the dominant force in the paracycling arena.

Neil Faci and Elizabeth Jordan took the gold alongside their sighted drivers Matt Rotherham and Amy Cole respectively in the mixed B team sprint. The quartet had only once trained as a foursome in practice but looked like they had been working together for years after agonizingly missing the world record against Italy, stopping the clock in 49.99 seconds.

It was like that. a landmark victory for the Aberdeen native Fashi, as the two-time Olympic champion celebrated his 19th track world title and second of those championships. who has a congenital eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa. “I've finished last in most of the races I've entered so I never dreamed of winning even one world title. I'm not getting any younger, I know it, but when you perform at that level, I won't say no.»

This is the first time that the pair — Cycling and track have been combined into one all-inclusive event at the World Championships, which was seen as a big step forward for the sport. The London 2012 Olympics have done wonders for the profile of paracycling, and while it has waned in recent years, Fashi hopes that these mini-Olympic worlds can bring more attention to paracycling.

The cool quartet stepped over the line and won gold in Glasgow. Photo: PA/Tim Goode

«Events like this are a real show, the fans love it,» added Fashi. “I hope the UCI decides that this can be integrated. We deserve to be on this stage and race in front of this crowd.”

So was Fran Brown who stormed to victory in the C1 Women's Scratch, adding to the gold she won in the C1 Women's Individual Pursuit World Record 24 hours earlier, while Kadina Cox, Jaco van Gass and Jodi Candy earned silver in the mixed team C sprint final.

Mark Stewart and Oliver Wood saved silver in the men's Madison, but away the UK got less joy in the mixed team time trial relay as a dominant performance by defending Swiss champions ousted the third-place hosts and stripped them of their medals.

For Pfeiffer Giorgi, Anna Sheckley and Eleanor Buxtedt, however, it was a chance to reconnoiter the route ahead of Sunday's women's race, where safety is likely to will be intensified due to fears that it could become a target for climate change protesters. An event for men was postponed by almost an hour last Saturday after it was interrupted by environmental activists.

“If it happens, it will happen. It's the same for everyone if the race is stopped,» Sheckley said. «We always have jackets and stuff in the car, so we don't have to worry about that.»