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Brits strike gold four times in LA
Last Updated: February 13, 2012 9:27am
Darren Kenny: One of four gold medal winners in LA
Great Britain enjoyed a hugely successful third day at the Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles after picking up another six medals - four of them gold.
Multiple World and Paralympic champion Darren Kenny improved on his silver in the C3 3km pursuit on day two with victory in the C3 1km time trial at the velodrome in the Home Depot Center.
There were also wins for Jody Cundy in the C4 1km time trial, Jon-Allan Butterworth in the C5 1km time trial and for Sarah Storey in the women's C5 3km pursuit, as the GB team took their gold medal tally to seven heading into the final day.
Cundy, who is unbeaten in the C4 Kilo since 2006, said after his convincing win: "It's pretty tough out there. I don't know what it is, whether it's the air con or if weather conditions have changed, but you just don't have the same sensation of speed that we had here when we arrived.
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"Still, I'm quite happy to come away with less than a second outside my PB and a lot of good data to take away. It will be good to go to London as world champion."
Butterworth's win also saw him reclaim the world record in a time of 1:07.212 - having earlier in the time trial seen China's Xingyang Liu break the mark he set in Montichiari last year.
Butterworth, who was the last rider to compete, suggested he could have gone even faster, saying: "I felt awesome on Tuesday and today it felt as if I was going slower than in training. Still, it's nice to break a record and I'll try and put it right for London."
There was also a silver medal on day three for Mark Colbourne in the C1 Kilo. Colbourne had earned gold in the C1 3km pursuit on day two.
Also, Shaun McKeown picked up bronze in the C3 kilo.
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