Watch: Lara Gillespie wins Track World Championship gold after brilliant display in elimination race

Lara Gillespie celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's elimination race at the 2025 UCI Track World Championships at the Penalolen Velodrome, in Santiago. Photo: Getty

Ireland has a new World Champion after Lara Gillespie won gold in the elimination race at the UCI Track World Championship in Chile last night.

The 24-year-old from Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, rode a perfect race to add the World crown after winning the European title in the same event in February this year. Gillespie is Ireland's first Track World Champion since Martyn Irvine won a rainbow jersey in 2013.

The elimination race – which see the rider sitting in last place in the field eliminated every two laps –

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