Turnham and pilot Hall took on Ireland's Katie George Dunlevy and pilot Eve McCrystal and Spanish duo Jozefa Benitez Guzman and Judit Masdeu Cort in a ferocious sprint to line, with all three finishing on the same time of 2 hours 08min 28sec.

But, after reviewing the race footage the gold was awarded to the British pair, with silver going to the Irish and bronze to Spain.

The men's tandem race was also a tight affair, but this time Spain topped the podium as Carlos Gonzalez Garcia and Noel Martin Infante edged out French pair Damien Debeauputis and pilot Mickaël Dhinnin, with bronze going to The Netherlands' Rinne Oost and Cor Van Leeuwen.

Jamie Whitmore and German Denise Schindler also required a photo-finish to separate them as they powered to the line wheel-to-wheel in the women's C3 road race.

Both recorded times of 1:35:54, but it was the woman from the United States who got the nod to claim her second world title of the Championships.

"Denise is a very strong rider and was closing the gap, but I was able to hold her off," said Whitmore.

"It was a very exciting race, and that is what road racing about.

"It was attack and counter-attack and see who has it in the end."

On a day of thrilling road race action, there were yet more exciting finishes to entertain the fans in Greenville.

It was a German one-two in the men's C1 class with Pierre Senska just pipping Michael Teuber to the line, while in the women's equivalent China's Jieli Li edged out Australia's Jayme Richardson, who was looking to add to her time trial gold from earlier in the week.

Pierre Senska got the better of compatriot Michael Teuber in the men's C1 category
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Allison Jones also picked up her second gold in South Carolina as she powered to victory in the women's C2 class, while the US secured a third gold on the day in the form of C4 winner Shawn Morelli, who was involved in another exciting finish with Australia's Susan Powell.

Powell's compatriot Alistair Donohoe went one better in the men's C5 race as he saw off the challenge of Brazilian Lauro Cesar Chaman and Dominican Republic's Jose Frank Rodriguez.

Michele Pittacolo of Italy crossed the line alongside Russian Sergey Pudov and Czech Republic's Jiri Bouska to become world champion in the men's C4 class by a hair's breadth, with silver going to Pudov and bronze to Bouska.

There was a first gold of the Championships for Colombia thanks to Alvaro Galvis Becerra, who prevailed in the men's C2 class ahead of Czech Ivo Koblasa and Victor Hugo Garrido Marquez of Venezuela.

Britain's Dame Sarah Storey claimed the 18th Para-cycling world title of her career as she prevailed in another thriller with silver medallist Anna Harkowska of Poland and Mariela Analia Delgado of Argentina, who claimed bronze in the women's C5 class.

It was more comfortable for Irishman Eoghan Clifford as he took the men's C3 crown with almost two minutes to spare over second-placed German Steffen Warias and Fabio Anobile of Italy.

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