Kouame sprung a surprise in her first World Championships as she was victorious in 32.835 seconds in front of a jubilant crowd at the National Velodrome at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines to take the title.

Emma Hinze of Germany, who won gold in the team sprint event earlier in the Championships took silver with the podium completed by Yufang Guo of China.

Belgium took gold in the women’s madison, over 30 kilometres, with the nation’s pairing of Shari Bossuyt and Lotte Kopecky victorious with 32 points.

Victory gave Kopecky her a second gold of the Championships following a win in the elimination race earlier in the event.

With 31 points, silver went to France’s duo of Clara Copponi and Valentine Fortin, while Denmark completed the podium with Amalie Dideriksen and Julie Leth taking bronze with 23.

In the women’s individual pursuit, Germany’s Franziska Brauße took gold with a dominant victory over New Zealand’s Bryony Botha.

Brauße, part of the German line-up that won team pursuit gold at Tokyo 2020, led throughout the individual pursuit race here, taking victory in a time of 3min 19.427sec.

In the race for bronze, Britain’s Josie Knight produced a strong finish to complete the podium, winning in 3:21.459, against Mieke Kroger of Germany.

The men’s title decided today came in the omnium, with competition taking place across four disciplines - the scratch, tempo, elimination and points races.

Britain’s Ethan Hayter won the overall title with a consistent display that saw him place second in the tempo, elimination and points races on the way to a final total of 147 points.

Victory meant Hayter defended the world omnium title he won in Roubaix last year, and gave him a second gold of this year’s Championships following a win as part of the team pursuit.

Omnium silver went to Thomas Benjamin of France with 127 points, with Benjamin’s best performance coming in winning the elimination race.

New Zealand’s Aaron Gate completed the podium with 118 points, with his best performance coming in winning the opening scratch race.

Victory in the concluding points race went to Niklas Larsen of Denmark who finished fourth with 115 points, while Shunsuke Imamura of Japan won the tempo race on his way to finishing sixth overall with 101 points.

Action is due to conclude tomorrow at the venue scheduled to host track cycling during Paris 2024, with finals in the women’s points race and keirin and the men’s sprint, madison and elimination race.