By Nick Butler

Kristina Vogel celebrates victory in the womens sprint on day two in London ©AFP/Getty ImagesKristina Vogel underlined her status as the most successful performer of 2014 by dominating the women's individual sprint competition on day two of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Track Cycling World Cup in London.


The 24-year-old Kyrgyztan-born German rider, who won the sprint, keirin and team sprint titles at the 2014 World Championships in Cali, duly won every race on her 2014/15 World Cup season debut, sweeping past Anastasiia Voinova of Russia 2-0 in the final.

Elis Ligtlee of The Netherlands took the final place on the podium after defeating Zhong Tianshi of China in the bronze medal contest.

There was more German sprinting success in the men's keirin, where individual sprint world champion Stefan Bötticher continued the strong form he had showed in the early rounds to win convincingly ahead of Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata from Colombia.

Christos Volikakis of Greece finished third, as crowd favourite and London 2012 individual sprint champion Jason Kenny of Great Britain finished down in a disappointing sixth place. 

Stefan Bötticher crosses the line first to win the men's keirin ©Getty ImagesStefan Bötticher crosses the line first to win the men's keirin ©Getty Images



But although the day was not as successful for the home team as yesterday, there was much for the British crowd to cheer, as Mark Christian and Owain Doull each secured their second gold of the weekend after combining to secure madison victory.

A lap on the rest of the field with 42 laps to go proved key as the duo finished ahead of New Zealand and Germany, and duly received the loudest cheer of the night.

"We can't thank the public enough," said Christian afterwards.

"Competing in such an atmosphere is truly an advantage, it's a real boost."

The final gold on day two went to another track cycling powerhouse in Australia as world champion Amy Cure demonstrated her star quality by edging Canadian rival Jasmin Glaesser.

Elinor Barker of Britain completed an all Commonwealth podium by adding a bronze to the team pursuit gold medal she secured yesterday.

Action will come to a conclusion in London tomorrow with the final day of of the three-day World Cup event. 

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