Stewart and Morris strike double world gold for Britain in Shanghai

Great Britain struck double gold at the Track Cycling World Championships in Shanghai on Friday, with Mark Stewart winning the men's points race and Anna Morris winning the women's omnium.

Stewart took his world title by seven points from France's Benjamin Thomas, with Portugal's Carlos Salgueiro third for bronze BBC Sport. The points race is a long bunch race with points on offer in sprints every few laps. Riders can also score big by lapping the field. Stewart judged it best.

Morris won the omnium ahead of Japan's Tsuyaka Uchino and Denmark's Amalie Dideriksen BBC Sport. The omnium is track cycling's all-round test, decided across four different races in one day. Consistency wins.

Her path opened up early. Defending champion Lorena Wiebes of the Netherlands crashed out in the opening scratch race, the simple first-past-the-post event. Morris, already the European omnium champion, kept clean and piled up points through the day.

It is her second gold of these championships. On Thursday she rode with Josie Knight and Millie Couzens as Britain beat Italy in the women's team pursuit final. That is the four-kilometre team race against the clock, two teams starting on opposite sides of the track. Britain were down early and came back to win.

There was more British metal elsewhere on Friday. Emma Finucane took silver in the women's sprint after China's Yuan Liying beat her in straight rides, winning the first two races of their final to settle it. In the bronze-medal ride, Japan's Mina Sato edged Britain's Sophie Capewell in a photo finish. Joseph Truman added bronze in the men's time trial, the short solo sprint against the clock.

For fans, this means Britain are building real momentum in Shanghai. The championships run from 14 to 19 October, with 22 world titles on the line in total. Two golds, a silver and two bronzes in one evening is a haul.