The second day of action in South Carolina saw the time trial events take place and it was a good one for the US as they claimed six medals in total, including four world titles for Aaron Keith, Allison Jones, Jamie Whitmore and Megan Fisher.

Keith defended his crown in the men's C2, while the women's C2 went the way of Jones, who won her eighth world title.

After winning two gold medals at the Para-cycling Track World Championships in Mexico earlier this year, Whitmore showed she continues to be a force on the road by taking the C3 time trial crown in South Carolina.

Fisher posted the fastest time of the day as she led team mate Shawn Morelli home by more than 20 seconds to retain her C4 title.

"I'm so thrilled to defend my title," said Fisher.

"The competition is so fierce and it is so tight.

"It is just an honour to even make the podium.

"This has been such an amazing year to be able to represent the USA, and to earn a spot on that top step is out of this world."

Meanwhile, Storey became a Para-cycling world champion for the 17th time after finishing almost 50 seconds ahead of Anna Harkowska of Poland, who claimed silver, with Samantha Heinrich of the US taking bronze.

"In a tough first day in the South Carolina heat and whilst Anna [Harkowska] applied some early pressure, Sarah Showed her class on a grippy course to take the rainbow stripes again," said British Para-cyling coach Tom Stanton.

"This has made it 17 world titles for Sarah in cycling and her 23rd in swimming and cycling combined, demonstrating that she is still one of the best in the business."

Allison Jones won her eighth title on the road at the Para-cycling World Championships in South Carolina ©Getty Images




Australia's Jayme Richardson took the women's C1 title, while Germany's Michael Teuber matched the efforts of Storey by securing a 17th world crown in the men's C1 race.

The men's C4 class was won by the Czech Republic's Jiri Bouska with Yehor Dementyev of Ukraine edging out Austria's Wolfgang Eibeck in a tight finish to take the C5 win.

Irishman Eoghan Clifford showed he is not out of his depth at this level as he secured C3 gold in his first major international event.

"The conditions were hot, but not too breezy," said Clifford, who finished clear of Russian Sergey Ustinov and Italy's Fabio Anobile.

"I knew early on that I was going well.

"I held back on the first lap, and on the second lap I emptied the tank.

"I knew I had done well, but I wasn't sure about the podium.

"It seems that I pulled most of my time on the second lap, I could see the other guys suffering on the hills, and it gave me a boost."

The Pizzi brothers - Ivano and pilot Luca - were once again the top pairing as they secured gold for Italy in the men's tandem time trial while the women's title was won by Japan's Yurie Kanuma and pilot Mai Tanaka.

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