Their first success of the day was delivered by the men’s tandem pairing of Neil Fachie and Peter Mitchell, with the duo beginning their challenge for the sprint title by finishing top of the qualification standings by posting a time of 9.979sec.

The world record holders were then able to beat Australia’s Kieran Modra and David Edwards in straight rides in the quarter-finals, before replicating the feat against their fellow Britain’s James Ball and Craig Maclean in the last four.

Fachie and Mitchell were then able to post times of 10.578 and 10.615 to win both races in the gold medal contest against The Netherlands’ Tristan Bangma and Teun Mulder.

The podium was completed by Ball and Maclean after they defeated Spain’s Jose Porto Lareo and Jose Escuredo Raimondez in both bronze medal rides.

In the women’s event, the British pairing of Sophie Thornhill and Helen Scott were forced to settle for silver.

The duo were beaten in both of the gold medal races by Australia’s Jessica Gallagher and Madison Janssen, after they recorded winning times of 11.379 and 11.505.

The Netherlands’ Larissa Klaassen and Haliegh Dolman won bronze by beating Japan’s Yurie Kanuma and Mai Tanaka in straight rides.

Britain were back on top of the podium in the final event of the Championships, with Louis Rolfe, Jon-Allan Butterworth and Jody Cundy combining to win gold in the mixed team sprint event.

The trio posted a world record time of 49.230 to beat the Chinese team of Xie Hao, Wei Guoping and Liu Xinyang in the final.

Spain’s Amador Granados Alkorta, Eduardo Santas Asensio and Alfonso Cabello Llamas defeated the American team of Jennifer Schuble, Joseph Berenyi and Christopher Murphy to win bronze.