After victories for Jody Cundy and Mark Bristow this afternoon, Aileen McGlynn and her tandem pilot rider Ellen Hunter and Storey successfully defended their world titles in world record times.

 

Darren Kenny then beat compatriot Rik Waddon to gold in the CP3 3km pursuit, his second of the Championships.

 

Storey set a world record of 3min 34.266sec in qualification for the women's LC1 three-kilometres individual pursuit before winning the final with ease - and McGlynn and Hunter also bettered their own world record in the women's B&Vi one-kilometre time-trial with a time of 1:09.054.

 

Cundy, Bristow, McGlynn and Hunter and Storey are all Paralympic champions after a stunning show of supremacy last year, but Britain were keen to demonstrate their focus on London in the first global event since Beijing.

 

McGlynn and Hunter shaved 0.012 off their Paralympic-winning time in defending their world title for the third straight time.

 

Storey, who was born with a deformed left hand, emulated fellow former Paralympic swimming champion Cundy with a third straight world title win.

 

The 32-year-old from Manchester, who rides in the women's LC1 500m time-trial tomorrow, was two seconds quicker than her previous world record in qualification and caught American Greta Neimanas after five laps of the 12-lap final.

 

Paralympic champion Cundy won the men's LC2 one-kilometre time-trial world title in emphatic fashion with a world record ride of 1:05.414.

 

The 31-year-old from Wisbech was almost five seconds quicker than his nearest rival in a blistering display.

 

Kenny claimed a second win in the space of 24 hours over Waddon after last night's victory in the 1km time trial.

It was the Bournemouth rider's 12th world title and his third of the year after success in the road race at the Para-Cycling World Road Championships in Italy in September.

 

 

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