MANCHESTER, March 28: Britain won all three titles and set a world record in the men’s 4,000 metre team pursuit on the second day of the Track Cycling World Championships on Thursday.

The quartet of Bradley Wiggins, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas and Paul Manning took the team pursuit in a record three minutes 56.322 seconds, beating Denmark in the ride-off for gold and silver. Australia took the bronze.

Rebecca Romero won the women’s 3,000 metre individual pursuit title, beating Sarah Hammer of the United States in the final, and Victoria Pendleton and Shanaze Reade won the women’s team sprint title ahead of China.

Australia’s Katie Mactier won the bronze medal in the 3,000 ride-off against Britain’s Wendy Houvenaghel, with a time of 3:32.347.

Germany beat France for the women’s team bronze.

The men’s team pursuit quartet qualified only second fastest but a reshuffle of the running order in the team allowed them to beat the previous world record of 3:56.610 set by Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

Britain won seven world titles in the 2007 world championships in Majorca, Spain.

The women’s 3,000 metre team pursuit, the men’s sprint and the men’s points race titles are contested on Friday.

—Reuters