Cycling-Italian Ganna breaks own pursuit world record

World records continued tumbling at the world track championships as Italian Filippo Ganna smashed his own mark in the individual pursuit on Friday. Ganna scorched round the 4km distance in 4:01.934 to top the times in the qualification round, averaging 61kph around the banked wooden track in Berlin's velodrome.

His previous record was 4:02.647. Ganna is the defending champion in the event.

Denmark broke the world record three times on their way to winning the men's team pursuit, while the Dutch men also won the team sprint this week in a new world record time.