SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Kirsten Wild of the Netherlands used an impressive burst of power to win the women’s scratch race at the track cycling world championships on Saturday.
The Dutch sprinter went up front with three laps to go and resisted a dangerous inside move from Frenchwoman Pascale Jeuland to give her country its first gold medal at the Velodrome National.
Wild, who is also competing in the omnium, won ahead of Australian Amy Cure.
Jeuland crossed in third place, but was disqualified for entering the sprinter’s lane when her rival was already there. The bronze passed to Canadian Allison Beveridge.
Yumari Gonzalez Valdivieso of Cuba fell heavily in the finale, and was evacuated on a stretcher. Her condition was not known.