Iúri Leitão won the gold medal in the omnium at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Shanghai, China, on 17 October. He scored 143 points, ahead of Belgium’s Fabio van den Bossche (129) and Germany’s Tim Torn Teutenberg (115), repeating his 2023 world title.
The Portuguese rider won the scratch race, was third in the tempo race and the elimination, and went into the points race in the lead. He lost it during the race but fought back to secure the title. This year he had already become European omnium champion, and he is the Olympic silver medallist in the event.
According to the Portuguese Cycling Federation, it is Iúri Leitão’s 20th medal at World and European Championships and the Olympic Games. It was also Portugal’s third medal at these Worlds, after bronzes for Maria Martins in the scratch and Miguel Salgueiro in the points race.
