Australian National Track Championships 2008

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Under 19 and senior, qualifying and finals

West Australian, Josephine Tomic stepped up to the senior ranks with apparent ease to win the women's 3km individual pursuit crown. The 18 year old, who won three gold medals at last year's junior World Championships and holds the junior World Record over 2000m, made light work of the extra kilometre overtaking her Victorian opponent, Tess Downing, on the final lap of the gold medal ride to record a time of 3min41.953sec, almost 10 seconds faster than Downing's silver medal time of 3min51.365sec.

"I am really happy," said Tomic. "My first senior title is great, though I would have liked to do a sub three minutes 40.

"That extra kilometre, it doesn't sound like much, but it really takes its toll (and) hopefully next time I do it I will do a sub 3.40," she added.

In the U19 women's 2km individual pursuit Western Australia's Sarah Kent won gold with a time more than eight seconds faster than silver medallist Ashlee Andkudinoff (NSW).

Kent, who was the silver medallist behind Tomic at last year's Junior World and Australian Championships, rode a time of 2min25.911sec compared with Andkudinoff's 2min34.510sec. 16 year old Megan Dunn (NSW), who last month became the youngest rider to win Victoria's Bay Criterium Series in the 19 year history of the event, showed she also has promise on the track claiming the bronze medal (2min39.212sec).

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