Track World Championships, Jonathan Milan gold and world record in the pursuit

World Track Championships, Jonathan Milan gold and world record in the pursuit

Jonathan Milan won the gold medal in the individual pursuit final at the Track World Championships in Ballerup (Denmark), also setting the world record in 3'59"153.

The silver è went to 21-year-old Briton Josh Charlton. Milan won the gold and set the record over the 4-kilometer distance with an hourly average of 60.260 km/h.

Milan beat Charlton by 1”079. Earlier, the final for bronze had gone to’another Briton Daniel Bigham, who beat compatriot Charlie Tanfield by 4”692.

Turning 24 on Oct. 1, Milan won Olympic gold in Tokyo 2020 and world gold in 2021 in the team pursuit, while at the individual level he had been silver in 2021 and 2022 and bronze in 2023.

On the road instead, the Friulian has won four stages of the Giro d’Italia, including three this year.