Great Britain Cycling Team added three more gold medals to their haul on the final day of the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.

Sophie Thornhill and Corrine Hall completed a hat-trick in Los Angeles, claiming the tandem sprint title to win their third set of rainbow jerseys.

Jon Gildea won his second world title as he was crowned C4-5 scratch world champion after a drama-packed race, as did James Ball and Matt Rotherham who won the men’s tandem sprint, beating team-mates Neil Fachie and Craig Maclean 2-1 in the gold medal final.

There were also silver medals for Alison Patrick and Helen Scott and bronze for Aileen McGlynn and Louise Haston in the women’s tandem sprint.

Hat-trick

After British tandem dominance throughout the week in Los Angeles, it was Australia who set the early pace in the women’s sprint competition, qualifying fastest.

Jessica Gallagher and Stefanie Prieksa set a time of 11.327, with Great Britain Cycling Team’s Alison Patrick and Helen Scott closest on 11.514.

Aileen McGlynn and Louise Haston qualified third fastest on 11.547, with Sophie Thornhill and Corrine Hall fourth on 11.655.

Lora Fachie and Hazel McLeod were two places behind on 12.012 and that meant they were paired with McGlynn and Haston in the quarter-finals.

It finished 2-0 to McGlynn and Haston, with the other British pairs overcoming their semi-finals by the same score.

That pitted Thornhill and Hall against the pacey Australians, with the British duo comfortably coming out on top 2-0.

In another all-British match-up, Patrick and Scott defeated McGlynn and Haston by the same score, the decider coming as a result of a thrilling late sprint and photo finish.

In the final, Thornhill and Hall continued their perfect week, winning 2-0 once more over their teammates to win their third gold medals of the championships - a result that left Thornhill almost speechless.

"It's mad. We dreamt during the week of going for the treble but to actually come away with it is unbelievable."

McGlynn and Haston came from behind to beat the Australian duo 2-1 to earn bronze, their second medal of the week.

Scratch drama

Both Jon Gildea and Jody Cundy took to the start line for the 60 lap C4-5 scratch race, fresh from their world title winning performances earlier in the week.

Gildea attacked early, alongside Brazil’s Lauro Cesar Chaman, before the Brazilian went further clear just beyond the halfway point.

Cundy retired with 25 laps to go - and wasn’t alone as the pace proved too hot to handle for most of the field.

Gildea was joined by Josef Metelka of Slovakia and Australia’s Alistair Donohoe who worked together to close down Chaman - but unbeknownst to the field, Metelka was a lap down on his opponents.

The four came together for the final sprint, with Chaman crossing the line first, closely followed by Metelka with Gildea pipping Donohoe to finish third.

It was quickly established that Metelka had been lapped, pushing Gildea from bronze to silver, before late drama which saw the Brazilian rider relegated for an infringement

That meant Gildea won his second world title of the week, with Donohoe claiming silver and Chaman settling for bronze - capping off a wonderful week for the Great Britain Cycling Team rider.

"It's fantastic. It will probably take a little while to settle in. The plans have come together, it's nice when a plan comes together!"

Superb sprinting

The British pairs of James Ball and Matt Rotherham and Neil Fachie and Craig Maclean were last to set times in qualifying for the tandem sprint - and quickly established that they were the ones to watch in the competition.

Ball and Rotherham took to the track first and posted a time of 10.047, over half a second faster than the then leading time from Malaysia.

Fachie and Maclean crossed the line in 10.216 - a result that put Ball and Rotherham straight through to the semi-finals.

The quarter-final draw pitted Fachie and Maclean against Sweden and they progressed comfortably 2-0, before beating Malaysia by the same score in the semi-finals.

Ball and Rotherham also went through their semi-finals with a 2-0 win over Russia to set up a final all-British clash of the week.

Fachie and Maclean won the first heat before Ball and Rotherham levelled things up in a thrilling battle.

In the decider, Ball and Rotherham went for a long one and managed to make it stick to secure their second world title of the week.

After receiving their second set of rainbow jerseys, Rotherham admitted it had been quite a battle.

"Going against your teammates, it's a lot harder, but we knew we'd gone quick in qualifying."

Ball added that the decision to go early in the final had always been their tactic.

"Believe it or not, the last bit was actually planned! It didn't just happen! We talked about it in the pit before and felt pretty confident."

The racing and result produced a fantastic conclusion to a stunning week of action in Los Angeles, with Great Britain Cycling Team winning eight golds, four silvers and two bronze medals - alongside valuable qualification points for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Gallery