19-year-old Russian Mikhail Ignatyev gave his country their first medal of the Olympic track cycling competition yesterday, winning gold in the men's points race.
Defending Olympic champion Joan Llaneras of Spain took silver while veteran Guido Fulst, part of Germany's victorious sprint team from the Barcelona and Sydney Games, won bronze.
Milton Wynants of Uruguay, a silver medallist in Sydney and at the world championships in May, could only manage sixth.
World champion Franck Perque also finished well off the pace, compounding a miserable Games for the traditionally strong French cycling team.
Filed by Johnny Proby
