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More gold for Kenny in Berlin

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Laura Kenny made the most of her late entry into the Madison at cycling’s uCI Track World Cup in Berlin as she won gold with emily nelson. nelson had been due to ride with Katie archibald — the pair are world champions — but after archibald crashed in Saturday’s omnium, winning gold regardless, Kenny was drafted in for yesterday’s showpiece. The pair picked up points in all eight sprints and won with a tally of 37 points to the 28 of Danish duo Julie Leth and Trine Schmidt. It was a second gold for Kenny and nelson, who won the women’s team pursuit on Friday along with archibald and emily Kay. CANADIAN boxer Adonis Stevenson was in a critical condition last night after being knocked out by Ukraine’s Oleksandr Gvozdyk in Quebec City. Stevenson, who beat Britain’s Tony Bellew in 2013, had been the oldest and longest reigning champion in boxing but lost his WBC light-heavyweigh­t title on Saturday. The 41-year-old was rushed to hospital after being stopped in the 11th. Tony Finau’S 10-foot birdie putt on the last hole at the Hero World Challenge relegated Justin rose to third place and stopped the englishman reclaiming the world no 1 ranking. Jon rahm’s final round 65 in the Bahamas secured a five-shot win — the Spaniard’s third victory of 2018. Cameron Smith shot a final-round 70 to defend the australian PGa title on home soil with a twoshot victory over compatriot Marc Leishman.

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