Great Britain claim two more medals at European Championships

Great Britain won two more medals on the final day of competition at the European Track Cycling Championships in Plovdiv.

Ethan Vernon won the silver medal in the men’s Kilo behind Czech Tomas Babek, while Laura Kenny and Elinor Barker combined to take bronze in the women’s Madison.

Their successes meant Great Britain topped the overall medals table with six golds, three silvers and two bronzes at the end of the event.

Vernon qualified for his final in sixth place but produced a personal best time of 1:00.999 to finish behind Babek.

Vernon, who finished fifth in the points race on Saturday, said: “You always come into a race to win but to do a PB by five tenths of a second and go under 1:01 – I can’t really ask for much more.

“Especially after the other night where I was racing a 160 lap points race which was a mega tough race, so to only have a bit of recovery and then go and do that, I’m happy to get a PB and the silver medal.”

Kenny and Barker had to be content with bronze after a gruelling Madison competition which was won by Italy on 52 points, with Russia just one point behind and the British pair on 38.

*Former Liverpool, Tottenham and England goalkeeper Ray Clemence has died at the age of 72, the Football Association has announced.

Clemence, who won three European Cup sand five First Division titles during a trophy-laden spell at Anfield, was arguably one of the greatest goalkeepers of his generation.

He won 61 England caps, which would undoubtedly have been many more had he not been competing with PeterS hilton, who accumulated 125, for the number one shirt.

An £18,000 signing from Scunthorpe by Bill Shankly, Clemence was a key member of the Liverpool team which dominated Europe between 1977 and 1981, and also picked up twoUE FA Cups, an FA Cup and the League Cup.

At Tottenham, whom he joined in 1981 aged 32 for a fee of £300,000, he won another UEFA Cup and FA Cup.

Clemence had been living with advanced prostate cancer since 2005. Clemence is survived by his wife Veronica, son Stephen – a former player himself and now a coach – and daughters Sarah and Julie.