Kiwi cyclist Holly Edmondston avoided a horror crash en route to a bronze medal in the women's omnium at the latest World Cup track cycling event in Brisbane.
New Zealand riders finished the three-day event with seven medals, but Edmondston's effort was a highlight, after a huge, multi-rider crash in the omnium scratch race.
On the penultimate lap, two riders behind Edmondston clipped wheels and fell hard onto the hardwood track.
Twelve of the 21 riders in the race were involved in the crash. One rider even seemed to grind the railing along the top of the track, before crashing to the bottom.
Edmondston managed to stay clear of trouble and finish seventh, heading into the final 20km points race of the four-discipline event in fourth.
She rode strongly, until race favourite Annette Edmondson of Australia crashed heavily and could not return to the race, boosting the Kiwi up to third.
The other medals on the final day were silvers to Webster in the men's sprint, along with Aaron Gate and Tom Sexton in madison.
Gate's omnium gold on Saturday provided the highlight of the weekend. New Zealand also claimed two more silvers in men's and women's team pursuit, and another bronze with a makeshift men's team sprint.
Cycling New Zealand high performance director Martin Barras was satisfied with performances in the key Olympic events and can now plan the build-up to the world championships in February, with Tokyo Olympics qualifying on the line.
"Overall, I am delighted with the performances in our core endurance events, particularly team pursuit for both men and women, who have produced near world-record rides," said Barras.
"We are leading the way in the men's omnium and madison competitions, and we have now secured our women's omnium position, which is important if we are to take five endurance riders to Tokyo."
