CYCLING: Jason Kenny will make his senior World Championships debut today after watching his sprint team mates capture a silver medal in Manchester last night.
The 20-year-old from Farnworth was omitted from the final selection for the Team Sprint.
And Olympic champion Chris Hoy, Jamie Staff and Ross Edgar justified the decision by scorching to second place behind the all-conquering French team.
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The trio's time of 43.777 seconds was the fastest ever by a British squad.
Kenny kitted up in case he was required, but a qualification mark of 43.910 meant that the former world junior champion had to sit it out on the sidelines.
However, he's among the British riders in action on day two of the championships at Sportcity.
And GB Performance Director Dave Brailsford backed the Bolton flyer to make his mark in the individual sprint.
"Jason is one of the youngsters in the squad. He's here to learn from the experience, not to be in contention for a medal.
"But he will have an opportunity to race in front of his home crowd which I'm sure he will enjoy.
"The team we picked showed their class and after qualifying we obviously weren't going to make changes."
Kenny has plenty of scope to make up for lost time.
He's among 44 riders contesting the individual sprint.
And the promising Lancastrian faces a possible six races if he is to qualify for Friday's semi-finals.
But it will be a tall order for the 2006 World junior sprint gold medallist.
Among his rivals will be team mates Hoy and Edgar, French duo Mickael Bourgain and Gregory Bauge plus Dutch greats Theo Bos and Tim Veldt.
Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins struck Britain's first gold of the championships in the 4000 metres individual pursuit.
Olympic champion Wiggins defended his crown by beating Jenning Huizenga of the Netherlands in the final.
However, there was despair for Burnley youngster Steven Burke who failed to finish the scratch race.
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