First major medal for Forres cyclist Lauren Bell who wins World Track Cycling Championships bronze in women's team sprint in Paris

By Craig Christie

- craig.christie@hnmedia.co.uk

Published: 16:35, 13 October 2022

| Updated: 16:36, 13 October 2022

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Forres track cycling star Lauren Bell has won bronze at her very first World Championships in France.

Lauren Bell (right) celebrates her Team GB team sprint bronze. Photo: Scottish Cycling

Fresh from competing at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the former pupil at Forres Academy has won her first major international medal.

A British champion, Manchester-based Bell teamed up with Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane to repeat Team GB's women's team sprint bronze from last year's championships.

Lauren Bell at the Commonwealth Games, and now a world championships medallist. Photo: Jeff Holmes

The British trio made the podium on Wednesday by the tightest of margins, pipping the Netherlands to bronze in a play-off by eight thousandths of a second.

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It was double delight for the Team Sprint teams featuring @alifielding13 @jack_carlin97 and Lauren Bell as they both claimed bronze at the first day of the Track Worlds #SQY2022 pic.twitter.com/4cmsZ6Llig
— Scottish Cycling (@ScottishCycling) October 12, 2022

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