Claudia Cretti and Giacomo Salvalaggio medal at Para-cycling Track World Championships

Italy secured two medals on the opening day of the Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn. Claudia Cretti earned a silver medal in the WC5 standing kilometer, finishing with a time of 1'13"111. She missed the gold by just 20 thousandths of a second to Great Britain's Rebecca Newark, who clocked 1'13"091. Australian Caitlin Ward took third place.

Giacomo Salvalaggio claimed a bronze medal in the MC4 standing kilometer. After a qualifying time of 1'05"309, he improved in the final to finish at 1'05"006. The podium was completed by Australia's Korey Boddington in first place and Great Britain's Jody Cundy in second. This marks Salvalaggio's first world championship podium on the track.