JACK CARLIN'S wait for a maiden major championship gold continued on a dramatic night at the velodrome in Munich. The Scottish cyclist, 25, had to settle for multi-sport European sprint silver behind French speedster Sebastien Vigier after surviving a controversial high-speed crash in the semi-final against Rayan Helal.
Ad Carlin, a two-time Olympic and combined seven-time World and European Championship medallist, has never climbed to the top of the podium at major international level and his rotten luck went on during an action-packed evening in Germany.
CyclingBernal to return to racing – just seven months after life-threatening crash2 HOURS AGO After qualifying first and navigating his way to Sunday's semi-finals, Carlin clashed with Tokyo team sprint bronze medallist Helal in a best-of-three format to keep his hopes of gold alive.
He beat Helal in the first two-lap shootout before they collided in the second to leave Carlin battered, bruised and needing a new set of lycra.