Jason Kenny won the men's sprint title, edging Matthew Glaetzer in a third-race decider on the penultimate day Saturday of the track cycling world championships. Glaetzer won the first of the sprints by centimeters but the British rider forced a decisive race which the Australian rider led off, keeping a wary eye on Kenny over his shoulder. Glaetzer was ahead until the final bend when Kenny caught him and went ahead, eventually winning by a wheel in front of an ecstatic home crowd at the Lee Valley VeloPark, scene of Kenny's Olympic victory.
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