The 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships kicked off in Berlin on Wednesday. Chinese duo Zhong Tianshi and Chen Feifei won bronze in the Women's Team Sprint in a day which saw two different events having their world records broken twice.

In the Women's Team Sprint, the world record of 31.928 seconds was created by China's Gong Jinjie and Zhong at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Since Gong has retired, Zhong now races with Chen. The Chinese duo entered the knockout round after finishing second in qualifying. In the third-place race, Zhong and Chen showed late power to take the medal. They finished with 32.371 seconds to defeat Russia. Germany finished in 32.163 seconds, 0.221 seconds ahead of Australia to clinch gold.

"There are more than two months to prepare for the World Championships after the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Hong Kong. We hope to make a breakthrough in this event and we have met expectations," said Zhong.

Chinese Cycling Association Chairman Shen Jinkang pointed out that the team should work harder to improve their physical strength. "Our team haven't done enough in that. We will improve it because there are five months left before the Olympic Games. I think we'll then achieve better results."

In the women's scratch race, Dutch racer Kirsten Wild sprinted to the front in the closing laps to win gold. The Netherlands topped the podium in the men's Team Sprint and lowered the world record twice in qualifying and then the final to win in 41.225 seconds. The Danish men's pursuit team also broke the world record twice with a latest time of 3 minutes 46.203 seconds and advanced to Thursday's gold-medal race against New Zealand.