Australia's Amy Curecelebrates after winning gold in the women's point race at the worlds. Source: Fernando Vergara / AP
TASMANIA'S Amy Cure clinched her maiden world title with a superb ride to win the women's 25km points race in Colombia
"It is pretty unbelievable, It has been so long, to finally get a world championship, it is all I have ever dreamed about," said Cure, who claimed four world titles on the track in 2009 and 2010 in the under-19 category.
Cure celebrates with her overjoyed teammates at trackside. Source: AP
"Four times junior world champion, but all I have ever wanted was that senior title. It has taken a few years, but to finally get there, words can't really express how I am feeling," added Cure, who became just Australia's second champion in the event following Katherine Bates' 2007 world title.
The 21-year-old Cure, who hails from the Tasmanian town of Penguin conserved her energy in the early stages of the 100 lap race, but still figuring in the points in three of the first four of ten sprints - held every ten laps.
After the fourth sprint, Cure lead an attack and was joined by Pohl, with the pair taking a lap on the field to each gain an additional twenty points. Cure also collected another five points after winning the fifth sprint, moving her to 38 points.
Pohl edged in front of Cure by three points after claiming second and first across the line in the next two sprints, however the diminutive Aussie held her nerve to fight back to return favour on the German in the eighth and ninth sprints.
Cure leads Stephany Phol of Germany and Yudelmis Dominguez of Cuba. Source: AFP
Leading by five points heading into the final sprint, Cure held on to win on 38 points head of Germany's Stephanie Pohl (35pts) who collected two points on the final sprint, with Canada's Jasmin Glaesser (32pts) taking bronze.
"Taking the lap took a lot longer than I thought it would, but when I finally got on, I just knew I had to sit in for a few sprints and recover," said Cure after securing her third podium appearance in three days after taking bronze in both the team and individual pursuit events held on day two and three.
"It is a bit surreal, coming here my main focus coming here was the team pursuit and the individual pursuit, the points race probably wasn't my main focus, so to pull this off, I am stoked."
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