The British team scooped three golds and two silvers to take their overall medal tally for the competition to 18, nine of which were gold, to finish top overall.

Storey claimed Britain's first gold of the day in the women's C5 500 metres time trial as she pushed big rival Ju Fang Zhou of China into the silver medal position.

The 33-year-old from Manchester, who claimed five Paralympic golds as a swimmer before switching to cycling, is currently part of the Olympic and Paralympic British squads and showed exactly why as she produced a very strong ride of 37.733 to defend her world title from 2009.

Earlier in the week Storey had picked up gold in the women's C5 pursuit.

There was plenty of drama in the men's tandem sprint with a battle of the Brits in the final as Neil Fachie, piloted by Craig Maclean, claimed gold ahead of Anthony Kappes, piloted by Barney Storey, husband of Sarah.


Kappes and Storey (pictured) won the first of the three races in the final as Fachie and Maclean left too big a gap between the Paralympic champions but the second round went to Fachie and Maclean, meaning a decider was needed.

The final race was a close affair with the crews nearly colliding before Fachie and Maclean, stormed ahead to win gold and left Kappes and Storey to settle for silver.

In the tandem event, Lora Turnham and pilot Fiona Duncan posted the fastest pursuit time in qualification and were pitted against much-tipped New Zealand pairing of Jane Parson and Sonia Waddell.

But the Kiwi pairing proved to be too strong for the developing GB tandem in the final, winning in 1:11.926.

The final British medal was gold in the team sprint, as they retained the title won in 2009 with a new line-up of Darren Kenny, Tel Byrne and Jody Cundy.

Having set a new world record in qualification, the team then lowered the mark again to 49.540sec in a thrilling final against Paralympic silver medallists China.

The race ranked Darren Kenny as Britain's top performer of the competition, with three golds, and Jody Cundy not far behind with two golds and one silver.

The team also broke five world records, two British records and set numerous personal bests.

Head coach Chris Furber said: "Performances from this weekend are a massive boost for the team, gaining us vital qualification points towards places in London.

"The standard of the competition has really moved on since Beijing and being in a medal mix now means we are well placed for 2012."

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