Emma Jeffers and Erin Creighton were in action in the 1km TT for Ireland at the European Championships in Konya, Turkey, with both smashing the Irish record that had been held by Creighton before these championships began.
And in the individual pursuit, former junior European champion in the points race, Lucy Bénézet Minns, went close to breaking the senior Irish record but just came up short.
Former Irish international Josie Knight, now competing for Great Britain, won the individual pursuit, stopping the clock at 4:19.461, taking 4.181 seconds off Vittoria Bussi's previous world record, set last year.
That was the third world record in as many days for Knight, who was born in Britain but grew up in Kerry and raced for Ireland until 2018. She was part of the British team pursuit line-up that broke the world record twice on Monday.
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Former Team Ireland rider Josie Knight, riding for Great Britain, winning gold in the individual pursuit after smashing the world record in qualifying
Bénézet Minns stopped the clock in a time of 4:42.463. That was very close to the senior women's individual pursuit national record set by Fiona Mangan at the Worlds in Chile last October, when she rode the 4km event in 4:40.390.
That was a strong ride by Bénézet Minns, especially coming ahead of the road racing season. The second-year U23 – a 4th place finisher in the junior TT at the Worlds in 2023 - will ride for French team Féminin Chambéry on the road in 2026.
At last year's Europeans in Zolder, Belgium, Creighton set a new 1km national record, clocking a time of 1:08.580. However, yesterday she recorded a time of 1:07.435, only to be beaten by Jeffers in qualifying.
Jeffers placed 14th and Creighton 17th, of 19 riders, in qualifying. And the 1:07.229 time by Jeffers is a new national record. With only eight of the riders advancing, neither of the Irish went any further in the competition, but will be very happy with their times.
Max Fitzgerald - who had already broken the senior 1km TT record at these championships - qualified for the final of the scratch race and was 20th in that final. Aoife O’Brien was in action in the women's omnium and finished 14th while Matti Dobbins was 11th in the men's omnium.
