Briton Richards makes cross-country history

Great Britain's Evie Richards has go nan astir successful female short way cross-country rider ever pinch triumph successful Brazil.

The 28-year-old won nan 2nd information of nan UCI Cross-country Short Track (XCC) World Cup successful Araxa, a week aft she vanished first successful nan opening round.

The triumph was nan reigning world champion's seventh successful nan format, overtaking Olympic champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot arsenic nan astir successful elite female successful XCC history.

Richards was pushed until nan extremity by Switzerland's Nicole Koller and Sweden's Jenny Rissveds, but kept them astatine bay during a sprint for nan line.

"I deliberation erstwhile you're world champion and you're starring nan series, there's a batch of pressure, truthful I was really tense before," she said.

"We had a spot of a unsmooth plan, but thing changes excessively much. You've conscionable sewage to [think] connected your feet and depending connected really nan title goes, you can't really person a plan."

American Christopher Blevins took nan men's elite race, having besides won nan first information a week ago.

Nove Mesto na Morave successful nan Czech Republic will big nan adjacent information from 23-25 May.