New Zealand track cycling representatives Shane Archbold and Wes Gough share the lead after the first two events of the men's omnium at the Oceania Championships this morning.
On the third morning of the four-day championship, Archbold, second in the omnium at this year's world championship, won the flying lap and finished fifth in the 30km points race, while Gough was third in both events.
Marc Ryan's win in the points race boosted him to a share of third place with Jason Allen ahead of the elimination race tonight which marks the midway point of the two-day event. In the women's omnium, Australians Amy Cure and Ashlee Ankudinoff and top New Zealand omnium rider Joanne Kiesanowski share the lead on four points apiece. Cure won the 20km points race with Ankudinoff taking out the flying lap and Kiesanowski finishing runner-up in both races.
In the men's keirin, New Zealand's Eddie Dawkins and Australian Commonwealth Games gold medallist Scott Sunderland avoided a heavy crash in their semi-final to make it through to tonight's showdown.
Australian Peter Lewis was the other qualifier from a controversial semi-final which saw the Australian trio of Mitchell Bullen, Alex Bird and James Glasspool crash heavily. In the other semi-final, New Zealander Simon Van Velthooven, who has already tasted success in the team sprint and 1000m time trial, where he set a new national record, and Australians Andrew Taylor and Dan Ellis qualified through to the final.