Elia Viviani is the new world elimination runner-up in track cycling. In Ballerup in Denmark, the 35-year-old Italian, nicknamed “The Prophet”, won the silver medal behind the Dane Tobias Hansen. Bronze to Canadian Dylan Bibic.
Today's silver for the Veronese runner represents the eighth medal at the World Track Championships, the fourth in this exciting specialty. Indeed, in 2021 in Roubaix and in 2022 in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Viviani won the gold medal. Elia has three Olympic medals in his career, gold at the Open eight years ago in Rio de Janeiro, bronze at the Open three years ago in Tokyo and silver last August at the Madison in Paris . Elia Viviani's silver is the fourth Italian medal for the cycle track technical commissioner at the Ballerup World Championships after Jonathan Milan's gold in the individual pursuit, Simone Consonni's silver at the Omnium and bronze in the team pursuit thanks to Letizia Paternoster, Chiara Consonni, Martina Alzini, Vittoria Guazzini and Martina Fidanza
