Tokyo Olympian Rebecca Petch has shown her impressive cycling diversity in winning two national titles in three days.
Rebecca Petch has scored two national titles in the space of a few days. Photo: Supplied: Cycling NZ
Petch has won the 500m time trial title at the track nationals in Cambridge Hamilton just days after winning her third elite BMX National Championship in a row at Hamilton.
Petch, who has dabbled in track cycling with her mainstay of BMX since Tokyo, clocked a championship record of 34.201s for the 500m time trial, which was just 0.2s outside the national open mark.
"I wasn't expecting to get a national title on the track... I am starting to get more used to the track bike and slowly starting to be more natural but there's still a lot of improvement to come," Petch said.
Fellow Olympians Nick Kergozou and Bryony Botha scored impressive wins, and Waikato/ Bay of Plenty's Kiaan Watts, making a rare return from road racing, claimed the elite scratch race.
Botha won the women's 10km scratch race while Kergozou, claimed his fourth national 1000m time trial title, clocking 1:00.296, which bettered his own championship record.
"Given the training camp over the last few days and the experiment running a bigger gear, it was respectable. It's my fourth title and I think that is about the same number that Eddie Dawkins won - that's not bad company," said Kergozou.
More than 200 riders are contesting the five-day competition comprising para-cyclists and able-bodied riders from under-15 grade to elite.
-RNZ
