Girls' High Alumni wins two Golds in Para Cycling Track World Championships.

It took just two days for para cyclist Nicole Murray to progress from promising to two-time World Champion.

Just 24 hours on from her gold medal winning C5 scratch race in Paris, Murray stood on top of the world again in the C5 Omnium – an event that includes a flying 200m, 500m time trial, individual pursuit and scratch race with points added together from the four disciplines.

As part of the Omnium, that finished on Monday (NZ time), Murray won the gold in the scratch race and also a bronze in the individual pursuit.

The Waikato-based 30-year-old, who competed at the Tokyo Paralympics has come on in leaps and bounds from that experience, but that doesn’t mean she saw world championship glory coming.

"Winning the scratch race – and actually the Omnium – was a complete surprise,” Murray said.

Becoming World Champion in the scratch race remains the highlight for Murray because it illustrated her all-around improvement - “Being fit enough to be able to make clear decisions without just trying to work hard to stay on the wheels. It was really cool.”

World championship success in Paris has given Murray extra motivation to return to the French city in 2024 and hunt down Paralympics medals.

“This week has given me a fire to train harder when I get home, just a lot of motivation to work hard in the things I could have done better this competition,” Murray said.

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