Hoy takes national title

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The Scot added the national honour to the Olympic gold he won in the event last August by beating defending champion Matt Crampton in the final. The victory, together with a track record of 9.99 seconds in the flying 200 metres which makes up the sprint's qualifying round, proves Hoy is completely recovered from the serious hip injury which cut last season short.

"To do a 9.99 is great - we've had the world championships here three times and no-one's gone that fast," he said. "A track record, a championship record, my second fastest ever time. I'm really pleased with that."

Hoy competed in an exhibition event in France in August but this was the first time he had turned a crank in anger since crashing at the Copenhagen leg of the Track World Cup in March.

The fall, caused when the French rider Kevin Sireau flicked out an elbow as Hoy tried to overtake him in the keirin final, meant he missed the chance to defend two of his titles at March's World Championships in Poland.

When his hip slammed against the track, it caused a degloving injury - where the skin gets separated from the underlying muscle - and he had to stay off his bike for over 10 weeks or risk permanent damage.

But he showed no fear of injury tonight as he swooped around the track to see off fellow Scot Ross Edgar in the semi-final then Crampton in straight 2-0 wins.

"If you had fear, you would have fear in training because of the speeds you go at," Hoy said. "It's the furthest thing from my mind and you accept it as part of the sport - it's just one of the things you deal with."

Hoy's victory came in probably the most competitive sprint competition ever staged in the national championships. As well as Crampton, four-time Olympic champion Hoy was up against Jason Kenny, the man he beat in the Beijing final, and Edgar, also an Olympic silver medallist.

In the night's other events, Lizzie Armitstead won the women's scratch race while Geraint Thomas won the pursuit with a hugely impressive time of 4mins 18.418secs which would have been enough to win a world championship most years.