WORLD TRACK CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Venue:
Pruszkow, Poland
Dates:
25-29 March
Coverage:
Live on BBC Two and BBC Sport website 1915-2025 GMT
 Pendleton beat Olga Panarina of Belarus in two races
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Britain's Victoria Pendleton made sure of at least a silver medal after winning her sprint semi-final on day four at the World Championships.
Pendleton, who has already won a silver and a bronze, will face Dutchwoman Willy Kanis in the final.
But all GB's men's sprinters, including Olympic silver medallist Jason Kenny, were knocked out in the quarter-finals.
Mark Cavendish will form half of a Manx duo with Peter Kennaugh later as he defends the world madison title.
Pendleton came into these championships with the aim of winning four medals and followed bronze in the 500m time trial on Wednesday with silver in the team sprint, alongside Shanaze Reade.
Kenny and Matt Crampton both fell to members of the French sprint team that pushed GB into silver on Wednesday. Kenny lost to Gregory Bauge and Crampton to Kevin Sireau.
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606: DEBATE
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After losing to Kenny in the second round, Ross Edgar came through the repechage by beating German stars Maximilian Levy and Stefan Nimke.
But he then lost a thrilling three-race series to Azizulhasni Awang of Malaysia.
Cavendish won the madison last year with Bradley Wiggins - who is concentrating on the road this season - although they failed to repeat the feat at the Olympics.
Cavendish, unsuccessful in Thursday's scratch race, could race with Kennaugh at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
"I'm sure he's going to be one of the biggest names in the sport in future," he said of 19-year-old Kennaugh.
"He's super good. I've known him since he was four years old and seen him progress."
Kennaugh, part of the pursuit team pushed into fourth place on Friday, believes the 80,000 inhabitants of the Isle of Man could be silenced by a madison success.
"I think they're quite used to cycling success with all the races Cav's winning," he said.
"But if me and Cav won the madison everyone would be quite speechless - two Manx people, it would be something special."
In the other event with a medal on offer on Saturday, GB's Anna Blyth was 10th after three of the five events in the women's omnium - a pentathlon on wheels.
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