Commonwealth silver for Petersfield's Truman

Joe Truman is celebrating a silver medal in the team sprint at the Commonwealth Games in Australia.

By The Newsroom

Published 5th Apr 2018, 12:23 BST

Updated 5th Apr 2018, 13:35 BST

Joe Truman, right, in action in the team sprint at the Commonwealth Games

The Petersfield talent led home the England charge, narrowly missing out on gold by 0.670sec to three-time world champions New Zealand.

The Kiwi trio of Sam Webster, Ed Dawkins and Ethan Mitchell secured glory in a time of 42.877sec in the Anna Meares Velodrome on the Gold Coast.

They had earlier set a Commonwealth Games record of 42.822sec in qualifying, with Truman, Philip Hindes and Ryan Owens grabbing their spot in the gold-medal race in 43.516.

Truman, 21, began his journey on the Mountbatten Centre track with the Portsmouth-based i-Team club, founded by Guy Watson.

Last month, the Portsmouth-born sprinter was part of the Team GB squad that won the world title in Apeldoorn, Holland.