Kenny forced Australia's Perkins into a deciding third race in the final

Jason Kenny won sprint silver as Great Britain picked up two more medals on the final day of the World Cup event in Melbourne, taking their total to seven.

Olympic silver medallist Kenny missed out to Australian Shane Perkins in the final, with GB's Matt Crampton seventh.

The European champion GB men's pursuit team, Ed Clancy, Steven Burke, Luke Rowe and Andrew Tennant,could only take bronze behind Australia and Russia.

And Victoria Pendleton missed out on the top 12 in the women's keirin.

Australia's Anna Meares won the keirin final to take her tally from the event to three golds, after triumphing in the 500m time trial earlier in the day.

It was one of four golds for the hosts on the final day of the event, with Olympic qualifying points available.

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GB's Jess Varnish finished sixth in the time trial, a non-Olympic event.

She joined Pendleton in the keirin field but neither of the British riders could win their heats and both failed to advance to the final through the repechage round.

With Sir Chris Hoy opting to miss the men's sprint, after taking gold in the team event and the men's keirin on the first two days in Melbourne, Kenny pushed world silver medallist Perkins into a third, deciding race in the final.

Russia gained revenge on Great Britain's pursuit team, who pushed them into second place at the European Championships in Poland last month, edging them by 0.634 seconds to gain a place in the final.

They could not match that time against Australia in the final, though, and Great Britain - with Luke Rowe replacing Jason Queally - were faster as they beat New Zealand to third place.

The squad will now train in Australia for a week before heading to Colombia for the second leg of the World Cup in Cali in a fortnight's time.

Further World Cup events take place in Beijing in January and Manchester in February before March's World Championships in Apeldoorn, Holland.

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