France’s Jeannie Longo, denied the championship for...

France’s Jeannie Longo, denied the championship for the past two years by American Rebecca Twigg Whitehead, finally downed her nemesis, winning the title ride of the women’s 3,000-meter individual pursuit at the World Cycling Championships at Colorado Springs, Colo.

In the semifinals of the pro men’s 200-meter match sprints, nine-time champion Koichi Nakno, of Japan, moved to within one step of his 10th straight title by downing West German Dieter Giebken, 2-0, in the best of three event.

Also advancing was Hideyuki Matsui, of Japan, who beat a countryman Nobuyuki Tawara, 2-0.

Earlier Monday night, the defending world champions, Czechoslovakia’s Vitezslav Voboril and Roman Rehounek, shut out Americans Kit Kyle and David Lindsey to win their second straight tandem match sprint title.

Denmark’s Dan Frost took an early lead and finished strong to roll to a gold medal in the 50-kilometer amateur points race.

Olaf Ludwig, East Germany’s best-known road racer, got the silver medal in the track event and American Leonard Nitz, who won the points race silver medal in 1981, won the bronze.