Two world records were broken on the first day of the UCI Track World Championships in Berlin on Wednesday. The Danish team shattered the men's team pursuit world record set by Australia, while the Dutch men's team sprint team broke the record set by Germany at the highlands of Aguascalientes in 2013.

Denmark's men's team pursuit qualifying rounds of men's team pursuit saw Lasse Norman Hansen, Julius Johansen, Frederik Rodenberg Madsen, and Rasmus Pedersen join Australia's Sam Welsford, Kelland O'Brien, last year's World Champion, Sam Welsford and Lee Howard and Alex Porter, who first grabbed attention by shaving 1.433 seconds off their record of 3:48.012, were even faster in the next round, setting a new world record of 3:46.203.

After qualifying fourth fastest, Italy faced the new world record holder in round one to advance to the final. With the other bronze medal contender, Australia, clocking 3:48.625, Italy rallied in the final kilometer to close the gap on Denmark: 3:46.513.

Simone Conssoni, Filippo Ganna, Francesco Ramon, Jonathan Milano, substitute Michele Scartezzini will face Australia for the bronze medal, while Denmark will face New Zealand's Campbell Stewart, Aaron Gate, Regan Gough, and Jordan Kirby for gold.

Great Britain had a tough first day of the championships, with Ed Clancy, Ethan Hayter, Charlie Tanfield, and Oliver Wood finishing in seventh place in the qualifying round. They had a chance to advance to the bronze medal final, but were unable to place among the top four in round one.

The second world record was set in the men's team sprint, where the Dutch trio of Jeffrey Hoogerland, Harry Lavreisen, and Roy van den Bergh improved on the German record of 41.871 set in 2013 by over 0.5 seconds with an amazing 41.275 in round 1! time to advance to the gold medal final against Great Britain.

Great Britain's Jack Carlin, Ryan Owens, and Jason Kenny were almost untouchable by the Dutch in the gold medal final, posting a 42.294 more than a second slower in round 1.

The Dutch success added to Kirsten Wild's world title in the women's scratch race.

It may not have been a world record in the women's team sprint, but the home crowd treated the winning team of Pauline Zofie Grabosch and Emma Hintze as if it were a world record.

Grabosch and Hintze beat defending champions Stephanie Morton and Carl McCulloch in the gold medal final to win their country's first world title in the tournament. China defeated Russia to win the bronze medal.