Britain's Victoria Pendleton missed out on her third gold medal of the World Track Championships when she was pipped by America's Jennie Reed in the keirin on the final day of the tournament in Manchester.

Pendleton, 27, who won the women's sprint and partnered Shanaze Reade to the women's team sprint title, finished second.

Britain topped the medals table after dominating the five days of racing with nine golds and two silvers in the 18 events contested.

It was the biggest gold medal haul in the history of the championships, bettering the British total of seven set last year.

"I'm disappointed with a silver in the keirin but everyone in the British team has had a great world championships," Pendleton said.

"It was fantastic riding on our home track and hopefully I can experience it all again in the London Olympics in 2012.

"Before that the next goal is the Olympic Games in Beijing. I've only got the sprint event but like for all the British team, winning the world title gives me a boost before the Olympics.

"Now we've got a psychological edge which will hopefully help us win gold medals in Beijing."

The Netherlands were second in the medals table with three golds, three silvers and two bronzes. Belarus were third with two golds and one bronze.

Britain dominated all the pursuit events, with Bradley Wiggins winning three titles in the men's individual, team pursuit and madison.

Chris Hoy and Pendleton won the prestigious men's and women's sprint titles.

The Netherlands won the men's one kilometre time trial and the women's scratch and points race.

On the fifth and final day of racing, Tuen Mulder of the Netherlands won the men's one kilometre time trial title.

He clocked one minute 01.322 seconds for the four laps of the Manchester track, beating Michael D'Almeida of France who recorded 1:01.514.

His compatriot Francois Pervis was third in a time of 1:01.579.

Eleonora Van Dijk of the Netherlands broke away in the final laps to win the women's 10 kms scratch race title.

Yumari Gonzalez Valdivieso of Cuba was second and Belinda Goss of Australia third.

New Zealand's Hayden Godfrey won the men's omnium title. He was the best placed across the five events that make up the event, scoring the lowest total of 19 points.

Leigh Howard of Australia finished second with 28 points and Aliaksandr Lisouski of Belarus was third with 35 points.

Reuters