BEIJING -- Host team China suffered gold drought on the second day of the Beijing UCI track cycling World Cup here on Saturday.

The local team, which bagged five gold in the same stadium last year, finished with just one bronze for the whole day's competition. Lin Junhong, who teamed Gong Jinjie to claim the team sprint event the day before, brought China the only medal on women's sprint event.

With the absence of the most famous local star Guo Shuang, Chinese audience pinned their hopes on 20-year-old Lin.

Lin didn't disappoint the local spectators in the qualification phase, but she lost the race against the final champion Shulika Lyubov of Ukraine in the semifinal.

"I was satisfied with her performance today, but obviously prefer gold to bronze," said Chinese chief coach Daniel Morelon. "Our team has to improve to a higher level."

Lyubov captured the title after beating Simona Krupeckaite of Lithuania in two straight races in the best-of-three final thanks to her strong dash ability.

Another Chinese young rider Tang Qi was eliminated in the qualification stage on men's keirin event.

Simon Van Velthooven from New Zealand reached the top of the podium at the keirin event. His accomplishment awarded New Zealand the second gold in Beijing.

The 22-year-old established an early lead at the very beginning of the competition, getting an easy victory over five other strong sprinters. Scott Sunderland of Austria took home the silver, and Kota Asai of the professional team CCT pocketed the bronze.

Samuel Harrison from Britain snatched the gold medal of the men's omnium. Canadian star Zachary Bell got the silver and Roger Kluge of Germany took the third place.