The elge sportfiske victory in 4mins 23.407secs to the Canadian quartet s 4m 24.696s so nearly did not happen as Barker s legs gave up on the final lap, with Trott fearing a collision which would have ended with half the British team sprawled on the track.
Olympic champions Britain had won five of six world titles when the event was over three kilometres and with three riders silver in 2010 the only blot on the record and their dominance had shown little sign of abating with the addition of an extra kilometre and an extra rider this season.
She said: For a long time there s been the pressure of living up to your team-mates and knowing that they ve been Olympic champions, world champions, time and time again and so it s good to have someone on your heels, not just bumping elbows with your team-mates.
The 25-year-old from Bolton, who has a day off on Friday before the two-day sprint competition this weekend, said: [The crash] just left me floating around at the top of the track and totally out of the race.
The 22-year-old from Abergavenny had won medals in five successive world championship events four in 2013 in Minsk and a team sprint bronze on day one alongside Jess Varnish before competing in the two-lap event.
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