Anna-Leeza Hull has won Australia's first medal at the cycling world championships in the US, securing bronze in the junior women's time trial behind Americans Chloe Dygert and Emma White.
Dygert captured the gold medal and White grabbed the silver on Monday in the first individual event of the road championships.
Hull was third over the 15-kilometre course through downtown Richmond on a cool, blustery day.
The NSW rider, 18, also finished third in 2014 at the world championships in Spain.
"I just had a lot of support from everyone," Dygert said with a wide grin before receiving her gold medal.
"What's better than being in America and going one-two?"
In the other race, Mads Wurtz Schmidt of Denmark covered two laps of the course in 37 minutes and 10 seconds to win the under-23 men's time trial.
Maximilian Schachmann earned the silver and German teammate Lennard Kamna the bronze.
"I was shaking for one and a half hours, still am," Schmidt said of the long wait while the rest of the field finished.
"It's the most amazing time of my life."
The championships continue on Tuesday with the elite women's and junior men's time trials.
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