Andrews won the bronze medal in the demanding 1000m time trial, staged for the first time for women this year over the same distance as men.
She was third-fastest in the morning qualifying in Santiago in 1min 4.524sec, which broke her own New Zealand record and was a fraction outside the world mark, later broken twice by eventual gold medallist Hetty van de Wouw.
Andrews, like most of the top eight qualifiers for the final, was a fraction slower in the second ride of the day, clocking 1min 4.909sec, just 0.15sec from the silver medal with van de Wouw the standout winner.
"I’ve been excited for the kilo to come in for women," Andrews said.
"Historically it has only been kilo for men and 500m for women, so I was excited for that to be equal for us.
"It was cool to get out on the world stage and put down a PB for me and walk away with a bronze medal."
She will compete in the keirin competition on the final day today.
The pairing of Bryony Botha and Sami Donnelly rode strongly to finish seventh in the two-rider madison, over 120 laps with one rider in play as teams swap "live” riders with a hand-sling.
They picked up points throughout with sprints every 10 laps, and rode with the leading bunch but were unable to go with the breaks made by women’s powerhouse teams like Great Britain, who claimed the gold medal.
Newcomer Prue Fowler finished fifth in her debut in the 4000m individual pursuit, clocking 4min 32.902sec in qualifying, only 2sec outside the New Zealand record and 1sec off qualifying for the ride-off for medals.
Sprinter Sam Dakin qualified for the team sprint match-racing round with a 9.897sec qualifying ride but succumbed to former world record holder Nicholas Paul (Trinidad & Tobago) in the first round.
Former world champion Campbell Stewart finished mid-pack in 14th place in the men’s omnium competition.
Day three on Friday did not bring medals but Canterbury’s Donnelly had her first world championship start in the omnium competition, finishing 13th overall from 24 starters.
Southland rider Tom Sexton had his first world championship start in the 40km points race, finishing 10th overall after winning the opening two sprints.
North Canterbury cyclist Ben Oliver had his first international track cycling race in the 4000m individual pursuit, to be ninth in qualifying in 4min 10.004sec.
— Allied Media
