Tara Whitten of Canada celebrates after winning the points race on Sunday, earning her second gold medal of the weekend. (Alastair Grant/Associated Press)

Canada's Tara Whitten has secured her second gold medal at the track cycling world championships, winning the women's point race final on the last day of the event at Ballerup, Denmark.

Whitten, of Edmonton, earned 36 points to beat second-place Lauren Ellis of New Zealand by three points. Tatsiana Sharakova of Belarus took the bronze.

Whitten also won the omnium event on Saturday, and said she was surprised to get a second gold.

"I didn't think I had anything left after winning the women's omnium yesterday, so I'm thrilled," she said.

Whitten was ninth in the women's pursuit on Wednesday.

In the women's keirin final, Simona Krupeckaite won Lithuania's first gold of the tournament, beating Britain's Victoria Pendleton by a whisker. Olga Panarina from Belarus picked up the bronze.

This is Krupeckaite's second medal after winning silver in the women's 500-metre time trial earlier in the week.

Calgary's Monique Sullivan was ninth.

On the men's side, Edward Clancy won the omnium in one of the final races on Sunday to move Britain into second place in the gold medals table.

Clancy edged last year's winner, Leigh Howard from Australia, into second place and put 19-year-old Taylor Phinney from United States into third.

The five-day men's competition ended with Australia picking up six gold medals, Britain three and France and the United States two each.

The omnium consists of five events — a 200-metre flying start time trial, a 5K scratch race, a 3K individual pursuit, a 15K points race and a 1K time trial.

The placing a rider achieves in each event is converted to points, and the rider with the fewest points at the end of the competition wins.

Clancy clinched the gold in the one-kilometre time trial. "That was hard. It's such a tough event but winning gold really helps," he said.

In the final event of the competition, the men's sprint, Gregory Bauge retained his title to secure another gold for France, beating Australia's Shane Perkins.

Third place went to fellow Frenchman Kevin Sireau.