Members of the U.S. team compete during the final of the women's team pursuit event at the Hong Kong Velodrome during the Track Cycling World Championships in Hong Kong on April 13, 2017. I thought I wasn't going to finish at one point.
"I really thought I had lost it after the elimination race", Archibald told the AP.
Italy won the bronze medal, beating Olympic champion Britain.
Thomas and Kneisky, who lost out to Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish in London past year, displayed incredible endurance to go one further this time around, beating Meyer and Scotson in the 200-lap men's Madison by four points to take gold.
Probably the most popular medal victor was Hong Kong's Wai Sze Lee, who won the bronze in front of a jubilant home crowd.
That might have been a comment on the Britons' similar physical stature, but also a compliment in the way Barker animated the race.
It took until six laps to go until Barker caught the bunch, but that propelled her into the lead with 59, with Hammer unable to take anything in the final sprint.
And having contributed little to the group which claimed the lap, Barbieri summoned the energy to win the dash for the line.
Barker, who has also won silver medals in the madison and scratch races at the championships, produced a stunning late burst to pip America's Sarah Hammer.
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"I'm incredibly happy", she said.
"I've come so close so many times!"
"It was really, really, hard, she's such a tough competitor and was really hard to race against", added Barker, part of the World Record setting team pursuit Olympic champion quartet from Rio 2016.
New Zealand men's team pursuit riders embrace after receiving their silver medals.
Barker was conserving energy for the scratch race, while Katie Archibald is focusing on individual events here.
Barker now has two silver medals and will be eager for points race gold on Sunday's final day of competition.
The Kiwis dug deep with a 56-second third quarter to take the lead, only for the Australians to battle back and steal the win in three minutes, 51.503 seconds ahead of New Zealand's 3min 53.979sec.
Thomas and Kneisky showed great endurance to come out on top in the 200-lap men's madison, seeing off the challenge of Australia pair Cameron Meyer and Callum Scotson.
A highlight of the night was Malaysia's "Pocket Rocketman" Azizulhasni Mohd Awang winning his first world title with a superb men's keirin victory.
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