Track Worlds: Dygert dominant in pursuit, Dmitriev finally sprint champion

Day four of the UCI Track World Championships in Hong Kong saw history made with Belgium crowned the first world champions of the women’s madison. Russia dominated the sprint events with victory in the men’s individual sprint, and gold and bronze in the women’s 500-meter time trial.

Chloe Dygert (USA) showed that she is a force to be reckoned with after blasting to victory in the women’s individual pursuit, while France’s Benjamin Thomas scored a hard-won victory in a tense finale to the men’s omnium.

The first medals of the day were awarded in the women’s 500 metre time trial. Two-time defending champion Anastasiis Voinova set the benchmark in qualifying during the morning session, but it was her teammate Daria Shmeleva who dug deep to improve her time on the effort that mattered to win the gold medal, while Voinova claimed third. It is Shmeleva’s second gold of the competition after winning the team sprint with Voinova earlier in the week. Germany’s Miriam Welte, who failed to medal last season, slotted herself between the two Russians in the silver medal position.

After Archibald won the women’s omnium on day three, it was the turn of the male endurance riders to test their form in the new four-event competition. None of last year’s medallists were on the start line but that wouldn’t stop it from being a thrilling battle between the field. Spain’s Albert Torres set his stall out early with victory in the opening round of the scratch race and second in the following tempo race. After a disappointing start, Aaron Gate put himself back in the game by beating Torres in the tempo event.

Following the tempo, the omnium took a break until they picked things up again with the elimination race in the evening session. It would be a crash packed return to action for the peloton, for Poland’s Szymon Sajnok in particular who hit the deck twice during the competition, dropping him down the standings overall. Gate was another big loser, finishing just 10th, while Australia’s Sam Welsford put on a good show to take the maximum points.

The points race would once again prove the decider, and after losing out in the elimination race, Gate took the event by the horns and attacked whenever he could. Gate looked like he might just make the jump from fifth up to first, and even had some help from Welsford, but the ever-consistent Thomas – who had begun the final event in second place – launched a long-range sprint on the final lap to take enough points to seal victory by just two points. Gate had to settle for second place, while Torres dropped from first ahead of the points race to third place. Gate and Welsford would later be given a warning from the commissaires for collusion.

Fresh from the taste of gold in the team pursuit, Dygert added another chuck of metal to her cabnet with success in the individual competition. Dygert had come within fractions of a second of setting the world record in qualifying, missing it by a little over half a second. While she went two seconds slower in the gold medal ride, it was more than enough to see-off Ashlee Ankudinoff to claim victory. Kelly Catlin made it a second medal for the USA when she beat defending champion Rebecca Wiasak for the bronze medal.

The women’s madison made its debut at the World Championships on day four and it was as action packed as could be expected. There were some early crashes, with Australia’s Alexandra Manly coming down hard twice after complications in the change. Despite the crashes, Manly and her teammate Amy Cure were consistently in the mix for the points. Great Britain set their stall out early by taking the full five points on the first sprint but Belgium came back strong, winning four of the 12 sprints, including the crucial final lap.

The pairing of Lotte Kopecky and Jolien D’hoore won by 10 points over the British duo Elinor Barker and Emily Nelson. It would have been more but Belgium were relegated in sprint 10 after Kopecky moved into the sprinters line and forced Barker off the track. A battered and bruised Australia took the final spot on the podium.

In the men’s sprint, Matthew Glaetzer and Max Niederlag found themselves dumped out of the quarterfinals after they were both relegated for irregular movement. That was good news for Britain’s Ryan Owens and New Zealand’s Ethan Mitchell, who progressed into the semi-finals. They would both be beaten and Mitchell got the bettering of Owens to take the bronze.

For the gold medal, Denis Dmitriev went up against the young Dutchman Harrie Levreysen. After a close call last year against Jason Kenny, this would be Dmitriev’s best chance at a world title in some time. The Russian did not need to be asked twice and claimed the gold medal in two straightforward competitions.

Full Results

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Women's 500m time trial - Qualifying
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Anastasiia Voinova (Russian Federation)0:00:33.325
2Daria Shmeleva (Russian Federation)0:00:33.419
3Miriam Welte (Germany)0:00:33.450
4Wai Sze Lee (Hong Kong)0:00:33.647
5Pauline Sophie Grabosch (Germany)0:00:33.732
6Martha Bayona Pineda (Colombia)0:00:34.153
7Tania Calvo Barbero (Spain)0:00:34.209
8Laurine Van Riessen (Netherlands)0:00:34.276
9Kyra Lamberink (Netherlands)0:00:34.329
10Jessica Salazar Valles (Mexico)0:00:34.331
11Olena Starikova (Ukraine)0:00:34.337
12Natasha Hansen (New Zealand)0:00:34.375
13Katy Marchant (Great Britain)0:00:34.659
14Helena Casas Roige (Spain)0:00:34.693
15Juliana Gaviria Rendon (Colombia)0:00:34.774
16Miriam Vece (Italy)0:00:34.822
17Migle Marozaite (Lithuania)0:00:34.859
18Yuli Verdugo Osuna (Mexico)0:00:34.975
19Tatiana Kiseleva (Russian Federation)0:00:35.638
20Deborah Deborah (India)0:00:35.841
21Wing Yu Ma (Hong Kong)0:00:37.128
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Men's Omnium - Scratch Race
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Albert Torres Barcelo (Spain)Row 0 - Cell 2
2Benjamin Thomas (France)Row 1 - Cell 2
3Simone Consonni (Italy)Row 2 - Cell 2
4Maximilian Beyer (Germany)Row 3 - Cell 2
5Szymon Sajnok (Poland)Row 4 - Cell 2
6Aaron Gate (New Zealand)Row 5 - Cell 2
7Roy Eefting (Netherlands)Row 6 - Cell 2
8Sultanmurat Miraliyev (Kazakhstan)-1
9Ivo Oliveira (Portugal)-1
10Sam Welsford (Australia)-1
11Casper Pedersen (Denmark)-1
12Lindsay De Vylder (Belgium)-1
13Shunsuke Imamura (Japan)-1
14Sanghoon Park (Korea)-1
15Raman Tsishkou (Belarus)-1
16Roman Gladysh (Ukraine)-1
17Gael Suter (Switzerland)-1
18Chun Wing Leung (Hong Kong)-1
19Viktor Manakov (Russia)-1
20Christopher Latham (Great Britain)-1
21Edibaldo Maldonado Rayas (Mexico)-1
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Men's Sprint - Quarterfinal - Heat 1, Race 1
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Denis Dmitriev (Russia)0:00:10.350
2Sam Webster (New Zealand)0:00:00.776
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Heat 1, Race 2
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Denis Dmitriev (Russia)0:00:10.148
2Sam Webster (New Zealand)0:00:00.061
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Heat 2, Race 1
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Ryan Owens (Great Britain)0:00:10.292
2Max Niederlag (Germany)0:00:00.096
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Heat 2, Race 2
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Max Niederlag (Germany)0:00:10.169
2Ryan Owens (Great Britain)0:00:00.014
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Heat 2, Race 3
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Ryan Owens (Great Britain)Row 0 - Cell 2
2Max Niederlag (Germany)Relegated
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Heat 3, Race 1
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands)0:00:10.225
2Edward Dawkins (New Zealand)0:00:00.677
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Heat 3, Race 2
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands)0:00:10.274
2Edward Dawkins (New Zealand)0:00:00.004
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Heat 4, Race 1
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Matthew Glaetzer (Australia)0:00:10.329
2Ethan Mitchell (New Zealand)0:00:00.049
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Heat 4, Race 2
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Ethan Mitchell (New Zealand)0:00:10.053
2Matthew Glaetzer (Australia)0:00:00.062
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Heat 4, Race 3
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Ethan Mitchell (New Zealand)Row 0 - Cell 2
2Matthew Glaetzer (Australia)Relegated
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Men's Omnium - Tempo Race
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Aaron Gate (New Zealand)43pts
2Albert Torres Barcelo (Spain)40Row 1 - Cell 3
3Szymon Sajnok (Poland)25Row 2 - Cell 3
4Casper Pedersen (Denmark)25Row 3 - Cell 3
5Roy Eefting (Netherlands)24Row 4 - Cell 3
6Benjamin Thomas (France)23Row 5 - Cell 3
7Maximilian Beyer (Germany)22Row 6 - Cell 3
8Gael Suter (Switzerland)22Row 7 - Cell 3
9Sam Welsford (Australia)22Row 8 - Cell 3
10Lindsay De Vylder (Belgium)21Row 9 - Cell 3
11Viktor Manakov (Russia)21Row 10 - Cell 3
12Simone Consonni (Italy)21Row 11 - Cell 3
13Ivo Oliveira (Portugal)21Row 12 - Cell 3
14Chun Wing Leung (Hong Kong)21Row 13 - Cell 3
15Sanghoon Park (Korea)3Row 14 - Cell 3
16Sultanmurat Miraliyev (Kazakhstan)2Row 15 - Cell 3
17Raman Tsishkou (Belarus)Row 16 - Cell 2 Row 16 - Cell 3
18Edibaldo Maldonado Rayas (Mexico)Row 17 - Cell 2 Row 17 - Cell 3
19Roman Gladysh (Ukraine)Row 18 - Cell 2 Row 18 - Cell 3
20Christopher Latham (Great Britain)Row 19 - Cell 2 Row 19 - Cell 3
21Shunsuke Imamura (Japan)Row 20 - Cell 2 Row 20 - Cell 3
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Women's 500m time trial - Final
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Daria Shmeleva (Russian Federation)0:00:33.282
2Miriam Welte (Germany)0:00:33.382
3Anastasiia Voinova (Russian Federation)0:00:33.454
4Wai Sze Lee (Hong Kong)0:00:33.723
5Pauline Sophie Grabosch (Germany)0:00:33.855
6Martha Bayona Pineda (Colombia)0:00:34.291
7Tania Calvo Barbero (Spain)0:00:34.489
8Laurine Van Riessen (Netherlands)0:00:34.526
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Men's Omnium - Elimination Race
#Rider Name (Country) Team
1Sam Welsford (Australia)
2Simone Consonni (Italy)
3Benjamin Thomas (France)
4Albert Torres Barcelo (Spain)
5Maximilian Beyer (Germany)
6Roy Eefting (Netherlands)
7Raman Tsishkou (Belarus)
8Gael Suter (Switzerland)
9Shunsuke Imamura (Japan)
10Aaron Gate (New Zealand)
11Sultanmurat Miraliyev (Kazakhstan)
12Lindsay De Vylder (Belgium)
13Christopher Latham (Great Britain)
14Roman Gladysh (Ukraine)
15Szymon Sajnok (Poland)
16Edibaldo Maldonado Rayas (Mexico)
17Casper Pedersen (Denmark)
18Sanghoon Park (Korea)
19Chun Wing Leung (Hong Kong)
20Ivo Oliveira (Portugal)
21Viktor Manakov (Russia)
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Women's Madison
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Belgium44pts
Row 1 - Cell 0 Lotte KopeckyRow 1 - Cell 2 Row 1 - Cell 3
Row 2 - Cell 0 Jolien D'hooreRow 2 - Cell 2 Row 2 - Cell 3
2Great Britain34pts
Row 4 - Cell 0 Elinor BarkerRow 4 - Cell 2 Row 4 - Cell 3
Row 5 - Cell 0 Emily NelsonRow 5 - Cell 2 Row 5 - Cell 3
3Australia25pts
Row 7 - Cell 0 Amy CureRow 7 - Cell 2 Row 7 - Cell 3
Row 8 - Cell 0 Alexandra ManlyRow 8 - Cell 2 Row 8 - Cell 3
4New Zealand15pts
Row 10 - Cell 0 Racquel SheathRow 10 - Cell 2 Row 10 - Cell 3
Row 11 - Cell 0 Michaela DrummondRow 11 - Cell 2 Row 11 - Cell 3
5Italy14pts
Row 13 - Cell 0 Maria Giulia ConfalnieriRow 13 - Cell 2 Row 13 - Cell 3
Row 14 - Cell 0 Rachele BarbieriRow 14 - Cell 2 Row 14 - Cell 3
6France5pts
Row 16 - Cell 0 Coralie DemayRow 16 - Cell 2 Row 16 - Cell 3
Row 17 - Cell 0 Laurie BerthonRow 17 - Cell 2 Row 17 - Cell 3
7Mexico5pts
Row 19 - Cell 0 Lizbeth Yareli Salazar VazquezRow 19 - Cell 2 Row 19 - Cell 3
Row 20 - Cell 0 Sofia Arreola NavarroRow 20 - Cell 2 Row 20 - Cell 3
8United States1Row 21 - Cell 3
Row 22 - Cell 0 Kimberly ZubrisRow 22 - Cell 2 Row 22 - Cell 3
Row 23 - Cell 0 Kimberly GeistRow 23 - Cell 2 Row 23 - Cell 3
9RussiaRow 24 - Cell 2 Row 24 - Cell 3
Row 25 - Cell 0 Mariia AverinaRow 25 - Cell 2 Row 25 - Cell 3
Row 26 - Cell 0 Diana KlimovaRow 26 - Cell 2 Row 26 - Cell 3
10IrelandRow 27 - Cell 2 Row 27 - Cell 3
Row 28 - Cell 0 Lydia GurleyRow 28 - Cell 2 Row 28 - Cell 3
Row 29 - Cell 0 Lydia BoylanRow 29 - Cell 2 Row 29 - Cell 3
11Hong Kong-20Row 30 - Cell 3
Row 31 - Cell 0 Zhaojuan MengRow 31 - Cell 2 Row 31 - Cell 3
Row 32 - Cell 0 Yao PangRow 32 - Cell 2 Row 32 - Cell 3
7UkraineDNFRow 33 - Cell 3
Row 34 - Cell 0 Anna NahirnaRow 34 - Cell 2 Row 34 - Cell 3
Row 35 - Cell 0 Oksana KliachinaRow 35 - Cell 2 Row 35 - Cell 3
10Czech RepublicDNFRow 36 - Cell 3
Row 37 - Cell 0 Jarmila MachacovaRow 37 - Cell 2 Row 37 - Cell 3
Row 38 - Cell 0 Lucie HochmannRow 38 - Cell 2 Row 38 - Cell 3
12BelarusDNFRow 39 - Cell 3
Row 40 - Cell 0 Katsiaryna PiatrouskayaRow 40 - Cell 2 Row 40 - Cell 3
Row 41 - Cell 0 Polina PivovarovaRow 41 - Cell 2 Row 41 - Cell 3
13PolandDNFRow 42 - Cell 3
Row 43 - Cell 0 Daria PikulikRow 43 - Cell 2 Row 43 - Cell 3
Row 44 - Cell 0 Nikol PlosajRow 44 - Cell 2 Row 44 - Cell 3
16CanadaDNSRow 45 - Cell 3
Row 46 - Cell 0 Laura BrownRow 46 - Cell 2 Row 46 - Cell 3
Row 47 - Cell 0 Stephanie RoordaRow 47 - Cell 2 Row 47 - Cell 3
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Men's Sprint - Semi-final - Heat 1, Race 1
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Denis Dmitriev (Russia)0:00:10.077
2Ethan Mitchell (New Zealand)0:00:00.197
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Heat 2, Race 2
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Denis Dmitriev (Russia)0:00:10.156
2Ethan Mitchell (New Zealand)0:00:00.154
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Heat 2, Race 1
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands)0:00:10.193
2Ryan Owens (Great Britain)0:00:00.066
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Heat 2, Race 2
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands)0:00:10.226
2Ryan Owens (Great Britain)0:00:00.080
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Women's Individual Pursuit - Gold Final
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Chloe Dygert (United States Of America)0:03:24.641
2Ashlee Ankudinoff (Australia)0:03:31.784
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Bronze Final
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
3Kelly Catlin (United States Of America)0:03:30.365
4Rebecca Wiasak (Australia)0:03:31.173
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Men's Sprint - Gold Final - Race 1
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Denis Dmitriev (Russia)0:00:10.108
2Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands)0:00:00.201
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Race 2
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Denis Dmitriev (Russia)0:00:10.156
2Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands)0:00:00.179
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Men's Sprint - Bronze Final - Race 1
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Ethan Mitchell (New Zealand)0:00:09.949
2Ryan Owens (Great Britain)0:00:00.526
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Race 2
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Ethan Mitchell (New Zealand)0:00:10.165
2Ryan Owens (Great Britain)0:00:00.255
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Men's Omnium - Final Standings
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Benjamin Thomas (France)149pts
2Aaron Gate (New Zealand)147Row 1 - Cell 3
3Albert Torres Barcelo (Spain)138Row 2 - Cell 3
4Simone Consonni (Italy)121Row 3 - Cell 3
5Roy Eefting (Netherlands)119Row 4 - Cell 3
6Casper Pedersen (Denmark)99Row 5 - Cell 3
7Sam Welsford (Australia)94Row 6 - Cell 3
8Szymon Sajnok (Poland)85Row 7 - Cell 3
9Maximilian Beyer (Germany)78Row 8 - Cell 3
10Ivo Oliveira (Portugal)77Row 9 - Cell 3
11Gael Suter (Switzerland)60Row 10 - Cell 3
12Lindsay De Vylder (Belgium)58Row 11 - Cell 3
13Sultanmurat Miraliyev (Kazakhstan)36Row 12 - Cell 3
14Sanghoon Park (Korea)32Row 13 - Cell 3
15Raman Tsishkou (Belarus)28Row 14 - Cell 3
16Viktor Manakov (Russia)27Row 15 - Cell 3
17Chun Wing Leung (Hong Kong)25Row 16 - Cell 3
18Christopher Latham (Great Britain)22Row 17 - Cell 3
19Shunsuke Imamura (Japan)21Row 18 - Cell 3
20Roman Gladysh (Ukraine)8Row 19 - Cell 3
21Edibaldo Maldonado Rayas (Mexico)Row 20 - Cell 2 Row 20 - Cell 3

 

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