Britain tops quick team pursuit qualifier
Guo fastest in women's sprint qualifying
It’s landed just one gold medal thus far, but the Great Britain is very much in the hunt for another this evening after it went quickest in the qualifying round of the team pursuit.
The quartet of Stephen Burke, Ed Clancy, Ben Swift and Andrew Tennant scorched around the track in a time of 3 minutes 56.869 seconds. This was over a second faster than second-placed Australia, who Team GB will meet in this evening’s gold medal final.
New Zealand and Denmark were third and fourth, clocking times of 3.58.616 and 4.02.259. The latter started last and was initially on the fastest pace, beating Britain. However the riders cracked and slipped behind, perhaps getting carried away with a very vocal home support.
These two teams will square up in the bronze medal fight this evening, while the Ukraine and Netherlands complete the top six.
Kanis out in 1/8 finals, other favourites go through
There were few surprises in the opening three rounds of the women’s sprint, although the non-progression of regular World Cup medallist Willy Kanis (Netherlands) was a little unexpected. She was fifth-fastest in the qualifying time trial and progressed through the 1/16 final by beating Sandy Clair (France), but then lost out to Kaarle McCulloch (Australia).
Kanis went up against another surprising omission in the repechage, Olga Panarina (Belarussia). She had qualified third-quickest, only to lose out to Victoria Baranova (Russia) in her 1/8 heat. Kanis led Panarina and Virginie Cueff (France) onto the final lap, but was easily passed by the Belorussian.
Kristina Vogel (Germany) won the other repechage, leading out and holding off Clara Sanchez (France) and Lyubov Shulika (Ukraine).
Earlier, six riders went through by the conventional route; in other words, by winning their 1/16 and 1/8 finals. Defending champion Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) only qualified seventh fastest, but beat compatriot Jess Varnish easily. She had a tighter tussle with Sanchez, who came back at her after Pendleton jumped first, but managed to hit the line ahead.
Past silver and bronze medallist Shuang Guo (China) beat Vogel in heat one of the 1/8 finals. Anna Meares (Australia) led out Cueff and fended her off; Baranova was two lengths behind Panarina at the bell but got by, and Simona Krupeckaite (Lituania) jumped early to beat Shulika.
McCullough’s win over Kanis was a straightforward one, while Pendleton had to battle much harder to get by Sanchez. That will give her rivals hope that the four-time world champion is less bulletproof than before.
1 | Great Britain | 0:03:56.869 |
Row 1 - Cell 0 | Steven Burke | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
Row 2 - Cell 0 | Edward Clancy | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
Row 3 - Cell 0 | Ben Swift | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
Row 4 - Cell 0 | Andrew Tennant | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
2 | Australia | 0:03:58.185 |
Row 6 - Cell 0 | Jack Bobridge | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
Row 7 - Cell 0 | Rohan Dennis | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
Row 8 - Cell 0 | Michael Hepburn | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
Row 9 - Cell 0 | Leigh Howard | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
3 | New Zealand | 0:03:58.616 |
Row 11 - Cell 0 | Sam Bewley | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
Row 12 - Cell 0 | Westley Gough | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
Row 13 - Cell 0 | Peter Latham | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
Row 14 - Cell 0 | Jesse Sergent | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
4 | Denmark | 0:04:02.259 |
Row 16 - Cell 0 | Niki Byrgesen | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
Row 17 - Cell 0 | Michael Faerk Christensen | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
Row 18 - Cell 0 | JensErik Madsen | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
Row 19 - Cell 0 | Rasmus Christian Quaade | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
5 | Ukraine | 0:04:04.776 |
Row 21 - Cell 0 | Lyubomyr Polatayko | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
Row 22 - Cell 0 | Maksym Polischuk | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
Row 23 - Cell 0 | Vitaliy Popkov | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
Row 24 - Cell 0 | Vitaliy Shchedov | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
6 | Netherlands | 0:04:04.818 |
Row 26 - Cell 0 | Levi Heimans | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
Row 27 - Cell 0 | Arno Van Der Zwet | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
Row 28 - Cell 0 | Tim Veldt | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
Row 29 - Cell 0 | Sipke Zijlstra | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
7 | Russia | 0:04:04.986 |
Row 31 - Cell 0 | Ivan Kovalev | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
Row 32 - Cell 0 | Victor Manakov | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
Row 33 - Cell 0 | Alexei Markov | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
Row 34 - Cell 0 | Alexander Serov | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
8 | Spain | 0:04:05.570 |
Row 36 - Cell 0 | Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
Row 37 - Cell 0 | Sergi Escobar Roure | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
Row 38 - Cell 0 | David Muntaner Juaneda | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
Row 39 - Cell 0 | Eloy Teruel Rovira | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
9 | France | 0:04:07.051 |
Row 41 - Cell 0 | Vivien Brisse | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
Row 42 - Cell 0 | Benoit Daeninck | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
Row 43 - Cell 0 | Julien Duval | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
Row 44 - Cell 0 | Julien Morice | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
10 | Germany | 0:04:07.265 |
Row 46 - Cell 0 | Robert Bartko | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
Row 47 - Cell 0 | Robert Bengsch | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
Row 48 - Cell 0 | Henning Bommel | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
Row 49 - Cell 0 | Patrick Gretsch | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
11 | Italy | 0:04:08.512 |
Row 51 - Cell 0 | Angelo Ciccone | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
Row 52 - Cell 0 | Marco Coledan | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
Row 53 - Cell 0 | Alessandro De Marchi | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
Row 54 - Cell 0 | Elia Viviani | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
12 | China | 0:04:11.872 |
Row 56 - Cell 0 | Pan Chen | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
Row 57 - Cell 0 | Xiao Jiang | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
Row 58 - Cell 0 | Chuanmin Li | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
Row 59 - Cell 0 | Jie Wang | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
13 | Ireland | 0:04:12.136 |
Row 61 - Cell 0 | Stephen Barrett | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
Row 62 - Cell 0 | Matthew Brammeier | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
Row 63 - Cell 0 | Martyn Irvine | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
Row 64 - Cell 0 | David O'Loughlin | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
14 | Poland | 0:04:12.481 |
Row 66 - Cell 0 | Pawel Brylowski | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
Row 67 - Cell 0 | Dawid Glowacki | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
Row 68 - Cell 0 | Piotr Kasperkiewicz | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
Row 69 - Cell 0 | Grzegorz Stepniak | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
15 | Switzerland | 0:04:13.023 |
Row 71 - Cell 0 | Damien Corthesy | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
Row 72 - Cell 0 | Silvan Dillier | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
Row 73 - Cell 0 | Loïc Perizzolo | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
Row 74 - Cell 0 | Cyrille Thiery | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
16 | Greece | 0:04:14.765 |
Row 76 - Cell 0 | Georgios Bouglas | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
Row 77 - Cell 0 | Dimitrios Chidemenakis | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
Row 78 - Cell 0 | Dimitrios Polydoropoulos | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
Row 79 - Cell 0 | Polychronis Tzortzakis | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
17 | Austria | 0:04:21.370 |
Row 81 - Cell 0 | Andreas Graf | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
Row 82 - Cell 0 | Andreas Müller | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
Row 83 - Cell 0 | Werner Riebenbauer | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
Row 84 - Cell 0 | Georg Tazreiter | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
1 | Shuang Guo (China) | 0:00:10.918 |
2 | Anna Meares (Australia) | 0:00:11.030 |
3 | Olga Panarina (Belarus) | 0:00:11.077 |
4 | Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) | 0:00:11.078 |
5 | Willy Kanis (Netherlands) | 0:00:11.105 |
6 | Clara Sanchez (France) | 0:00:11.120 |
7 | Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) | 0:00:11.135 |
8 | Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia) | 0:00:11.202 |
9 | Junhong Lin (People's Republic of China) | 0:00:11.242 |
10 | Jinjie Gong (People's Republic of China) | 0:00:11.250 |
11 | Virginie Cueff (France) | 0:00:11.340 |
12 | Kristina Vogel (Germany) | 0:00:11.356 |
13 | Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) | 0:00:11.385 |
14 | Miriam Welte (Germany) | 0:00:11.408 |
15 | Victoria Baranova (Russian Federation) | 0:00:11.426 |
16 | Lyubov Shulika (Ukraine) | 0:00:11.442 |
17 | Emily Rosemond (Australia) | 0:00:11.444 |
18 | Jessica Varnish (Great Britain) | 0:00:11.464 |
19 | Rebecca Angharad James (Great Britain) | 0:00:11.518 |
20 | Sandie Clair (France) | 0:00:11.559 |
21 | Wai Sze Lee (Hong Kong, China) | 0:00:11.564 |
22 | Christin Muche (Germany) | 0:00:11.571 |
23 | Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba) | 0:00:11.600 |
24 | Olga Streltsova (Russian Federation) | 0:00:11.700 |
25 | Renata Dabrowska (Poland) | 0:00:11.922 |
26 | Helena Casas Roige (Spain) | 0:00:11.995 |
27 | Gintare Gaivenyte (Lithuania) | 0:00:12.084 |
1 | Shuang Guo (China) | 0:00:11.914 |
2 | Olga Streltsova (Russian Federation) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
1 | Anna Meares (Australia) | 0:00:11.682 |
2 | Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
1 | Olga Panarina (Belarus) | 0:00:12.114 |
2 | Christin Muche (Germany) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
1 | Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) | 0:00:11.782 |
2 | Wai Sze Lee (Hong Kong, China) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
1 | Willy Kanis (Netherlands) | 0:00:11.418 |
2 | Sandie Clair (France) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
1 | Clara Sanchez (France) | 0:00:11.874 |
2 | Rebecca Angharad James (Great Britain) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
1 | Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) | 0:00:11.794 |
2 | Jessica Varnish (Great Britain) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
1 | Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia) | 0:00:11.577 |
2 | Emily Rosemond (Australia) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
1 | Lyubov Shulika (Ukraine) | 0:00:11.693 |
2 | Junhong Lin (People's Republic of China) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
1 | Victoria Baranova (Russian Federation) | 0:00:11.898 |
2 | Jinjie Gong (People's Republic of China) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
1 | Virginie Cueff (France) | 0:00:11.848 |
REL | Miriam Welte (Germany) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
1 | Kristina Vogel (Germany) | 0:00:11.813 |
2 | Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
1 | Shuang Guo (China) | 0:00:11.804 |
2 | Kristina Vogel (Germany) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
1 | Anna Meares (Australia) | 0:00:11.717 |
2 | Virginie Cueff (France) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
1 | Victoria Baranova (Russian Federation) | 0:00:11.763 |
2 | Olga Panarina (Belarus) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
1 | Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) | 0:00:11.660 |
2 | Lyubov Shulika (Ukraine) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
1 | Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia) | 0:00:11.536 |
2 | Willy Kanis (Netherlands) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
1 | Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) | 0:00:11.552 |
2 | Clara Sanchez (France) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
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