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29th Olympic Games - JO
Beijing, China, August 9-23, 2008
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Event 22 - August 17: Women's Sprint 1/8 Final
First round narrows women's field of contenders
By Rob Jones in Beijing
Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain), Guo Shuang (China), Anna Meares (Australia), Willy Kanis (Netherlands), Jennie Reed (USA), Clara Sanchez (France), Natalia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) and Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) advanced to the quarter finals, set for Monday.
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- Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) easily beat Sakie Tsukuda (Japan) in the first round.
- Shuang Guo (China) dispatched Swetlana Grankowskaja (Russia) in the first round.
- Anna Meares (Australia) had no problems dispatching Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands).
- Jennie Reed (United States) had a tough ride against Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) in the first round.
- Clara Sanchez (France) came from behind to beat Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) in the first round.
- Clara Sanchez (France) has Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) in her sights .
Images by Casey Gibson/www.cbgphoto.com
- Germany's Stefan Nimke winds it up against Teun Mulder.
- The US' Michael Blatchford starts against Kevin Sireau of France
- Theo Bos and Mickael Bourgain bump in the prelims.
Results
Heat 1 1 Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 0.11.736 (61.349 km/h) 2 Sakie Tsukuda (Japan) Heat 2 1 Shuang Guo (China) 0.11.410 (63.102 km/h) 2 Swetlana Grankowskaja (Russia) Heat 3 1 Anna Meares (Australia) 0.11.663 (61.733 km/h) 2 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) Heat 4 1 Willy Kanis (Netherlands) 0.12.155 (59.234 km/h) REL Lisandra Guerra (Cuba) Heat 5 1 Jennie Reed (United States) 0.11.955 (60.225 km/h) 2 Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) Heat 6 1 Clara Sanchez (France) 0.11.607 (62.031 km/h) 2 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus)
