UCI Track World Championships 2012: Women's Team Sprint Results

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Germany's Miriam Welte and Kristina Vogel en route to gold in the team sprint.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Germany's Miriam Welte and Kristina Vogel upset the three-time world champions Australia to win gold in the women's team sprint final, setting two new world records in the process.

The Australian pairing of Anna Meares and Kaarle McCulloch were favourites heading into the event but the German's had sent out an early warning lowering the world mark in qualifying (32.754) which had been set in February by Great Britain's Victoria Pendleton and Jessica Varnish at the London World Cup meet. In a powerful performance, Germany's new time in qualifying against Lithuania was 32.630.

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Team Sprint Qualifying
1	Germany	0:00:32.630
Row 1 - Cell 0	Miriam Welte (Germany)	Row 1 - Cell 2
Row 2 - Cell 0	Kristina Vogel (Germany)	Row 2 - Cell 2
2	Australia	0:00:32.752
Row 4 - Cell 0	Anna Meares (Australia)	Row 4 - Cell 2
Row 5 - Cell 0	Kaarle McCulloch (Australia)	Row 5 - Cell 2
3	China	0:00:32.937
Row 7 - Cell 0	Jinjie Gong (People's Republic of China)	Row 7 - Cell 2
Row 8 - Cell 0	Shuang Guo (People's Republic of China)	Row 8 - Cell 2
4	Great Britain	0:00:32.941
Row 10 - Cell 0	Jessica Varnish (Great Britain)	Row 10 - Cell 2
Row 11 - Cell 0	Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain)	Row 11 - Cell 2
5	France	0:00:33.355
Row 13 - Cell 0	Sandie Clair (France)	Row 13 - Cell 2
Row 14 - Cell 0	Clara Sanchez (France)	Row 14 - Cell 2
6	Russia	0:00:33.440
Row 16 - Cell 0	Anastasya Voynova (Russian Federation)	Row 16 - Cell 2
Row 17 - Cell 0	Viktoria Baranova (Russian Federation)	Row 17 - Cell 2
7	Netherlands	0:00:33.571
Row 19 - Cell 0	Willy Kanis (Netherlands)	Row 19 - Cell 2
Row 20 - Cell 0	Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)	Row 20 - Cell 2
8	Ukraine	0:00:33.639
Row 22 - Cell 0	Olena Tsos (Ukraine)	Row 22 - Cell 2
Row 23 - Cell 0	Lyubov Shulika (Ukraine)	Row 23 - Cell 2
9	Spain	0:00:34.276
Row 25 - Cell 0	Tania Calvo Barbero (Spain)	Row 25 - Cell 2
Row 26 - Cell 0	Helena Casas Roige (Spain)	Row 26 - Cell 2
10	New Zealand	0:00:34.278
Row 28 - Cell 0	Katie Schofield (New Zealand)	Row 28 - Cell 2
Row 29 - Cell 0	Natasha Hansen (New Zealand)	Row 29 - Cell 2
11	Venezuela	0:00:34.335
Row 31 - Cell 0	Mariesthela Carolina Vilera (Venezuela)	Row 31 - Cell 2
Row 32 - Cell 0	Daniela Grelui Larreal Chirinos (Venezuela)	Row 32 - Cell 2
12	Colombia	0:00:35.025
Row 34 - Cell 0	Juliana Gaviria (Colombia)	Row 34 - Cell 2
Row 35 - Cell 0	Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia)	Row 35 - Cell 2
13	Korea	0:00:35.128
Row 37 - Cell 0	Eunji Lee (Korea)	Row 37 - Cell 2
Row 38 - Cell 0	Hyejin Lee (Korea)	Row 38 - Cell 2
14	Japan	0:00:35.301
Row 40 - Cell 0	Kayono Maeda (Japan)	Row 40 - Cell 2
Row 41 - Cell 0	Hiroko Ishii (Japan)	Row 41 - Cell 2
15	Hong Kong	0:00:36.631
Row 43 - Cell 0	Xiao Juan Diao (Hong Kong, China)	Row 43 - Cell 2
Row 44 - Cell 0	Wai Sze Lee (Hong Kong, China)	Row 44 - Cell 2
REL	Lithuania	Row 45 - Cell 2
Row 46 - Cell 0	Gintare Gaivenyte (Lithuania)	Row 46 - Cell 2
Row 47 - Cell 0	Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)	Row 47 - Cell 2

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Team Sprint Finals - Gold medal round
1	Germany	0:00:32.549
Row 1 - Cell 0	Miriam Welte (Germany)	Row 1 - Cell 2
Row 2 - Cell 0	Kristina Vogel (Germany)	Row 2 - Cell 2
2	Australia	0:00:32.597
Row 4 - Cell 0	Anna Meares (Australia)	Row 4 - Cell 2
Row 5 - Cell 0	Kaarle McCulloch (Australia)	Row 5 - Cell 2

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Team Sprint Finals - Bronze medal round
3	China	0:00:32.870
Row 1 - Cell 0	Jinjie Gong (People's Republic of China)	Row 1 - Cell 2
Row 2 - Cell 0	Shuang Guo (People's Republic of China)	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Great Britain	0:00:33.160
Row 4 - Cell 0	Jessica Varnish (Great Britain)	Row 4 - Cell 2
Row 5 - Cell 0	Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain)	Row 5 - Cell 2

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As a sports journalist and producer since 1997, Jane has covered Olympic and Commonwealth Games, rugby league, motorsport, cricket, surfing, triathlon, rugby union, and golf for print, radio, television and online. However her enduring passion has been cycling.

Jane is a former Australian Editor of Cyclingnews from 2011 to 2013 and continues to freelance within the cycling industry.