Olympics: China win women's team sprint

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hanju Bao and Tianshi Zhong of Team China en route to Olympic gold.(Image credit: Getty Images)

China won the first gold medal on the track at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, beating Germany in the women’s Team Sprint final.

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Women's Team Sprint qualifying
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Germany	0:00:32.102
Row 1 - Cell 0	Lea Sophie Friedrich
Row 2 - Cell 0	Emma Hinze
2	People's Republic of China	0:00:32.135
Row 4 - Cell 0	Shanju Bao
Row 5 - Cell 0	Tianshi Zhong
3	Netherlands	0:00:32.465
Row 7 - Cell 0	Laurine van Riessen
Row 8 - Cell 0	Shanne Braspennincx
4	Russian Olympic	0:00:32.476
Row 10 - Cell 0	Daria Shmeleva
Row 11 - Cell 0	Anastasiia Voinova
5	Mexico	0:00:33.097
Row 13 - Cell 0	Luz Daniela Gaxiola Gonzalez
Row 14 - Cell 0	Yuli Verdugo Osuna
6	Poland	0:00:33.244
Row 16 - Cell 0	Marlena Karwacka
Row 17 - Cell 0	Urszula Los
7	Lithuania	0:00:33.276
Row 19 - Cell 0	Migle Marozaite
Row 20 - Cell 0	Simona Krupeckaite
8	Ukraine	0:00:33.542
Row 22 - Cell 0	Liubov Basova
Row 23 - Cell 0	Olena Starikova

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Women's Team Sprint Round 1 - Heat 1
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Russian Olympic	0:00:32.249
Row 1 - Cell 0	Daria Shmeleva
Row 2 - Cell 0	Anastasiia Voinova
2	Mexico	0:00:32.701
Row 4 - Cell 0	Luz Daniela Gaxiola Gonzalez
Row 5 - Cell 0	Yuli Verdugo Osuna

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Women's Team Sprint Round 1 - Heat 2
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Netherlands	0:00:32.308
Row 1 - Cell 0	Shanne Braspennincx
Row 2 - Cell 0	Laurine van Riessen
2	Poland	0:00:33.022
Row 4 - Cell 0	Marlena Karwacka
Row 5 - Cell 0	Urszula Los

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Women's Team Sprint Round 1 - Heat 3
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	People's Republic of China	0:00:31.804
Row 1 - Cell 0	Shanju Bao
Row 2 - Cell 0	Tianshi Zhong
2	Lithuania	0:00:32.827
Row 4 - Cell 0	Simona Krupeckaite
Row 5 - Cell 0	Migle Marozaite

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Women's Team Sprint Round 1 - Heat 4
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Germany	0:00:31.905
Row 1 - Cell 0	Lea Sophie Friedrich
Row 2 - Cell 0	Emma Hinze
2	Ukraine	0:00:33.285
Row 4 - Cell 0	Liubov Basova
Row 5 - Cell 0	Olena Starikova

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Women's Team Sprint Final
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	People's Republic of China	0:00:31.895
Row 1 - Cell 0	Shanju Bao
Row 2 - Cell 0	Tianshi Zhong
2	Germany	0:00:31.980
Row 4 - Cell 0	Lea Sophie Friedrich
Row 5 - Cell 0	Emma Hinze
3	Russian Olympic	0:00:32.252
Row 7 - Cell 0	Daria Shmeleva
Row 8 - Cell 0	Anastasiia Voinova
4	Netherlands	0:00:32.504
Row 10 - Cell 0	Shanne Braspennincx
Row 11 - Cell 0	Laurine van Riessen

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