New Zealand took gold in the women's team pursuit(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)
Subway New Zealand duo Olivia Podmore and Natasha Hansen with their team sprint golds(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)
Japan took gold in the men's team sprint(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)
Switzerland triumphed in the men's team pursuit(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)
The New Zealand women's team pursuit squad celebrate their win(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)
A close up of a New Zealand gold on home turf(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)
The Japanese men during their triumphant run in New Zealand(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)
New Zealand's women's team pursuit squad out on the track(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)
Australian men's team pursuit squad took silver(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)
The Australian women, team pursuit world champions(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)
Australia's men take on the team sprint(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)
New Zealand celebrate after their gold in the women's team pursuit(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)
Kirstie James (New Zealand) prepares for a team pursuit run(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)
The fourth round of the UCI Track World Cup began on Friday in Cambridge, New Zealand, and saw the home nation tasting success straight off the bat. New Zealand took a gold medal in the women's team pursuit and bronze in both the men's team pursuit and team sprint.
The rest of the day's events saw golds for Subway New Zealand Track Team in the women's team sprint, for Japan in the men's team sprint, and for Switzerland in the men's team pursuit.
The event kicked off with the women's team pursuit qualifying, where New Zealand laid down a statement of intent with a 1.615-second gap over neighbours Australia in second place. They then breezed through the first round before facing off against Australia in the gold medal matchup.
It was a close run thing early on in the final, though the New Zealand quartet of Kirstie James, Holly Edmondston, Rushlee Buchanan and Bryony Botha gradually pulled away to take gold by 1.755 seconds. Canada took bronze after beating the Subway New Zealand Track Team.
The men's team pursuit saw eventual gold medallists start out slow, trailing fastest qualifiers Australia by 2.121 seconds in qualifying. They then edged past New Zealand by less than two-tenths of a second in the first round, while Australia comprehensively dispatched Canada.
The final was a back-and-forth affair, with the lead switching every 1000 metres as another set of riders faced off. Ultimately it was the Swiss quartet of Robin Froidevaux, Lukas Rüegg, Stefan Bissegger and Claudio Imhof who clinched it, turning in a storming final 1000 metres that saw their 0.246-second deficit transform into a 2.053-second victory over Australia. New Zealand took bronze, beating Russia.
In the women's team sprint, Subway New Zealand Track Team again enjoyed the best start in qualifying, with the duo of Olivia Podmore and Natasha Hansen besting Poland by 0.018 seconds. After getting past Colombia in the first round, they drew Poland in the gold medal matchup, once again edging to victory by a mere 0.022 seconds. Gazprom-RusVelo took bronze after beating Australia.
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The day's final event was the men's team sprint, won by the Japanese trio of Kazuki Amagai, Yudai Nitta and Tomohiro Fukaya after a late surge against Poland. They qualified second, some 0.326 down on a storming New Zealand effort, and then made it past Australia in the first round with a big last lap effort.
New Zealand also made it through, beating Gazprom-RusVelo, but after their quick start to the day they were fourth-fastest, meaning it was a bronze medal matchup against Trinidad and Tobago for them. They duly won, taking their country's third medal of the meet. Later on, Japan took on Poland for gold, taking it at the line by 0.496 seconds.
Women's Team Pursuit
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Womens Team Pursuit - Qualifying
Pos.
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
New Zealand
0:04:14.483
Row 1 - Cell 0
Rushlee Buchanan (NZl) New Zealand
Row 2 - Cell 0
Holly Edmondston (NZl) New Zealand
Row 3 - Cell 0
Bryony Botha (NZl) New Zealand
Row 4 - Cell 0
Kirstie James (NZl) New Zealand
2
Australia
0:04:16.098
Row 6 - Cell 0
Georgia Baker (Aus) Australia
Row 7 - Cell 0
Annette Edmondson (Aus) Australia
Row 8 - Cell 0
Ashlee Ankudinoff (Aus) Australia
Row 9 - Cell 0
Alexandra Manly (Aus) Australia
3
Canada
0:04:17.548
Row 11 - Cell 0
Allison Beveridge (Can) Canada
Row 12 - Cell 0
Jasmin Duehring (Can) Canada
Row 13 - Cell 0
Annie Foreman-mackey (Can) Canada
Row 14 - Cell 0
Georgia Simmerling (Can) Canada
4
Subway New Zealand Track Team
0:04:18.993
Row 16 - Cell 0
Emily Shearman (NZl) Subway New Zealand Track Team
Row 17 - Cell 0
Racquel Sheath (NZl) Subway New Zealand Track Team
Row 18 - Cell 0
Nicole Shields (NZl) Subway New Zealand Track Team
Row 19 - Cell 0
Ally Wollaston (NZl) Subway New Zealand Track Team
5
United States
0:04:21.234
Row 21 - Cell 0
Jennifer Valente (USA) United States Of America
Row 22 - Cell 0
Kendall Ryan (USA) United States Of America
Row 23 - Cell 0
Emma White (USA) United States Of America
Row 24 - Cell 0
Lily Williams (USA) United States Of America
6
Poland
0:04:31.237
Row 26 - Cell 0
Nikol Plosaj (Pol) Poland
Row 27 - Cell 0
Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Poland
Row 28 - Cell 0
Lucja Pietrzak (Pol) Poland
Row 29 - Cell 0
Wiktoria Pikulik (Pol) Poland
7
Republic of Korea
0:04:31.351
Row 31 - Cell 0
Suji Jang (Kor) Korea
Row 32 - Cell 0
Hyunji Kim (Kor) Korea
Row 33 - Cell 0
Jumi Lee (Kor) Korea
Row 34 - Cell 0
Ahreum Na (Kor) Korea
8
Japan
0:04:32.569
Row 36 - Cell 0
Kie Furuyama (Jpn) Japan
Row 37 - Cell 0
Nao Suzuki (Jpn) Japan
Row 38 - Cell 0
Minami Uwano (Jpn) Japan
Row 39 - Cell 0
Miho Yoshikawa (Jpn) Japan
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Womens Team Pursuit - Round 1, heat 1
Pos.
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Poland
0:04:24.613
Row 1 - Cell 0
Daria Pikulik (Pol) Poland
Row 2 - Cell 0
Nikol Plosaj (Pol) Poland
Row 3 - Cell 0
Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Poland
Row 4 - Cell 0
Lucja Pietrzak (Pol) Poland
Row 5 - Cell 0
Wiktoria Pikulik (Pol) Poland
2
Republic of Korea
0:04:27.537
Row 7 - Cell 0
Suji Jang (Kor) Korea
Row 8 - Cell 0
Hyunkyung Kang (Kor) Korea
Row 9 - Cell 0
Jumi Lee (Kor) Korea
Row 10 - Cell 0
Ahreum Na (Kor) Korea
Row 11 - Cell 0
Hyunji Kim (Kor) Korea
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Womens Team Pursuit - Round 1, heat 2
Pos.
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
DNF
Japan
Row 1 - Cell 0
Kie Furuyama (Jpn) Japan
Row 2 - Cell 0
Yumi Kajihara (Jpn) Japan
Row 3 - Cell 0
Minami Uwano (Jpn) Japan
Row 4 - Cell 0
Miho Yoshikawa (Jpn) Japan
Row 5 - Cell 0
Nao Suzuki (Jpn) Japan
DNF
United States
Row 7 - Cell 0
Christina Birch (USA) United States Of America
Row 8 - Cell 0
Jennifer Valente (USA) United States Of America
Row 9 - Cell 0
Emma White (USA) United States Of America
Row 10 - Cell 0
Lily Williams (USA) United States Of America
Row 11 - Cell 0
Kendall Ryan (USA) United States Of America
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Womens Team Pursuit - Round 1, heat 3
Pos.
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Australia
0:04:14.295
Row 1 - Cell 0
Annette Edmondson (Aus) Australia
Row 2 - Cell 0
Ashlee Ankudinoff (Aus) Australia
Row 3 - Cell 0
Alexandra Manly (Aus) Australia
Row 4 - Cell 0
Maeve Plouffe (Aus) Australia
Row 5 - Cell 0
Georgia Baker (Aus) Australia
2
Canada
0:04:16.769
Row 7 - Cell 0
Allison Beveridge (Can) Canada
Row 8 - Cell 0
Jasmin Duehring (Can) Canada
Row 9 - Cell 0
Annie Foreman-mackey (Can) Canada
Row 10 - Cell 0
Georgia Simmerling (Can) Canada
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Womens Team Pursuit - Round 1, heat 4
Pos.
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
New Zealand
0:04:15.695
Row 1 - Cell 0
Rushlee Buchanan (NZl) New Zealand
Row 2 - Cell 0
Holly Edmondston (NZl) New Zealand
Row 3 - Cell 0
Bryony Botha (NZl) New Zealand
Row 4 - Cell 0
Jaime Nielsen (NZl) New Zealand
Row 5 - Cell 0
Kirstie James (NZl) New Zealand
2
Subway New Zealand Track Team
0:04:22.327
Row 7 - Cell 0
Emily Shearman (NZl) Subway New Zealand Track Team
Row 8 - Cell 0
Racquel Sheath (NZl) Subway New Zealand Track Team
Row 9 - Cell 0
Nicole Shields (NZl) Subway New Zealand Track Team
Row 10 - Cell 0
Ally Wollaston (NZl) Subway New Zealand Track Team
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Womens Team Pursuit - Final for gold
Pos.
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
New Zealand
0:04:10.705
Row 1 - Cell 0
Rushlee Buchanan (NZl) New Zealand
Row 2 - Cell 0
Holly Edmondston (NZl) New Zealand
Row 3 - Cell 0
Bryony Botha (NZl) New Zealand
Row 4 - Cell 0
Kirstie James (NZl) New Zealand
Row 5 - Cell 0
Jaime Nielsen (NZl) New Zealand
2
Australia
0:04:12.460
Row 7 - Cell 0
Georgia Baker (Aus) Australia
Row 8 - Cell 0
Annette Edmondson (Aus) Australia
Row 9 - Cell 0
Ashlee Ankudinoff (Aus) Australia
Row 10 - Cell 0
Maeve Plouffe (Aus) Australia
Row 11 - Cell 0
Alexandra Manly (Aus) Australia
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Womens Team Pursuit - Final for bronze
Pos.
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
3
Canada
0:04:18.169
Row 1 - Cell 0
Allison Beveridge (Can) Canada
Row 2 - Cell 0
Jasmin Duehring (Can) Canada
Row 3 - Cell 0
Annie Foreman-mackey (Can) Canada
Row 4 - Cell 0
Georgia Simmerling (Can) Canada
4
Subway New Zealand Track Team
0:04:20.066
Row 6 - Cell 0
Emily Shearman (NZl) Subway New Zealand Track Team
Row 7 - Cell 0
Racquel Sheath (NZl) Subway New Zealand Track Team
Row 8 - Cell 0
Nicole Shields (NZl) Subway New Zealand Track Team
Row 9 - Cell 0
Ally Wollaston (NZl) Subway New Zealand Track Team
Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor, later being hired full-time. Her favourite races include Strade Bianche, the Tour de France Femmes, Paris-Roubaix, and Tro-Bro Léon.
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