March 27/08 11:13 am - Track World Championships: Day 2
Posted by Editoress on 03/27/08
Track World Championships Manchester UK
Photos
Women's Individual Pursuit Qualifying
Women's Individual Pursuit final
Men's Sprint 200m
Men's Sprint 1/16 and 1/8 finals
Men's Sprint 1/4 finals
Team Pursuit qualifying
Team Pursuit final
Women's Team Sprint
Great Britain was pure gold on Day 2 at the Track World Championships, sweeping all three world titles awarded, and setting a world record to boot. In the Team Pursuit, women's Individual Pursuit and women's Team Sprint, it was the Union Jack that was hoisted to the highest spot. The men's Sprint competition also got underway, with the qualifying and first two rounds of competition held, reducing the list of contenders down to eight for the final tomorrow night. There were two Canadians competing today - Travis Smith in the Sprint and Tara Whitten in the Pursuit. Neither moved on from qualifying, with Smith finishing 34th and Whitten 16th.
The big story was the British Pursuit squad's world record of 3:56.322, knocking over a quarter of a second off of the world record time set by Australia at the Athens Olympics. Denmark actually qualified ahead of the Brits, but it was clear once the final started that Britain hadn't gone full bore in qualifying. Australia took the bronze ahead of New Zealand.
In the women's Pursuit, the race was between defending champion Sarah Hammer of the United States, and last year's runner up Rebecca Romero of Britain. Hammer took time off in the early part of the season to deal with back problems, and has been getting back up to speed in the World Cups, however, she is clearly not back at full racing strength. This by no way detracts from the superb performance of Romero, whose gold medal ride was six and a half seconds faster than the American. Olympic champion Katie Mactier (Australia) took the bronze.
The women's Team Sprint was another lock for the British duo of Victoria Pendleton and Shanaze Reade, who successfully defended their title against the Chinese, with Germany taking the bronze.
The men's sprint saw no surprises in qualifying, with all the top seeds getting through to the 24 who would race. France took the first three spots in qualifying, led by Kevin Sireau. The biggest upsets occurred in the quarter finals, the first round of three rides. Chris Hoy (Great Britain) beat the defending world champion Theo Bos (Netherlands) in three rides, and the young French hope Sireau beat his team mate Gregory Bauge, also in three rides.
For Smith, it was a frustrating but not unexpected end to his season, with his last slim chance of making the Olympics gone. "I have to remember that I have come back from an injury that, most people tell me, usually means a year before I can even ride my bike again. So, it was frustrating, because I felt really good all week, the best I have all season. Maybe it was nerves, but as soon as I started the final 200 metres I could tell that my legs were just jelly." (We will have a video interview up with Travis tomorrow)
Tara Whitten, competing in her first Worlds, saw this as another learning experience. "I was definitely hoping for a better ride, but I went out too hard the first lap and it's not a good thing when you can feel lactic acid that early! This year I have been learning every race, and I'll go back home now with a better idea of what I need to do."br>
| Men's Team Pursuit |
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| Qualifying |
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| 1. Denmark (Michael Faerk Christensen/Casper Jorgensen/Jens Erik Madsen/Alex Rasmussen) | 3:57.734 |
| 2. Great Britain (Edward Clancy/Geraint Thomas/Paul Manning/Bradley Wiggins) | 3:58.983 |
| 3. New Zealand (Sam Bewley/Westley Gough/Hayden Roulston/Marc Ryan) | 4:00.833 |
| 4. Australia (Jack Bobridge/Graeme Brown/Mark Jamieson/Bradley Mcgee) | 4:00.947 |
| 5. Russia (Mikhail Ignatiev/Alexei Markov/Alexander Petrovskiy/Alexander Serov) | 4:04.310 |
| 6. France (Damien Gaudin/Matthieu Ladagnous/Nicolas Rousseau/Fabien Sanchez) | 4:04.577 |
| 7. Spain (Sergi Escobar Roure/Asier Maeztu Billelabeitia/David Muntaner Juaneda/Antonio Tauler Llull) | 4:05.138 |
| 8. Netherlands (Levi Heimans/Jenning Huizenga/Jens Mouris/Peter Schep) | 4:05.302 |
| 9. Germany (Robert Bartko/Daniel Becke/Henning Bommel/Patrick Gretsch) | 4:06.941 |
| 10. Ukraine (Lyubomyr Polatayko/Maksym Polischuk/Vitaliy Popkov/Vitaliy Shchedov) | 4:07.086 |
| 11. Colombia (Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar/Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal/Arles Antonio Castro Laverde/Jairo Perez Suarez) | 4:09.960 |
| 12. Korea (Jong Gyun Choi/Sun Jae Jang/Jae Wan Jung/Dong Hun Kim) | 4:14.157 |
| Final |
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| Ride for gold & silver |
| 1. Great Britain (Edward Clancy/Geraint Thomas/Paul Manning/Bradley Wiggins) | 3:56.322 (WR) |
| 2. Denmark (Michael Faerk Christensen/Casper Jorgensen/JensErik Madsen/Alex Rasmussen) | 3:59.381 |
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| Ride for bronze |
| 3. Australia (Jack Bobridge/Graeme Brown/Mark Jamieson/Bradley McgGe) | 4:00.089 |
| 4. New Zealand (Sam Bewley/Westley Gough/Hayden Roulston/Marc Ryan) | 4:01.993 |
| Men's Sprint |
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| Qualifying |
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| 1. Kévin Sireau (France) | 9.992 |
| 2. Gregory Bauge (France) | 10.028 |
| 3. Mickaël Bourgain (France) | 10.029 |
| 4. Chris Hoy (Great Britain) | 10.032 |
| 4. Theo Bos (Netherlands) | 10.032 |
| 6. François Pervis (France) | 10.035 |
| 7. Jason Kenny (Great Britain) | 10.067 |
| 8. Maximilian Levy (Germany) | 10.073 |
| 9. Ryan Bayley (Australia) | 10.126 |
| 10. Shane Perkins (Australia) | 10.150 |
| 11. Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia) | 10.160 |
| 12. Ross Edgar (Great Britain) | 10.178 |
| 13. Roberto Chiappa (Italy) | 10.187 |
| 14. Andriy Vynokurov (Ukraine) | 10.201 |
| 15. Kazunari Watanabe (Japan) | 10.275 |
| 16. Carsten Bergemann (Germany) | 10.276 |
| 17. Sergey Ruban (Russia) | 10.287 |
| 18. Kiyofumi Nagai (Japan) | 10.292 |
| 19. Mark French (Australia) | 10.296 |
| 20. Teun Mulder (Netherlands) | 10.310 |
| 21. Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland) | 10.312 |
| 22. Michael Blatchford (United States) | 10.313 |
| 23. Filip Ptacnik (Czech Republic) | 10.316 |
| 24. Tsubasa Kitatsuru (Japan) | 10.34 |
| 25. Josiah Ng Onn Lam (Malaysia) | 10.352 |
| 26. Hodei Mazquiaran Uria (Spain) | 10.366 |
| 27. Tim Veldt (Netherlands) | 10.373 |
| 28. Daniel Ellis (Australia) | 10.377 |
| 29. Sergey Borisov (Russia) | 10.379 |
| 30. Adam Duvendeck (United States) | 10.419 |
| 31. Ricardo Lynch (Jamaica) | 10.439 |
| 32. Alvaro Alonso Rubio (Spain) | 10.456 |
| 33. Wen Hao Li (China) | 10.460 |
| 34. Travis Smith (Canada) | 10.475 |
| 34. Giddeon Massie (United States) | 10.475 |
| 36. Stefan Nimke (Germany) | 10.500 |
| 37. Denis Dmitriev (Russia) | 10.512 |
| 38. Qi Tang (China) | 10.539 |
| 39. Christos Volikakis (Greece) | 10.592 |
| 40. Vasileios Reppas (Greece) | 10.617 |
| 41. Maciej Bielecki (Poland) | 10.638 |
| 42. Tomas Babek (Czech Republic) | 10.647 |
| 43. Salvador Melia Mangrinan (Spain) | 10.684 |
| 44. Athanasios Mantzouranis (Greece) | 10.736 |
Top 24 go forward to 1/16 finals
| 1/16 Finals |
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| Heat 1 |
| 1. Kevin Sireau (France) | 10.549 |
| 2. Tsubasa Kitatsuru (Japan) |
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| Heat 2 |
| 1. Gregory Bauge (France) | 11.29 |
| 2. Filip Ptacnik (Czech Republic) |
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| Heat 3 |
| 1. Mickeal Bourgain (France) | 10.569 |
| 2. Michael Blatchford (USA) |
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| Heat 4 |
| 1. Theo Bos (Netherlands) | 10.74 |
| 2. Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland) |
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| Heat 5 |
| 1. Chris Hoy (Great Britain) | 10.754 |
| 2. Teun Mulder (Netherlands) |
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| Heat 6 |
| 1. Francois Pervis (France) | 10.895 |
| 2. Mark French (Australia) |
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| Heat 7 |
| 1. Jason Kenny (Great Britain) | 10.574 |
| 2. Kiyofumi Nagai (Japan) |
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| Heat 8 |
| 1. Maximilian Levy (Germany) | 10.94 |
| 2. Sergey Ruban (Russia) |
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| Heat 9 |
| 1. Ryan Bayley (Australia) | 10.608 |
| 2. Carsten Bergemann (Germany) |
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| Heat 10 |
| 1. Shane Perkins (Australia) | 10.77 |
| 2. Kazunari Watanabe (Japan) |
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| Heat 11 |
| 1. Andriy Vynokourov (Ukraine) | 11.386 |
| 2. Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia) |
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| Heat 12 |
| 1. Roberto Chiappa (Italy) | 10.636 |
| 2. Ross Edgar (Great Britain) |
Winner of each heat qualify to 1/8 finals
| 1/8 Finals |
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| Heat 1 |
| 1. Roberto Chiappa (Italy) | 10.572 |
| 2. Kevin Sireau (France) |
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| Heat 2 |
| 1. Gregory Bauge (France) | 10.721 |
| 2. Andriy Vynokurov (Ukraine) |
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| Heat 3 |
| 1. Mickael Bourgain (France) | 10.461 |
| 2. Shane Perkins (Australia) |
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| Heat 4 |
| 1. Theo Bos (Netherlands) | 10.571 |
| 2. Ryan Bayley (Australia) |
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| Heat 5 |
| 1. Chris Hoy (Great Britain) | 10.922 |
| 2. Maximiliam Levy (Germany) | REL |
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| Heat 6 |
| 1. Jason Kenny (Great Britain) | 10.77 |
| 2. Francois Pervis (France) |
Winner of each heat to 1/4 finals. Losers go to 1/8 finals repechage.
| 1/8 Finals Repecchage |
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| Heat 1 |
| 1. Kévin Sireau (France) | 11.00 |
| 2. François Pervis (France) |
| 3. Ryan Bayley (Australia) |
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| Heat 2 |
| 1. Andriy Vynokurov (Ukraine) | 10.682 |
| 2. Shane Perkins (Australia) |
| 3. Maximilian Levy (Germany) |
Winner of each heat qualify to 1/4 finals
| Quarterfinals |
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| Heat 1 | race 1 | race 2 | decider |
| 1. Roberto Chiappa (Italy) | 10.619 1 | 10.613 |
| 2. Andriy Vynokourov (Ukraine) |
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| Heat 2 |
| 1. Kévin Sireau (France) | | 10.31 | 10.749 |
| 2. Gregory Bauge (France) | 10.744 | |
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| Heat 3 |
| 1. Mickaël Bourgain (France) | 10.726 | 10.636 |
| 2. Jason Kenny (Great Britain) |
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| Heat 4 |
| 1. Chris Hoy (Great Britain) | | 10.563 | 10.424 |
| 2. Theo Bos (Netherlands) | 13.334 |
Winner of each heat qualify to semifinals. Losers go to race for 5th-8th
place.
| Women's Individual Pursuit |
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| Qualifying |
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| 1. Rebecca Romera (Great Britain) | 3:29.593 |
| 2. Sarah Hammer (USA) | 3:31.041 |
| 3. Wendy Houvenaghel (Great Britain) | 3:31.753 |
| 4. Katie Mactier (Australia) | 3:32.043 |
| 5. Eleonora Van Dijk (Netherlands) | 3:32.505 |
| 6. Lesya Kalitovska (Ukraine) | 3:33.926 |
| 7. Alison Shanks (New Zealand) | 3:35.212 |
| 8. Maria Luisa Calle Williams (Colombia) | 3:35.505 |
| 9. Karin Thurig (Switzerland) | 3:36.229 |
| 10. Verena Joos (Germany) | 3:36.357 |
| 11. Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania) | 3:36.375 |
| 12. Lada Kozlikova (Czech Republic) | 3:37.932 |
| 13. Elena Chalykh (Russia) | 3:39.084 |
| 14. Yelizaveta Bochkarova (Ukraine) | 3:40.415 |
| 15. Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain) | 3:41.557 |
| 16. Tara Whitten (Canada) | 3:42.931 |
| 17. Tatiana Guderzo (Italy) | 3:44.239 |
| 18. Min Hye Lee (Korea) | 3:44.930 |
| 19. Olga Slyusareva (Russia) | 3:45.304 |
| 20. Svetlana Paulikaite (Lithuania) | 3:48.255 |
top 4 to finals. 1 and 2 to gold and silver ride. 3 and 4 for bronze ride.
| Final |
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| Ride for gold & silver |
| 1. Rebecca Romero (Great Britain) | 3:30.501 |
| 2. Sarah Hammer (USA) | 3:37.006 |
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| Ride for Bronze |
| 3. Katie Mactier (Australia) | 3:32.347 |
| 4. Wendy Houvenaghel (Great Britain) |
| Women's Team Sprint |
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| Qualifying |
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| 1. Great Britain (Victoria Pendleton/Shanaze Reade) | 33.186 |
| 2. China (Jinjie Gong/Lulu Zheng) | 33.943 |
| 3. Germany (Dana Glöss/Miriam Welte) | 34.135 |
| 4. France (Sandie Clair/Virginie Cueff) | 34.165 |
| 4. Russia (Swetlana Grankowskaja/Oksana Grishina) | 34.867 |
| 6. Italy (Valentina Alessio/Elisa Frisoni) | 35.414 |
| 7. Thailand (Wathinee Luekajorh/Jutatip Maneephan) | 37.752 |
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| Final |
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| Ride for gold & silver |
| 1. Great Britain (Victoria Pendleton/Shanaze Reade) | 33.661 |
| 2. China (Jinjie Gong/Lulu Zheng) | 34.223 |
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| Ride for bronze |
| 3. Germany (Dana Glöss/Miriam Welte) | 34.036 |
| 4. France (Sandie Clair/Virginie Cueff) | 34.234 |
