2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint

Women's team sprint
at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
VenueLee Valley VeloPark, London
Date2 March
Competitors28 from 14 nations
Teams14
Winning time32.679
Medalists
gold medal    Russia
silver medal    China
bronze medal    Germany
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The Women's team sprint event of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 2 March 2016.[1][2] Initially, China won the final against Russia, but were relegated to silver after an illegal change.[3][4]

Results

Qualifying

The qualifying was started at 15:07.[5]

Rank Name Nation Time Behind Notes
1 Gong Jinjie
Zhong Tianshi
 China 32.428 Q
2 Daria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova
 Russia 32.560 +0.132 Q
3 Miriam Welte
Kristina Vogel
 Germany 32.808 +0.380 q
4 Anna Meares
Stephanie Morton
 Australia 32.820 +0.392 q
5 Jessica Varnish
Katy Marchant
 Great Britain 32.903 +0.475
6 Laurine van Riessen
Elis Ligtlee
 Netherlands 33.133 +0.705
7 Sandie Clair
Virginie Cueff
 France 33.258 +0.830
8 Tania Calvo
Helena Casas
 Spain 33.455 +1.027
9 Kate O'Brien
Monique Sullivan
 Canada 33.867 +1.439
10 Natasha Hansen
Olivia Podmore
 New Zealand 33.932 +1.504
11 Martha Bayona
Juliana Gaviria
 Colombia 34.171 +1.743
12 Jessica Salazar
Luz Gaxiola
 Mexico 34.236 +1.808
13 Olena Starikova
Lyubov Shulika
 Ukraine 34.300 +1.872
14 Takako Ishii
Kayono Maeda
 Japan 34.721 +2.293

Finals

The finals were started at 20:50.[6]

Rank Name Nation Time Behind Notes
Gold medal race
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova
 Russia 32.679
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gong Jinjie
Zhong Tianshi
 China REL
Bronze medal race
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Miriam Welte
Kristina Vogel
 Germany 32.740
4 Anna Meares
Stephanie Morton
 Australia 32.871 +0.131

References

  1. ^ "Event Schedule". Track Cycling Worlds. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "China demoted from gold to silver at cycling Worlds". New Kerala. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  4. ^ "China cycling disqualification stuns worlds and angers coach". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  5. ^ Qualifying results
  6. ^ Final results