2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint

Women's team sprint
at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
VenueOmnisport Apeldoorn
LocationApeldoorn, Netherlands
Dates28 February
Competitors33 from 14 nations
Teams14
Winning time32.605
Medalists
gold medal    Germany
silver medal    Netherlands
bronze medal    Russia
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The women's team sprint competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 28 February 2018 at the Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.[1][2]

Results

Qualifying

The eight fastest teams advance to the first round.[3]

Rank Nation Time Behind Notes
1  Germany
Miriam Welte
Pauline Grabosch
32.640 Q
2  Russia
Daria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova
32.739 +0.099 Q
3  China
Song Chaorui
Zhong Tianshi
33.210 +0.570 Q
4  Netherlands
Laurine van Riessen
Hetty van de Wouw
33.415 +0.775 Q
5  Mexico
Jessica Salazar
Yuli Verdugo
33.604 +0.964 Q
6  Great Britain
Lauren Bate
Katy Marchant
33.624 +0.984 Q
7  New Zealand
Emma Cumming
Natasha Hansen
33.666 +1.026 Q
8  Poland
Marlena Karwacka
Urszula Łoś
33.867 +1.227 Q
9  Spain
Tania Calvo
Helena Casas
33.939 +1.299
10  United States
Madalyn Godby
Mandy Marquardt
34.022 +1.382
11  Italy
Miriam Vece
Elena Bissolati
34.373 +1.733
12  South Korea
Kim Won-gyeong
Lee Hye-jin
34.443 +1.803
13  Hong Kong
Hoi Yan Jessica
Ma Wing Yu
35.791 +3.151
14  India
Deborah Herold
Alena Reji
36.086 +3.446

First round

First round heats were held as follows:
Heat 1: 4th v 5th fastest
Heat 2: 3rd v 6th fastest
Heat 3: 2nd v 7th fastest
Heat 4: 1st v 8th fastest

The heat winners were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceeded to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceeded to the bronze medal final.[4]

Rank Overall
rank
Nation Time Behind Notes
1 vs 8
1 1  Germany
Miriam Welte
Pauline Grabosch
32.652 QG
2 8  Poland
Marlena Karwacka
Julita Jagodzińska
34.100 +1.448
2 vs 7
1 3  Russia
Daria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova
32.987 QB
2 5  New Zealand
Emma Cumming
Natasha Hansen
33.453 +0.534
3 vs 6
1 4  China
Song Chaorui
Zhong Tianshi
33.295 QB
2 6  Great Britain
Lauren Bate
Katy Marchant
33.623 +0.328
4 vs 5
1 2  Netherlands
Kyra Lamberink
Shanne Braspennincx
32.958 QG
2 7  Mexico
Jessica Salazar
Daniela Gaxiola
33.881 +0.923
  • QG = qualified for gold medal final
  • QB = qualified for bronze medal final

Finals

The final classification was decided in the medal finals.[5]

Rank Nation Time Behind Notes
Gold medal race
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Germany
Miriam Welte
Kristina Vogel
32.605
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Netherlands
Kyra Lamberink
Shanne Braspennincx
33.124 +0.519
Bronze medal race
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Russia
Daria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova
32.990
4  China
Song Chaorui
Zhong Tianshi
33.282 +0.292

References

  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ Qualifying results
  4. ^ First round results
  5. ^ Final results