2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Host city	Minsk, Belarus
Date(s)	20–24 February 2013
Velodrome	Minsk-Arena
Events	19
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The 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships took place in Minsk, Belarus from 20 to 24 February 2013 in the Minsk-Arena. The Championships featured 19 events,^[1] the same as 2012.

Great Britain, with five gold medals (four in Olympic events), and nine in total topped the medal table. Australia, Germany, France, the United States and Ireland all enjoyed a successful championships.

Becky James of Great Britain, debuting at this level, won four medals, including two gold, in a single Championships, the first British cyclist to do so. Sarah Hammer of the United States also won two gold medals from two events, as did Stefan Bötticher of Germany and Michael Hepburn of Australia.

Martyn Irvine of Ireland broke a 116 year wait for a male Irish track medal with silver in the individual pursuit, only to return an hour later to take Ireland's first ever track gold medal in the Scratch race. Laura Trott suffered her first major senior track defeat, taking silver in the Omnium behind Hammer, but she retained for a third time her Team Pursuit title with Dani King and debutant and World Junior Road Time Trial champion Elinor Barker.

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Medal summary

Stamp from Belarus from the event

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's events
Men's sprint	Stefan Bötticher Germany (GER)		Denis Dmitriev Russia (RUS)		François Pervis France (FRA)
Men's 1 km time trial[2]	François Pervis France (FRA)	1:00.221	Simon van Velthooven New Zealand (NZL)	1:00.869	Joachim Eilers Germany (GER)	1:01.450
Men's individual pursuit[3]	Michael Hepburn Australia (AUS)	4:16.733	Martyn Irvine Ireland (IRL)	4:24.528	Stefan Küng Switzerland (SUI)	4:22.841
Men's team pursuit[4]	Australia Glenn O'Shea Alex Edmondson Michael Hepburn Alexander Morgan	3:56.751	Great Britain Steven Burke Ed Clancy Sam Harrison Andrew Tennant	4:00.967	Denmark Lasse Norman Hansen Casper von Folsach Mathias Møller Rasmus Quaade	3:59.821
Men's team sprint[5]	Germany René Enders Stefan Bötticher Maximilian Levy	43.495	New Zealand Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster Eddie Dawkins	43.544	France Julien Palma François Pervis Michaël D'Almeida	43.798
Men's keirin	Jason Kenny Great Britain (GBR)		Maximilian Levy Germany (GER)		Matthijs Büchli Netherlands (NED)
Men's scratch[6]	Martyn Irvine Ireland (IRL)	17:23.505	Andreas Müller Austria (AUT)		Luke Davison Australia (AUS)
Men's points race	Simon Yates Great Britain (GBR)	35 points	Eloy Teruel Spain (ESP)	34 points	Kirill Sveshnikov Russia (RUS)	30 points
Men's madison	France Vivien Brisse Morgan Kneisky	18 points	Spain David Muntaner Albert Torres	15 points	Germany Henning Bommel Theo Reinhardt	13 points
Men's omnium	Aaron Gate New Zealand (NZL)	18 points	Lasse Norman Hansen Denmark (DEN)	21 points	Glenn O'Shea Australia (AUS)	22 points
Women's events
Women's sprint	Becky James Great Britain (GBR)		Kristina Vogel Germany (GER)		Lee Wai Sze Hong Kong (HKG)
Women's 500 m time trial[7]	Lee Wai Sze Hong Kong (HKG)	33.973	Miriam Welte Germany (GER)	33.996	Becky James Great Britain (GBR)	34.133
Women's individual pursuit[8]	Sarah Hammer United States (USA)	3:32.050	Amy Cure Australia (AUS)	3:40.685	Annette Edmondson Australia (AUS)	3:36.830
Women's team pursuit[9]	Great Britain Laura Trott Dani King Elinor Barker	3:18.140	Australia Annette Edmondson Amy Cure Melissa Hoskins	3:19.913	Canada Gillian Carleton Jasmin Glaesser Laura Brown	3:20.704
Women's team sprint[10]	Germany Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte	33.053	China Gong Jinjie Guo Shuang	33.083	Great Britain Becky James Victoria Williamson	33.893
Women's keirin	Becky James Great Britain (GBR)		Gong Jinjie China (CHN)		Lisandra Guerra Cuba (CUB)
Women's scratch	Katarzyna Pawłowska Poland (POL)	12:45.016	Sofía Arreola Navarro Mexico (MEX)		Evgenia Romanyuta Russia (RUS)
Women's points race	Jarmila Machačová Czech Republic (CZE)	30 points	Sofía Arreola Navarro Mexico (MEX)	29 points	Giorgia Bronzini Italy (ITA)	22 points
Women's omnium	Sarah Hammer United States (USA)	20 points	Laura Trott Great Britain (GBR)	24 points	Annette Edmondson Australia (AUS)	26 points

• Shaded events are non-Olympic disciplines.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	5	2	2	9
2	Germany	3	3	2	8
3	Australia	2	2	4	8
4	France	2	0	2	4
5	United States	2	0	0	2
6	New Zealand	1	2	0	3
7	Ireland	1	1	0	2
8	Hong Kong	1	0	1	2
9	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
	Poland	1	0	0	1
11	China	0	2	0	2
	Mexico	0	2	0	2
	Spain	0	2	0	2
14	Russia	0	1	2	3
15	Denmark	0	1	1	2
16	Austria	0	1	0	1
17	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Cuba	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Total		19	19	19	57

See also

• 2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Ranking
• 2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics

References

1. "2012–2013 UCI Track Calendar". Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
2. "Men's 1 km Time Trial" (PDF). Tissot. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
3. "Men's Individual Pursuit" (PDF). Tissot. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
4. "Men's Team Pursuit" (PDF). Tissot. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
5. "Men's Team Sprint" (PDF). Tissot. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
6. "Men's Scratch Race" (PDF). Tissot. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
7. "Women's 500m Time Trial" (PDF). Tissot. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
8. "Women's Individual Pursuit" (PDF). Tissot. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
9. "Women's Team Pursuit" (PDF). Tissot. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
10. "Women's Team Sprint" (PDF). Tissot. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.

External links

• Official website