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

Women's team sprint
at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Venue Lee Valley VeloPark, London
Date 2 March
Competitors 28 from 14 nations
Teams 14
Winning time 32.679
Medalists
 Daria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova		  Russia
 Gong Jinjie
Zhong Tianshi		  China
 Miriam Welte
Kristina Vogel		  Germany
2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Participating nations
List of entrants
Individual pursuit men women
Keirin men women
Omnium men women
Points race men women
Scratch men women
Sprint men women
Time trial men women
Team pursuit men women
Team sprint men women
Madison men
 

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
1stDaria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova		  Russia 32.679
2ndGong Jinjie
Zhong Tianshi		  China REL
Bronze medal race
3rdMiriam Welte
Kristina Vogel		  Germany 32.740
4 Anna Meares
Stephanie Morton		  Australia 32.871 +0.131

References

  1. ↑ "Event Schedule". Track Cycling Worlds. 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
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