2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint explained

The Women's team sprint at the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 26 February 2014. 22 cyclists from 11 countries participated in the contest. After all teams have contested qualifying, the fastest two squads advanced to the final and raced for the gold medal, while the teams ranked third and fourth, raced for the bronze medal.[1]

Medalists

Gold
Miriam Welte
Kristina Vogel
Silver
Lin Junhong
Zhong Tianshi
Bronze
Jessica Varnish
Rebecca James

Results

Qualifying

The qualifying was started at 19:00.[2]

RankName Nation Time Notes
1 Miriam Welte
Kristina Vogel
32.575
2 Lin Junhong
Zhong Tianshi
32.941
3 Jessica Varnish
Rebecca James
33.214
4 Elena Brezhniva
Anastasiia Voinova
33.441
5 Sandie Clair
Virginie Cueff
33.443
6 Tania Calvo
Helena Casas
33.913
7 Juliana Gaviria
Diana García
34.185
8 Olena Starikova
Olena Tsyos
34.961
9 Frany Fong
Daniela Gaxiola
35.003
10 Takako Ishii
Yuka Kobayashi
35.584
11 Elis Ligtlee
Shanne Braspennincx
REL

Finals

The finals were started at 20:25.[3]

RankName Nation Time Notes
Gold medal race
Miriam Welte
Kristina Vogel
32.440
Lin Junhong
Zhong Tianshi
33.239
Bronze medal race
Jessica Varnish
Rebecca James
33.032
4 Elena Brezhniva
Anastasiia Voinova
33.154

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's Team Sprint / Vitesse par équipes femmes – Qualifying / Qualifications: Start List / Liste de départ. 25 February 2014. 26 February 2014. Sport Result. Tissot Timing.
  2. Web site: Women's Team Sprint / Vitesse par équipes femmes – Qualifying / Qualifications: Results / Résultats. 26 February 2014. 27 February 2014. Sport Result. Tissot Timing.
  3. Web site: Women's Team Sprint / Vitesse par équipes femmes – Results and Final Classification / Résultats et classement final. 26 February 2014. 27 February 2014. Sport Result. Tissot Timing.