2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint explained

Event:	Women's team sprint
Championship:	2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Dates:	12 April
Venue:	Hong Kong Velodrome
Location:	Hong Kong
Competitors:	25
Nations:	12
Teams:	12
Win Value:	32.520
Gold:	Daria Shmeleva Anastasia Voynova
Gold Nation:	RUS
Silver:	Kaarle McCulloch Stephanie Morton
Silver Nation:	AUS
Bronze:	Miriam Welte Kristina Vogel
Bronze Nation:	GER
Prev:	2016
Next:	2018

The Women's team sprint competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 12 April 2017.^[1] ^[2]

Results

The fastest 8 teams qualified for the first round.^[3]

Rank	Name	Time	Behind	Notes
1	Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte	32.356		Q
2	Kaarle McCulloch Stephanie Morton	32.785	+0.429	Q
3	Daria Shmeleva Anastasia Voynova	32.962	+0.606	Q
4	Guo Shuang Lin Junhong	33.428	+1.072	Q
5	Tania Calvo Helena Casas	33.562	+1.206	Q
6	Shanne Braspennincx Kyra Lamberink	33.582	+1.226	Q
7	Kate O'Brien Amelia Walsh	33.703	+1.347	Q
8	Martha Bayona Juliana Gaviria	34.018	+1.662	Q
9	Jessica Salazar Yuli Verdugo	34.072	+1.716
10	Kim Won-gyeong Lee Hye-jin	34.115	+1.759
11	Martina Fidanza Miriam Vece	34.579	+2.223
12	Deborah Herold Alena Reji	36.320	+3.964

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	Name	Time	Behind	Notes
1 vs 8
1	3	Miriam Welte Kristina Vogel	32.668		QB
2	8	Martha Bayona Juliana Gaviria	33.791	+1.123
2 vs 7
1	2	Kaarle McCulloch Stephanie Morton	32.570		QG
2	5	Amelia Walsh Kate O'Brien	33.563	+0.993
3 vs 6
1	1	Daria Shmeleva Anastasia Voynova	32.456		QG
2	6	Kyra Lamberink Laurine van Riessen	33.580	+1.124
4 vs 5
1	4	Guo Shuang Lin Junhong	33.289		QB
2	7	Tania Calvo Helena Casas	33.653	+0.364

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

Rank	Name	Time	Behind
Gold medal final
	Daria Shmeleva Anastasia Voynova	32.520
	Kaarle McCulloch Stephanie Morton	32.649	+0.129
Bronze medal final
	Miriam Welte Kristina Vogel	32.609
	Guo Shuang Lin Junhong	33.309	+0.700

Web site: Event Schedule . https://web.archive.org/web/20161104041142/http://www.trackworldchamp.hk/event-schedule . dead . 4 November 2016 . 11 April 2017 . 2017 WCh LOC .
Web site: Start list . 11 April 2017 . Tissot Timing.
Web site: Qualifying . 12 April 2017 . Tissot Timing.
Web site: First Round . 12 April 2017 . Tissot Timing.
Web site: Results and Final Classification . 12 April 2017 . Tissot Timing.