| Event: | Women's team sprint |
| Championship: | 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships |
| Dates: | 20 October |
| Venue: | Vélodrome Couvert Régional Jean-Stablinski |
| Location: | Roubaix, France |
| Competitors: | 26 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Win Value: | 46.064 |
| Gold: | Lea Friedrich Pauline Grabosch Emma Hinze |
| Gold Nation: | GER |
| Silver: | Natalia Antonova Daria Shmeleva Yana Tyshchenko Anastasia Voynova |
| Bronze: | Sophie Capewell Blaine Ridge-Davis Milly Tanner Lauren Bate |
| Bronze Nation: | GBR |
| Prev: | 2020 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The Women's team sprint competition at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 20 October 2021.[1] [2]
The qualifying was started at 18:30.[3] All teams advanced to the first round.
| Rank | Nation | Time | Behind | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pauline Grabosch Lea Friedrich Emma Hinze | 46.511 | WR | ||
| 2 | Russian Cycling Federation Natalia Antonova Anastasia Voynova Yana Tyshchenko | 47.031 | +0.520 | ||
| 3 | Lauriane Genest Kelsey Mitchell Sarah Orban | 48.362 | +1.851 | ||
| 4 | Milly Tanner Lauren Bate Blaine Ridge-Davis | 48.388 | +1.877 | ||
| 5 | Marlena Karwacka Urszula Łoś Nikola Sibiak | 48.778 | +2.267 | ||
| 6 | Fuko Umekawa Riyu Ohta Mina Sato | 49.178 | +2.667 | ||
| 7 | Lyubov Basova Alla Biletska Oleksandra Lohviniuk | 50.230 | +3.719 | ||
| 8 | Tawakalt Yekeen Mary Samuel Ese Ukpeseraye | 55.653 | +9.142 |
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 (cancelled and both teams raced alone)
The first round was started at 19:53.[4] The heat winners were ranked on time, from which the top two advanced to the gold medal race and the other two proceeded to the bronze medal race.
| Heat | Rank | Nation | Time | Behind | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary Samuel Ese Ukpeseraye Tawakalt Yekeen | 55.734 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | Lauren Bate Blaine Ridge-Davis Milly Tanner | 48.066 | QB | ||
| 2 | 2 | Marlena Karwacka Urszula Łoś Nikola Sibiak | 48.156 | +0.090 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Riyu Ohta Mina Sato Fuko Umekawa | 48.622 | QB | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lauriane Genest Kelsey Mitchell Sarah Orban | Relegated | |||
| 4 | 1 | Russian Cycling Federation Natalia Antonova Daria Shmeleva Anastasia Voynova | 47.043 | QG | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lyubov Basova Alla Biletska Oleksandra Lohviniuk | 50.043 | +3.000 | ||
| 5 | Lea Friedrich Pauline Grabosch Emma Hinze | 46.358 | QG, WR | |||
The finals were started at 20:51.[5]
| Rank | Nation | Time | Behind | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medal race | |||||
Lea Friedrich Pauline Grabosch Emma Hinze | 46.064 | WR | |||
| Russian Cycling Federation Natalia Antonova Daria Shmeleva Yana Tyshchenko | 46.718 | +0.654 | |||
| Bronze medal race | |||||
Sophie Capewell Blaine Ridge-Davis Milly Tanner | 48.059 | ||||
| 4 | Riyu Ohta Mina Sato Fuko Umekawa | 48.612 | +0.553 | ||