Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's team sprint explained

Event:Cycling Track – Women's team sprint
Games:2018
Venue:Anna Meares Velodrome
Dates:5 April
Competitors:14
Nations:7
Gold:Kaarle McCulloch
Stephanie Morton
Goldcga:AUS
Silver:Natasha Hansen
Emma Cumming
Silvercga:NZL
Bronze:Lauren Bate
Katy Marchant
Bronzecga:ENG
Win Value:32.488 GR
Prev:2010
Next:2022

The women's team sprint at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was part of the cycling programme, which took place on 5 April 2018.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record
(Gong Jinjie, Zhong Tianshi)
32.034Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France18 February 2015
Games record
(Kaarle McCulloch, Anna Meares)
33.811Delhi, India6 October 2010

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:[1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

DateTimeRound
Thursday 5 April 2018 16:24 Qualifying
style=background:lemonchiffon20:51 / 20:58 style=background:lemonchiffonFinals

Results

Qualifying

The two fastest teams advance to the gold medal final. The next two fastest teams advance to the bronze medal final.[2]

Rank Nation Time Behind Notes
1
Kaarle McCulloch
Stephanie Morton
32.578 QG, GR
2
Emma Cumming
Natasha Hansen
33.321 +0.743 QG
3
Lauren Bate
Katy Marchant
33.739 +1.161 QB
4
Rachel James
Eleanor Coster
34.413 +1.835 QB
5
Farina Shawati Mohd Adnan
Fatehah Mustapa
34.826 +2.248
6
Aleena Reji
Deborah Herold
35.309 +2.731

Amelia Walsh
Lauriane Genest
DSQ

Finals

The final classification is determined in the medal finals.[3]

Rank Nation Time Behind Notes
Bronze medal final

Lauren Bate
Katy Marchant
33.893
4
Rachel James
Eleanor Coster
34.415 +0.522
Gold medal final

Kaarle McCulloch
Stephanie Morton
32.488 GR

Natasha Hansen
Emma Cumming
33.115 +0.627

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cycling Track Daily Schedule . 3 April 2018 . Gold Coast 2018 . 5 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180405152859/https://results.gc2018.com/en/cycling-track/daily-schedule.htm . dead .
  2. Web site: Cycling Track Women's Team Sprint - Qualifying Results . 5 April 2018 . Gold Coast 2018.
  3. Web site: Cycling Track Women's Team Sprint - Finals Results . 5 April 2018 . Gold Coast 2018.