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Meares, the former world record holder and silver medallist at this year's World Championships, posted a time of 33.583sec, almost a second faster than Australian Kaarle McCulloch. Sandie Clair, the petite French sprinter finished third in 34.339sec.

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Anna Meares (AUS) showed the rest of the world how to ride a 500m TT, another gold medal and World Cup leader's jersey made for a good day, "My legs hurt after that," said Meares. "I felt good despite the Keirin qualifying rounds and pushed hard to the line," added Meares.

Kaarle McCulloch (AUS/JAYCO) was close to a personal best time in the 500m TT to win the silver medal. She was over the moon, "That was great, I am really please with my start. When I finished in Poland I knew I had to work on my start and I am so please with nearly a personal best first time out," said McCulloch.

McCulloch is getting so close to going sub 34 seconds, "That is my goal this year, I want to ride a sub 34 and I think I am well on track," added McCulloch.

Sandie Clair (FRA) was very tired after her 500m TT, "It has been a hard three days of racing," said Clair. "I still have the Keirin to go, so I hope to go well in that too," she added.

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Results

Position	Name		Country/Team	Time	km/hr
Golfd	MEARES	Anna	AUS	33.583	53.598
Silver	MCCULLOCH	Kaarle	JAY	34.267	52.528
Bronze	CLAIR	Sandie	FRA	34.339	52.418
4	JUNHONG	Lin	CHN	34.781	51.752
5	VARNISH	Jessica	GBR	34.979	51.459
6	LEE	Wai Sze	HKG	35.016	51.405
7	HIJGENAAR	Yvonne	NED	35.154	51.203
8	MUSTAPA	Fatehah	MAS	35.989	50.015
9	KIM	Won Gyeong	KOR	36.056	49.922
10	TING YING	Huang	TPE	36.501	49.313
11	EPPINGER	Apryl Jessica	PHI	37.172	48.423
12	KOUTSONIKOLI	Angeliki	GRE	37.318	48.234
13	KIESANOWSKI	Joanne	NZL	38.743	46.46
14	STRELTSOVA	Olga	RUS	DNS

World Cup Standings

Position	Name		Country/Team	Manchester	Melbourne	Total
1	MEARES	Anna	AUS	12	12	24
2	MCCULLOCH	Kaarle	JAY		10	10
3	PENDLETON	Victoria	SKY	10		10
4	CLAIR	Sandie	FRA		8	8
5	KANIS	Willy	NED	8		8
6	LEE	Wai Sze	HKG	3	5	8
7	JUNHONG	Lin	CHN	7	7
8	KRUPECKAITE	Simona	LTU	7		7
9	VARNISH	Jessica	GBR		6	6
10	PANARINA	Olga	BLR	6		6
11	GONG	Jinjie	CHN	5		5
12	HIJGENAAR	Yvonne	NED		4	4
13	WELTE	Miriam	GER	4		4
14	MUSTAPA	Fatehah	MAS		3	3
15	KIM	Won Gyeong	KOR		2	2
16	CUEFF	Virginie	FRA	2		2
17	TING	YING	Huang	TPE	1	1
18	FRISONI	Elisa	FFA	1		1

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