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The Chinese pair of Jinjie Gong and Lin Junhong posted the fastest time in qualifying (33.696sec) to set up a gold medal ride against Dutch pair Yvonne Hijgenaar and Willy Kanis who posted a the fastest first lap and third fastest second to place them second.

The French pair of Sandie Clair and Clara Sanchez secured their place in the Bronze ride with a time of 34.342 seconds. The Australian pairing of Anna Meares and Emily Rosemond. Meares went out fast and Rosemond had to work hard to hold onto the her wheel.

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Yvonne Hijgenaar and Willy Kanis (NED) were very happy to qualifying for the Gold medal ride off against the Chinese. Hijgenaar was very please but feels there is a bit more to come, "Willy [Kanis] went so fast, I struggled to stay on her wheel. I had to work so hard and was a little spent by the last half lap," said Hijgenaar.

Anna Meares and Emily Rosemond (AUS) blew the competition away again setting the fastest time in the Team Sprint. Rosemond was a little in awe of her team mate, "I was a little nervous knowing how fast Anna [Meares] can ride. she went off so fast and I had to dig in. Anna, eased a little to give me a breather before the final lap. I think we can go faster in the finals." said Rosemond.

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Results

Qualifying

Position	Name		Country/Team	Time	km/hr
1	GONG	Jinjie	China	33.696	53.418
1	JUNHONG	Lin	China
2	HIJGENAAR	Yvonne	Netherlands	33.815	53.230
2	KANIS	Willy	Netherlands
3	MEARES	Anna	Australia	34.053	52.858
3	ROSEMOND	Emily	Australia
4	CLAIR	Sandie	France	34.342	52.413
4	SANCHEZ	Clara	France
5	KIM	Won Gyeong	Korea	35.567	50.608
5	LEE	Eun Ji	Korea
6	LEE	Wai Sze	Hongkong	35.584	50.584
6	MENG	Zhao Juan	Hongkong
7	KLAPANARA	Eleni	Greece	36.550	49.247
7	KOUTSONIKOLI	Angeliki	Greece
8	MARTINEZ	Adriana	Mexico	40.629	44.303
8	PLIEGO	Dulce	Mexico

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Qualifying

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