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Sprint Qualifying and Rounds

Race Writeup

1/8 Finals

Again the top riders qualified for the next round of the sprints. Missing out thought was Clara Sanchez (FRA). She was up against Shuang Guo (CHN) and just missed out on the line. Also having to fight their way to the next round was Kaarle McCulloch (AUS) and Yvonne Hijgenaar (NED). Despite being one of the faster riders in the 1/16 finals, Kristina Vogel (GER) could not match the speed of Willy Kanis (NED).

Repechage

With six riders fighting over two spots in the final, the Repechage was always going to be tough. In the first of the rides, Hijgenaar, Sanchez and Vogel were matched. Hijgenaar played it tactical and held the sprinters line for the whole race. On the line Sanchez tried to come round but missed out again on the line. In the second ride, McCulloch used the same tactic as Hijgenaar and held the inside line, forcing Elisa Frisoni (ITA) and Miriam Welte (GER) round the outside. Welte nearly passed McCulloch on the finish straight but McCulloch held on to get into the next round.

1/16 Finals

The top twelve riders progressed to the 1/8 Finals, as expected Victoria Pendleton (GBR), Simona Krupeckaite (LTU) made the final. Lyubov Shulika (UKR), Shuang Guo (CHN), Olga Panarina (BLR), Willy Kanis (NED), Kristina Vogel and team mate Miriam Welte (GER) all qualified. Kaarle McCulloch (AUS) also made the 1/8th. In the battle of the French women, Clara Sanchez outwitted her team mate to make the final. The final two to make the cut were Elisa Frisoni (ITA) and Yvonne Hijgenaar (NED)

Sprint Qualifying

Victoria Pendleton (GBR) qualified fastest in a time of 10.971 seconds, just outside the World record time of 10.831 seconds. Twenty four riders started the sprint competition, notable absentees were Anna Meares (Australia) and Svetlana Grankovskaya (Russia).

Olga Panarina (BLR) set the early pace in a time of 11.176 seconds. It wasn't until the top riders over the last 12 months started that she lost her position. Shuang Guo (CHN) was the first to go faster. Guo completed the 250m in a time of 11.154 second.

World Cup winner Lyubov Shulika (UKR) was the fastest over the first 125m but could not sustain her speed to the finish and ended up completing the 250m in a time of 11.148 seconds. Simona Krupeckaite (LTU) who broke the World Record in the 500m TT, was fastest over the first 125m and finished in 11.134 seconds.

It was down to Pendleton, the World and Olympic champion from 2008 to go last and she set a blistering time of 10.971 seconds, only .14 seconds off the World record time set in 1993 by Olga Slusareva (RUS).

Comments

Willy Kanis (NED) was pleased to have got through to the quarterfinals. "I am happy to have got through, I am not feeling so well," said Kanis. Talking about the fast times in the qualifying rounds, Kanis added, "Yes some surprising some not, we will see how I go. It is good to have both of us in the next round though. I hope one of us can get through to tomorrow."

Yvonne Hijgenaar (NED) had to fight her way to the next round via the Repechage round. "I thought, this is a really hard race. Sanchez and Vogel were both faster than me in the qualification round. So I thought get to the front and try something and wait and see. It worked, so that is good," said Hijgenaar.

Kaarle McCulloch (AUS) was very relieved to have made the quarterfinals. "My goal was to make the quarterfinals and I have. Not I can go out there and give my best shot against Vicky Pendleton. I expected to go a bit faster personally but definitely the top four women went fast and set the bench mark for everyone else," said McCulloch. After achieving a World title in the Team Sprint, McCulloch was asked about re-motivating herself for the Sprints. "It wasn't too hard, Stu, [the mechanic] put World Champion on my bars so that every time I look down on my bars I am a World Champion. I don't think it has quite sunk in yet. It wasn't hard to get motivated for today. I love racing and it always challenges me," added McCulloch.

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Results

1/8 Final

Position	Name		Country	Time	Km/Hr
1	Victoria	PENDLETON	GBR	11.904	60.483
	Yvonne	HIJGENAAR	NED
1	Simona	KRUPECKAITE	LTU	11.853	60.744
	Elisa	FRISONI	ITA
1	Lyubov	SHULIKA	UKR	12.007	59.965
	Miriam	WELTE	GER
1	Shuang	GUO	CHN	11.561	62.278
	Clara	SANCHEZ	FRA
1	Olga	PANARINA	BLR	11.486	62.685
	Kaarle	MCCULLOCH	AUS
1	Willy	KANIS	NED	12.231	58.866
	Kristina	VOGEL	GER

Repechage

Position	Name		Country	Time	Km/Hr
1	Yvonne	HIJGENAAR	NED	12.191	59.059
	Kristina	VOGEL	GER
	Clara	SANCHEZ	FRA
1	Kaarle	MCCULLOCH	AUS	12.038	59.81
	Elisa	FRISONI	ITA
	Miriam	WELTE	GER

1/16 Final

Position	Name		Country	Time	Km/Hr
1	Victoria	PENDLETON	GBR	12.552	57.361
	Renata	DABROWSKA	POL
1	Simona	KRUPECKAITE	LTU	11.866	60.677
	Diana Maria	GARCIA ORREGO	COL
1	Lyubov	SHULIKA	UKR	12.227	58.598
	Gintare	GAIVENYTE	LTU
1	Shuang	GUO	CHN	12.006	59.97
	Wai See	LEE	HKG
1	Olga	PANARINA	BLR	11.767	61.188
	Jessica	VARNISH	GBR
1	Willy	KANIS	NED	12.265	58.703
	Monique	SULLIVAN	CAN
1	Kristina	VOGEL	GER	12.009	59.995
	Lulu	ZHENG	CHN
1	Kaarle	MCCULLOCH	AUS	12.488	57.655
	Olga	STRELTSOVA	RUS
1	Clara	SANCHEZ	FRA	11.957	60.215
	Sandie	CLAIR	FRA
	Lisandra	GUERRA RODRIGUEZ	CUB
1	Miriam	WELTE	GER	12.363	58.238
	Jinjie	GONG	CHN
1	Elisa	FRISONI	ITA	12.11	59.454
	Ting Ying	HUANG	TPE
1	Yvonne	HIJGENAAR	NED	12.041	59.195

Qualifying

Position	Name		Country	Time	Km/Hr
1	Victoria	PENDLETON	GBR	10.971	65.627
2	Simona	KRUPECKAITE	LTU	11.134	64.666
3	Lyubov	SHULIKA	UKR	11.148	64.585
4	Shuang	GUO	CHN	11.154	64.55
5	Olga	PANARINA	BLR	11.176	64.423
6	Willy	KANIS	NED	11.226	64.136
7	Kristina	VOGEL	GER	11.382	63.257
8	Kaarle	MCCULLOCH	AUS	11.431	62.986
9	Clara	SANCHEZ	FRA	11.477	62.734
10	Lisandra	GUERRA RODRIGUEZ	CUB	11.498	62.619
11	Jinjie	GONG	CHN	11.514	62.532
12	Ting Ying	HUANG	TPE	11.536	62.413
13	Yvonne	HIJGENAAR	NED	11.573	62.213
14	Elisa	FRISONI	ITA	11.586	62.143
15	Miriam	WELTE	GER	11.594	62.101
16	Sandie	CLAIR	FRA	11.613	61.999
17	Olga	STRELTSOVA	RUS	11.631	61.903
18	Lulu	ZHENG	CHN	11.634	61.887
19	Monique	SULLIVAN	CAN	11.702	61.527
20	Jessica	VARNISH	GBR	11.775	61.146
21	Wai See	LEE	HKG	11.901	60.499
22	Gintare	GAIVENYTE	LTU	11.908	60.463
23	Diana Maria	GARCIA ORREGO	COL	12.112	59.445
24	Renata	DABROWSKA	POL	12.506	57.572

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