2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint
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The Women's team sprint at the 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
was held on March 23. 15 nations of 2 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.
2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was the World Championships for track cycling in 2011. The championships took place at the Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands from 23 to 27 March 2011.-Medal summary:-Medal table:...
was held on March 23. 15 nations of 2 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.
Qualifying
The Qualifying was held at 19:50.| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Meares Anna Meares Anna Maree Meares, OAM is an Australian track cyclist.She has been the 500m TT world champion twice, and a gold medalist at the Commonwealth and Olympic Games.-Biography:... Kaarle McCulloch Kaarle McCulloch Kaarle McCulloch is an Australian professional racing cyclist. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal in the Team sprint and a silver medal in the 500m Time Trial.-Palmarès:2006... |
33.342 | Q | |
| 2 | Victoria Pendleton Victoria Pendleton Victoria Louise Pendleton MBE is a British Olympic and world champion track cyclist. Her father, Max, was also a British national grass-track cycling champion.-Early years:... Jessica Varnish Jessica Varnish Jessica "Jess" Varnish is an English track racing cyclist.-Biography:Jessica Varnish was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire on 19 November 1990, the daughter of James "Jim" Varnish, a keen cyclist.... |
33.356 | Q | |
| 3 | Junhong Lin Gong Jinjie Gong Jinjie Gong Jinjie is a Chinese professional racing cyclist, a member of the provincial Jilin Team since 2002 and the Chinese National Team since 2005. Her coaches include Yongqing Wang and Sean Eadie.-Career highlights:... |
33.569 | q | |
| 4 | Clara Sanchez Sandie Clair Sandie Clair Sandie Clair is a French professional racing cyclist. She won her first title in 2005 in the national junior sprint championship. It qualified her for the European junior championship in Fiorenzuola, where she won the sprint and rode the keirin and 500m time-trial... |
33.601 | q | |
| 5 | Miriam Welte Kristina Vogel Kristina Vogel Kristina Vogel is a German track cyclist. In 2007 and 2008 she competed at the Junior European and World Championships and became a six-time junior world champion and two-time junior European champion. She also competed at the 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.-External links:... |
33.618 | ||
| 6 | Gintare Gaivenyte Gintarė Gaivenytė -Track:-Road:- External links :... Simona Krupeckaitė Simona Krupeckaite Simona Krupeckaitė is a Lithuanian professional track cyclist. She is the 2009 500 m Time Trial World Champion and World Record holder at 33.296s, and the 2010 Keirin World Champion. She also won the 2009 Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year award. In 2010 Krupeckaitė reached one more world record... |
33.788 | ||
| 7 | Yvonne Hijgenaar Yvonne Hijgenaar Yvonne Hijgenaar is a Dutch racing cyclist and former national speed skater.-Background:Hijgenaar is a former speed skater who for two years was in the Netherlands national team. In 2001 she switched from skating to track cycling after finding she rode so much better than she skated that she could... Willy Kanis Willy Kanis Willy Kanis is a Dutch female professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:2003Willy Kanis is a Dutch female professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:2003... |
34.151 | ||
| 8 | Iryna Papezhuk Lyubov Shulika |
34.373 | ||
| 9 | Viktoria Baranova Olga Streltsova |
34.521 | ||
| 10 | Helena Casas Tania Calvo |
34.909 | ||
| 11 | Juliana Gaviria Diana Garcia |
35.242 | ||
| 12 | Lee Wai Sze Meng Zhao Juan |
36.033 | ||
| 13 | Angeliki Koutsonikoli Dimitra Patapi |
36.087 | ||
| 14 | Kim Won-Gyeong Park Eun-Mi |
36.216 | ||
| 15 | Ryoko Nakagawa Kanako Kase |
36.796 |
Finals
The finals were held 20:45.| Rank | |Name | Nation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Medal Race | |||
| Anna Meares Anna Meares Anna Maree Meares, OAM is an Australian track cyclist.She has been the 500m TT world champion twice, and a gold medalist at the Commonwealth and Olympic Games.-Biography:... Kaarle McCulloch Kaarle McCulloch Kaarle McCulloch is an Australian professional racing cyclist. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal in the Team sprint and a silver medal in the 500m Time Trial.-Palmarès:2006... |
33.237 | ||
| Victoria Pendleton Victoria Pendleton Victoria Louise Pendleton MBE is a British Olympic and world champion track cyclist. Her father, Max, was also a British national grass-track cycling champion.-Early years:... Jessica Varnish Jessica Varnish Jessica "Jess" Varnish is an English track racing cyclist.-Biography:Jessica Varnish was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire on 19 November 1990, the daughter of James "Jim" Varnish, a keen cyclist.... |
33.525 | ||
| Bronze Medal Race | |||
| Guo Shuang Guo Shuang Guo Shuang is a Chinese professional track cyclist. She won two bronze medals at the 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, in Sprint and Keirin, and two silver medals at the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, again in Sprint and Keirin.Guo had an eventful semi-final in the sprint at... Gong Jinjie Gong Jinjie Gong Jinjie is a Chinese professional racing cyclist, a member of the provincial Jilin Team since 2002 and the Chinese National Team since 2005. Her coaches include Yongqing Wang and Sean Eadie.-Career highlights:... |
33.586 | ||
| 4 | Clara Sanchez Sandie Clair Sandie Clair Sandie Clair is a French professional racing cyclist. She won her first title in 2005 in the national junior sprint championship. It qualified her for the European junior championship in Fiorenzuola, where she won the sprint and rode the keirin and 500m time-trial... |
33.731 | |