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21 Cyclists from 15 countries participated in the contest. The Final was held on 24 March.
World Record | ||||
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WR | 33.296 | Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) | Pruszków | 25 March 2009 |
Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
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Anna Meares | Australia | 33.381 | |
Simona Krupeckaitė | Lithuania | 33.462 | |
Olga Panarina | Belarus | 33.779 | |
4 | Willy Kanis | Netherlands | 33.801 |
5 | Sandie Clair | France | 33.992 |
6 | Kaarle McCulloch | Australia | 34.349 |
7 | Miriam Welte | Germany | 34.407 |
8 | Gong Jinjie | China | 34.538 |
9 | Lisandra Guerra | Cuba | 34.674 |
10 | Lin Junhong | China | 34.803 |
11 | Lee Wai Sze | Hong Kong | 34.974 |
12 | Jessica Varnish | Great Britain | 34.992 |
13 | Virginie Cueff | France | 35.017 |
14 | Monique Sullivan | Canada | 35.334 |
15 | Yvonne Hijgenaar | Netherlands | 35.418 |
16 | Becky James | Great Britain | 35.515 |
17 | Olga Streltsova | Russia | 35.601 |
18 | Gintarė Gaivenytė | Lithuania | 35.603 |
19 | Helena Casas Roige | Spain | 35.778 |
20 | Renata Dąbrowska | Poland | 35.864 |
21 | Elisa Frisoni | Italy | 36.255 |
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