2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint

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Women's team sprint
at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Venue Lee Valley VeloPark, London
Date2 March
Competitors28 from 14 nations
Teams14
Winning time32.679
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
  2015
2017  

The Women's team sprint event of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 2 March 2016. [1] [2] Initially, China won the final against Russia, but were relegated to silver after an illegal change. [3] [4]

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Results

Qualifying

The qualifying was started at 15:07. [5]

RankNameNationTimeBehindNotes
1 Gong Jinjie
Zhong Tianshi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 32.428Q
2 Daria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 32.560+0.132Q
3 Miriam Welte
Kristina Vogel
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 32.808+0.380q
4 Anna Meares
Stephanie Morton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 32.820+0.392q
5 Jessica Varnish
Katy Marchant
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 32.903+0.475
6 Laurine van Riessen
Elis Ligtlee
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 33.133+0.705
7 Sandie Clair
Virginie Cueff
Flag of France.svg  France 33.258+0.830
8 Tania Calvo
Helena Casas
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 33.455+1.027
9 Kate O'Brien
Monique Sullivan
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 33.867+1.439
10 Natasha Hansen
Olivia Podmore
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 33.932+1.504
11 Martha Bayona
Juliana Gaviria
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 34.171+1.743
12 Jessica Salazar
Luz Gaxiola
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 34.236+1.808
13 Olena Starikova
Lyubov Shulika
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 34.300+1.872
14 Takako Ishii
Kayono Maeda
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 34.721+2.293

Finals

The finals were started at 20:50. [6]

RankNameNationTimeBehindNotes
Gold medal race
Gold medal icon.svg Daria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 32.679
Silver medal icon.svg Gong Jinjie
Zhong Tianshi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China REL
Bronze medal race
Bronze medal icon.svg Miriam Welte
Kristina Vogel
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 32.740
4 Anna Meares
Stephanie Morton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 32.871+0.131

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References

  1. "Event Schedule". Track Cycling Worlds. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  2. Start list
  3. "China demoted from gold to silver at cycling Worlds". New Kerala. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  4. "China cycling disqualification stuns worlds and angers coach". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  5. Qualifying results
  6. Final results