Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tandem sprint B

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Cycling Track – Men's tandem sprint B
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Cycling (track) pictogram.svg
Venue Anna Meares Velodrome
Dates7 April
Competitors5 from 5 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
  2014
2022  

The Men's tandem sprint B at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was part of the cycling programme, taking place on 7 April 2018. This event was for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot.

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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Neil Fachie  (GBR)9.711 Aguascalientes, Mexico 13 April 2014
Games record Flag of Australia.svg  Kieran Modra  (AUS)10.050 Glasgow, Scotland 26 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: [1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

DateTimeRound
Saturday 7 April 201814:08Qualifying
14:47Semifinals
18:32/18:35Finals

Results

Qualifying

4 riders will be qualified and seeded for the semifinals according to their times in qualification. [2]

RankNationsRidersTimeBehindAverage speed
(km/h)
Notes
1Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Neil Fachie
Matt Rotherham (pilot)
9.56875.251Q, WR, GR
2Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales James Ball
Peter Mitchell (pilot)
10.022+0.45471.842Q
3Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Muhammad Afiq Afify Rizan
Muhammad Khairul Adha Rasol (pilot)
10.037+0.46971.735Q
4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Brad Henderson
Tom Clarke (pilot)
10.124+0.55671.118Q
5Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Frederick Assor
Rudolf Mensah (pilot)
12.816+3.24856.180

Semifinals

Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon. Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final. [3]

HeatRankNationsRidersRace 1Race 2Decider (i.r.)Notes
11Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Neil Fachie
Matt Rotherham (pilot)
XXQG
12Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Brad Henderson
Tom Clarke (pilot)
+0.144+1.625QB
21Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales James Ball
Peter Mitchell (pilot)
XXQG
22Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Muhammad Afiq Afify Rizan
Muhammad Khairul Adha Rasol (pilot)
+0.276+0.273QB

Finals

The final classification is determined in the medal finals. [4]

RankNationsRidersRace 1Race 2Decider (i.r.)
Bronze medal final
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Australia Brad Henderson
Tom Clarke (pilot)
XX
4Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Muhammad Afiq Afify Rizan
Muhammad Khairul Adha Rasol (pilot)
+0.034+1.459
Gold medal final
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Neil Fachie
Matt Rotherham (pilot)
XX
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Wales 2.svg  Wales James Ball
Peter Mitchell (pilot)
+0.147+0.361

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References

  1. "Cycling Track - Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  2. Qualifying results
  3. Semifinals results
  4. Finals results