Cycling – Women's cross-country at the 2018 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Nerang National Park | |||||||||
Dates | 12 April | |||||||||
Competitors | 13 from 10 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:18:02 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games | ||
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Road cycling | ||
Road race | men | women |
Time trial | men | women |
Track cycling | ||
Individual pursuit | men | women |
Team pursuit | men | women |
Sprint | men | women |
Team sprint | men | women |
Points race | men | women |
Keirin | men | women |
Scratch race | men | women |
Time trial | men | women |
Mountain biking | ||
Cross-country | men | women |
Para-track | ||
Sprint | men | women |
Time trial | men | women |
The women's cross country mountain biking competition at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia was held on 12 April in the Nerang National Park.
The schedule was as follows: [1]
Date | Time | Round |
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Thursday 12 April 2018 | 10:31 | Race |
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
The results were as follows: [2]
Rank | Name | Time | Behind |
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Annie Last (ENG) | 1:18:02 | – | |
Evie Richards (ENG) | 1:18:50 | +0:48 | |
Haley Smith (CAN) | 1:20:26 | +2:24 | |
4 | Emily Batty (CAN) | 1:21:02 | +3:00 |
5 | Isla Short (SCO) | 1:21:34 | +3:32 |
6 | Rebecca McConnell (AUS) | 1:22:32 | +4:30 |
7 | Mariske Strauss (RSA) | 1:22:50 | +4:48 |
8 | Michelle Vorster (NAM) | 1:23:37 | +5:35 |
9 | Samara Sheppard (NZL) | 1:23:46 | +5:44 |
10 | Antri Christoforou (CYP) | -1LAP | – |
11 | Cherie Redecker (RSA) | -1LAP | – |
12 | Likeleli Masitise (LES) | -4LAP | – |
– | Flora Duffy (BER) | DNS | – |
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