Cycling Track – Women's team sprint at the 2018 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Anna Meares Velodrome | |||||||||
Dates | 5 April | |||||||||
Competitors | 14 from 7 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 32.488 GR | |||||||||
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 team sprint at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was part of the cycling programme, which took place on 5 April 2018.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:
World record [lower-alpha 1] | China (Gong Jinjie, Zhong Tianshi) | 32.034 | Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France | 18 February 2015 |
Games record | Australia (Kaarle McCulloch, Anna Meares) | 33.811 | Delhi, India | 6 October 2010 |
The schedule is as follows: [2]
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
Date | Time | Round |
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Thursday 5 April 2018 | 16:24 | Qualifying |
20:51 / 20:58 | Finals |
The two fastest teams advance to the gold medal final. The next two fastest teams advance to the bronze medal final. [3]
Rank | Nation | Time | Behind | Notes |
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1 | Australia Kaarle McCulloch Stephanie Morton | 32.578 | – | QG, GR |
2 | New Zealand Emma Cumming Natasha Hansen | 33.321 | +0.743 | QG |
3 | England Lauren Bate Katy Marchant | 33.739 | +1.161 | QB |
4 | Wales Rachel James Eleanor Coster | 34.413 | +1.835 | QB |
5 | Malaysia Farina Shawati Mohd Adnan Fatehah Mustapa | 34.826 | +2.248 | |
6 | India Aleena Reji Deborah Herold | 35.309 | +2.731 | |
Canada Amelia Walsh Lauriane Genest | DSQ |
The final classification is determined in the medal finals. [4]
Rank | Nation | Time | Behind | Notes |
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Bronze medal final | ||||
England Lauren Bate Katy Marchant | 33.893 | – | ||
4 | Wales Rachel James Eleanor Coster | 34.415 | +0.522 | |
Gold medal final | ||||
Australia Kaarle McCulloch Stephanie Morton | 32.488 | – | GR | |
New Zealand Natasha Hansen Emma Cumming | 33.115 | +0.627 |
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