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

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Cycling Track – Women's tandem sprint B
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Cycling (track) pictogram (Paralympics).svg
Venue Anna Meares Velodrome
Dates5 April 2018
Competitors3 from 3 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Sophie Thornhill
Helen Scott (pilot)		 Flag of England.svg  England
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The Women's tandem sprint B at the 2018 Commonwealth Games , was part of the cycling programme, which took place on 5 April 2018. This event was for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot.

Contents

As only three nations entered the event, per Commonwealth Games regulations, no silver or bronze medal was available.

Records

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

World record [a] Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jessica Gallagher  (AUS)11.045 Montichiari, Italy 20 March 2016
Games record Flag of England.svg  Sophie Thornhill  (ENG)11.277 Glasgow, Scotland 24 July 2014
  1. ↑ The mark of 10.891 set by Sophie Thornhill in the 2018 World Championships [1] was not ratified at the time.

Schedule

The schedule is as follows: [2]

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

DateTimeRound
Thursday 5 April 201814:32Qualifying
19:02Final

Results

Qualifying

The two fastest tandems advance to the gold medal final. [3]

RankNationRidersTimeBehindAverage speed (km/h)Notes
1Flag of England.svg  England Sophie Thornhill
Helen Scott (pilot)		10.609—67.867 WR
2Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Jessica Gallagher
Madison Janssen (pilot)		10.954+0.34565.729
3Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Aileen McGlynn
Louise Haston (pilot)		11.157+0.54864.533

Gold medal final

[4]

RankNationRidersRace 1Race 2Decider (i.r.)
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of England.svg  England Sophie Thornhill
Helen Scott (pilot)		XX
2Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Jessica Gallagher
Madison Janssen (pilot)		+0.167+0.207

References

  1. ↑ "Women's B Sprint Qualification" (PDF). UCI / Veloresults. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Cycling Track - Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Qualifying results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
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