Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's tandem sprint B

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Women's tandem sprint B
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Cycling (track) pictogram.svg
Venue Lee Valley VeloPark
Dates29 July
Competitors8 from 3 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
  2018
2026  

The women's tandem sprint B at the 2022 Commonwealth Games is part of the cycling programme, and took place on 29 July 2022.

Contents

No bronze medal was awarded as the minimum five entries did not compete, after a late withdrawal from the fifth entered team. [1] This meant only the gold and silver were awarded per Commonwealth Games Federation regulations. [2]

Records

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

World record Flag of England.svg  Sophie Thornhill  (ENG)10.609 Brisbane, Australia 5 April 2018
Games record Flag of England.svg  Sophie Thornhill  (ENG)10.609 Brisbane, Australia 5 April 2018

Schedule

The schedule is as follows: [3]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Friday 29 July 202210:02Qualifying
10:47Semifinals
16:02Finals

Results

Qualifying

Times in the qualifying rides determined seeding for the semifinals.

RankNationRidersTimeBehindAverage speed (km/h)Notes
1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Jessica Gallagher
Caitlin Ward (pilot)
10.67567.447
2Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Aileen McGlynn
Ellie Stone (pilot)
11.145+0.47064.603
3Flag of England.svg  England Sophie Unwin
Georgia Holt (pilot)
11.386+0.71163.236
4Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Libby Clegg
Jenny Holl (pilot)
11.898+1.22360.514

Semifinals

The winners race for the gold and silver medals. The losers race for third place. [4]

HeatRankCountryRidersRace 1Race 2DeciderNotes
11Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Jessica Gallagher
Caitlin Ward (pilot)
wonwonQG
12Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Libby Clegg
Jenny Holl (pilot)
+0.845+1.821
21Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Aileen McGlynn
Ellie Stone (pilot)
won+0.111wonQG
22Flag of England.svg  England Sophie Unwin
Georgia Holt (pilot)
+0.139wonREL

Finals

The final classification is determined in the medal finals. [5]

RankCountryRidersRace 1Race 2DeciderNotes
Gold medal final
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Australia Jessica Gallagher
Caitlin Ward (pilot)
won won
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Aileen McGlynn
Ellie Stone (pilot)
+0.518+0.121
3rd place decider
3Flag of England.svg  England Sophie Unwin
Georgia Holt (pilot)
wonwon
4Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Libby Clegg
Jenny Holl (pilot)
+1.164+1.128

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References

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  2. "Commonwealth Games: Sophie Unwin left in tears after not being awarded bronze medal despite third-place finish". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  3. "Cycling Track | Schedule". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  4. Semifinals results
  5. Finals results