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 was part of the cycling programme, and took place on 29 July 2022.

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No bronze medal was awarded as the minimum requirement of five entries was not met, due to a late withdrawal from the fifth entered team. [1] This meant that only the gold and silver were awarded, in accordance with 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