Day 3 - Women's Individual Pursuit | Women's Omnium | Women's Sprint | Men's Keirin | Men's Omnium
Day three at the London Olympic Velodrome saw Sir Chris Hoy take gold in the Keirin in incredible style, while drama struck Matt Crampton. Joanna Rowsell added a second gold medal to her haul in the pursuit while Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish battled in the women’s sprint. Ben Swift concluded his Omnium campaign while Laura Trott opened hers in style, with an inspiring win in the elimination event.
MEN'S KEIRIN
Great Britain’s Chris Hoy took an incredible victory to claim Keirin gold in what has become his trademark, crowd-pleasing style. Hoy took fourth wheel behind the derny, slotting in behind danger man Mickael Bourgain of France. With a few laps to go Hoy backed off to create space to run into. Then New Zealand’s Van Velthooven went for a long strike for home with Rene Enders chasing. At the bell, Hoy was still fourth wheel but then exploded around Bourgain and the rest of the field to take an incredible win.
There were fireworks all the way for Hoy, who reached the Keirin final in spectacular style, winning his second round Keirin heat after Matt Crampton crashed dramatically with one lap to go. From the off, Hoy took his favoured position of fourth wheel with Crampton tucked in behind the derny. When the motorbike peeled off Hoy moved up the inside onto Crampton’s wheel. The sprint unfolded and Crampton took it on from the front but crashed on the home straight just before the bell. Hoy and the rest narrowly escaped hitting Crampton and the Scot jumped clear, winning the heat easily. Crampton had reached the second round via the repechage after his heat winner was relegated, part one of a dramatic evening for the Sky rider. Following his crash, he was given the all clear by the team medic and went on to compete in the minor final, eventually finishing 11th, still recovering from his earlier spill.
Hoy's tactic in the final was a carbon copy of his first round win earlier in the day, winning his heat the hard way after Irishman Mullen took an early lunge for home and stretched out the field. Hoy, sitting in fourth wheel had a massive amount of work to do with just one lap to go but stunned the crowd with a trademark ‘from the back’ win, perhaps a little too close for comfort for the big Scot. It was, however a massive hit with the capacity crowd.
Hoy victory also sealed the win in the overall World Cup standings.
Results
Finals
Final 1-6
1 HOY Chris GBR
2 ENDERS Rene GER
3 BOURGAIN Mickael FRA
4 MULDER Teun NED
5 WATANABE Kazunari JPN
6 VAN VELTHOOVEN Simon NZL
Final 7-12
7 EILERS Joachim ERD
8 AWANG Azizulhasni YSD
9 VOLIKAKIS Christos GRE
10 NJISANE Phillip TRI
11 CRAMPTON Matthew SKY
12 OKUNEV Ilya PHL
2nd Round
Heat 1
1 HOY Chris GBR
2 MULDER Teun NED
3 ENDERS Rene GER
4 AWANG Azizulhasni YSD
5 VOLIKAKIS Christos GRE
CRAMPTON Matthew SKY DNF
Heat 2
1 BOURGAIN Mickael FRA
2 VAN VELTHOOVEN Simon NZL
3 WATANABE Kazunari JPN
4 EILERS Joachim ERD
5 NJISANE Phillip TRI
6 OKUNEV Ilya PHL
1st round repechage
Heat 1 - Crampton (SKY)
Heat 2 - Okunev (RUS)
Heat 3 - Njisane (TRI)
Heat 4 - Enders (GER)
Heat 5 - Awang (MAS)
Heat 6 - Eilers (GER)
1st round (winners progress to 2nd round, rest to repechage)
Heat 1 - Volikakis (GRE)
Heat 2 - Van Velthooven (NZL)
Heat 3 - Watanabe (JPN)
Heat 4 - Hoy (GBR)
Heat 5 - Mulder (NED)
Heat 6 - Bourgain (FRA)
Final World Cup Standings
1 HOY Chris SKY 22pts
2 PERVIS Francois FRA 22pts
3 LEVY Maximilian ERD 6pts
4 BORISOV Sergey MTT 18pts
5 VOLIKAKIS Christos GRE 14pts
6 MULDER Teun NED 14pts
7 ENDERS Rene GER 10pts
8 NG ONN LAM Josiah MAS 9pts
9 WATANABE Kazunari CCT 9pts
10 AWANG Azizul Hasni YSD 9pts
Images by Guy Swarbrick
WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT
Great Britain’s Joanna Rowsell, fresh from breaking the world record in the team event, took gold in a thrilling pursuit final against Alison Shanks of New Zealand. Rowsell started hot and took an early advantage, forcing Shanks to react and chase the win. Shanks began to close on Rowsell mid race but the GB rider didn’t panic and Shanks overcooked it in the final third of the race, Rowsell powering to victory in a time of 3:32.364. Minutes earlier, Cure of Australia took the bronze medal, beating Sereikaite of Lithunia in a time of 3:36.707.
Earlier in the morning session, Rowsell was fastest in qualifying in a time of 3:33.496 ahead of Shanks and backed up her qualifying ride in the final.
Results
Finals
1 ROWSELL Joanna GBR 3:32.364
2 SHANKS Alison NZL 3:33.406
3 CURE Amy AUS 3:36.707
4 SEREIKAITE Vilija LTU 3:37.137
Qualifying
1 ROWSELL Joanna GBR 3:33.496
2 SHANKS Alison NZL 3:33.578
3 SEREIKAITE Vilija LTU 3:35.739
4 CURE Amy AUS 3:35.783
5 GLAESSER Jasmin CAN 3:36.593
6 VAN DIJK Ellen NED 3:38.989
7 ABSALYAMOVA Verena RVL 3:40.353
8 SCHNIDER Pascale SUI 3:41.414
9 BOCHKAREVA Elizaveta UKR 3:42.076
10 RYAN Caroline IRL 3:42.106
Final World Cup Standings
1 SHANKS Alison NZL 22pts
2 ROWSELL Joanna GBR 12pts
3 HOUVENAGHEL Wendy GBR 10pts
4 CURE Amy AUS 8pts
5 LESYA Kalitovska UKR 8pts
6 SEREIKAITE Vilija LTU 7pts
7 KENT Sarah AUS 7pts
8 GLAESSER Jasmin CAN 6pts
9 PIKAUSKAITE Vaida LTU 6pts
10 SCHNIDER Pascale SUI 6pts
WOMEN'S OMNIUM
Great Britain’s Laura Trott ended the Saturday evening session in fine style, winning the Elimination race in dramatic fashion. The elimination marked the halfway point in the omnium and Trott went into the event in eighth position overall. Trott lived dangerously throughout the race, narrowly avoiding the jaws of the devil in practically every sprint. One by one her rivals dropped away, with Laura timing her efforts to perfection. In the end it was Trott versus Whitten and after what the crowd had seen there could be only one winner. Trott's win meant that she had elevated herself to into third overall, with three events remaining.
It wasn't all plain sailing for Trott, who struggled in the qualifying heats and had a tough time in the points. However, a 2nd place in the flying lap and her elimination win meant that she ended the day with bronze in her sights.
Results
Qualifying heat 1
1 MACHACOVA Jarmila CZE 22pts
2 EDMONDSON Annette AUS 21pts
3 TREBAITE Ausrine LTU 20pts
4 BECKER Charlotte GER 20pts
5 HUANG Li CHN 8pts
6 ARREOLA Sofia MEX 6pts
7 SCANDOLARA Valentina ITA 5pts
8 WILD Kirsten NED 5pts
9 WOJTYRA Malgorzata POL 5pts
10 MEJIAS GARCIA Marlies CUB 4pts
11 OLABERRIA DORRONSORO ESP 4pts
12 D'HOORE Jolien BEL 3pts
Qualifying heat 2
1 JEULAND Pascale FRA 23pts
2 GALYUK Svitlana UKR 20pts
3 I Fang Ju TPE 20pts
4 WOLFER Andrea SUI 20pts
5 LEE Min Hye KOR 20pts
6 HAMMER Sarah USA 10pts
7 KIESANOWSKI Joanne NZL 7pts
8 ROMANYUTA Evgenia RVL 7pts
9 WHITTEN Tara CAN 5pts
10 TROTT Laura GBR 3pts
11 SHARAKOVA Tatsiana BLR 3pts
12 PAVLENDOVA Alzbeta SVK 3pts
Flying Lap
1 HUANG Li CHN 14.339
2 TROTT Laura GBR 14.473
3 HAMMER Sarah USA 14.479
4 EDMONDSON Annette AUS 14.484
5 WHITTEN Tara CAN 14.548
6 SHARAKOVA Tatsiana BLR 14.563
7 TREBAITE Ausrine LTU 14.608
8 OLABERRIA DORRONSORO Leire ESP 14.673
9 D'HOORE Jolien BEL 14.678
10 WILD Kirsten NED 14.706
Points
1 ARREOLA Sofia MEX 33pts
2 GALYUK Svitlana UKR 32pts
3 SCANDOLARA Valentina ITA 24pts
4 TREBAITE Ausrine LTU 23pts
5 BECKER Charlotte GER 22pts
6 WOJTYRA Malgorzata POL 20pts
7 WILD Kirsten NED 11pts
8 EDMONDSON Annette AUS 8pts
9 HAMMER Sarah USA 8pts
10 WHITTEN Tara CAN 6pts
17 TROTT Laura GBR 1pt
Elimination
1 TROTT Laura GBR
2 WHITTEN Tara CAN
3 WILD Kirsten NED
4 EDMONDSON Annette AUS
5 JEULAND Pascale FRA
6 KIESANOWSKI Joanne NZL
7 OLABERRIA DORRONSORO Leire ESP
8 HAMMER Sarah USA
9 D'HOORE Jolien BEL
10 PAVLENDOVA Alzbeta SVK
Overall standings after 3 rounds
1 EDMONDSON Annette AUS 16pts
2 WHITTEN Tara CAN 17pts
3 TROTT Laura GBR 20pts
4 HAMMER Sarah USA 20pts
5 WILD Kirsten NED 20pts
6 TREBAITE Ausrine LTU 25pts
7 SHARAKOVA Tatsiana BLR 30pts
8 OLABERRIA DORRONSORO Leire ESP 31pts
9 D'HOORE Jolien BEL 33pts
10 JEULAND Pascale FRA 34pts
WOMEN'S SPRINT
Shuang Guo of China won gold in the women’s sprint, beating World Champion Anna Meares 2-0 in the final after the Australian had endured an epic tussle with Great Britain’s Victoria Pendleton.
Pendleton faced Meares in the semi finals after beating her teammate Jess Varnish 2-0 in the quarters. The Pendleton/Meares semi was massively absorbing. In the first match Meares led it out from the start and held off Pendleton to take the match. However match two saw Pendleton come around the long way to nick it on the line. Come the decider and Pendleton took it from the front. The GB rider led Meares up and down the track but Meares had some tricks of her own, diving up the inside of Pendleton and streaking clear to take the win and progress to the final.
Pendleton faced Lee in the bronze medal rideoff, the Hong Kong rider impressive all day. Pendleton took the first match but Lee responded and levelled the score in the second. Come the decider and it was clear that the battle with Meares had taken its toll, with Lee winning and claiming bronze.
After losing to teammate Pendleton in the quarters, Jess Varnish had a convincing win in the 5th-8th final, coming over the top from a long way back to take the victory. Later she commented: "To finish fifth in the sprint is the highest that I’ve finished in an individual sprint competition. I was really happy, I’ve been racing against those girls since we were juniors and to beat them here was good, I changed my gear and tried a different tactic.”
“It was a good day’s training,” commented Pendleton. On whether yesterday’s efforts in the women’s team sprint had taken some toll on her, she added: “I don’t think you break a world record without taking a little bit out of yourself, the performance yesterday was way beyond what I expected - you can’t go to sleep buzzing after doing a performance like that and be in top shape the next morning. There were a lot of fresher legs out there. “
Results
Finals
GOLD: GUO Shuang CHN beats MEARES Anna AUS - 2-0
BRONZE: LEE Wai Sze (HKG) beats PENDLETON Victoria (GBR) 2-1
Semi Finals
Semi Final 1 MEARES Anna AUS beats PENDLETON Victoria GBR 2-1
Semi Final 2 GUO Shuang CHN beats LEE Wai Sze HKG 2-0
1/4 finals
HEAT 1 – Meares (AUS) beats Guerra Rodriguez (GRE) 2-0
HEAT 2 –Lee (HKG) beats McCulloch (AUS) 2-1
HEAT 3 – Guo (CHN) beats Vogel (GER) 2-0
HEAT 4 – Pendleton (GBR) v Varnish (GBR) 2-0
1/8 finals
HEAT 1 –Meares (AUS) beats Clair (FRA)
HEAT 2 - Lee (HKG) beats Sanchez (FRA) (Sanchez relegated)
HEAT 3 - Guo (CHN) beats Sullivan (CAN)
HEAT 4 – Pendleton (GBR) beats Baranova (RUS)
HEAT 5 – Varnish (GBR) beats Junhong (GPC)
HEAT 6 – Vogel (GER) beats Welte (GER)
HEAT 7 –McCulloch (AUS) beats Hansen (NZL) (photo finish)
HEAT 8 – Rodriguez (CUB) beats Zhong (GPC)
5th-8th Final
5 VARNISH Jess GBR 11.892
6 GUERRA RODRIGUEZ Lisandra CUB
7 VOGEL Kristina GER
8 MCCULLOCH Kaarle AUS
Qualifying 200m TT
1 MEARES Anna AUS 10.939
2 LEE Wai Sze HKG 11.003
3 GUO Shuang CHN 11.079
4 PENDLETON Victoria GBR 11.111
5 VARNISH Jess GBR 11.147
6 VOGEL Kristina GER 11.169
7 HANSEN Natasha NZL 11.282
8 GUERRA RODRIGUEZ Lisandra CUB 11.302
9 ZHONG Tianshi GPC 11.309
10 MCCULLOCH Kaarle AUS 11.318
11 WELTE Miriam GER 11.322
12 JUNHONG Lin GPC 11.328
13 BARANOVA Viktoria RUS 11.367
14 SULLIVAN Monique CAN 11.380
15 SANCHEZ Clara FRA 11.405
16 CLAIR Sandie FRA 11.427
Final World Cup Standings
1 GUO Shuang CHN 24pts
2 VOGEL Kristina GER 22pts
3 MEARES Anna AUS 20pts
4 LEE Wai Sze HKG 20pts
5 KRUPECKAITE Simona LTU 19pts
6 BARANOVA Viktoria RUS 13pts
7 SHULIKA Lyubov UKR 12pts
8 GUERRA RODRIGUEZ Lisandra CUB 11pts
9 CUEFF Virginie FRA 10pts
10 LIN Junhong GPC 8pts
13 PENDLETON Victoria GBR 7pts
16 VARNISH Jess GBR 6pts
24 JAMES Rebecca GBR 2pts
MEN'S OMNIUM
Great Britain’s Ben Swift finished his Omnium campaign in sixth place, with Arango of Colombia taking a convincing victory, through consistent finishes throughout the six events.
Swift was poised in 4th place coming into the final event, the kilo, with a bronze medal on the cards, after producing an excellent ride in the Pursuit (4th) and in the Omnium scratch race, taking a lap with seven other riders, policing attacks in the latter half of the race then winning the final sprint in convincing style. However, strong rides from Zach Bell (CAN) and Arango combined with an 11th place finish for Swift in the kilo saw him drop to sixth in the final reckoning.
Ben Swift said: “A little but up and down, the points race should have been one of my stronger disciplines but I underperformed there quite badly and the flying lap which was quite a disappointment because I was going quicker in training, I just didn’t get that right on the day.
“I like a devil and getting stuck into that, good for morale and I had a good pursuit which was a bit unexpected really, I have been doing a lot of pursuit training in the team pursuit but that’s a new personal best. Once I knew I was out of contention to win overall I just wanted to win one race, the scratch race was the best opportunity to do that and the crowd was unreal, it has been a fantastic few days.”
Results
Individual Pursuit
1 ARANGO Juan Esteban COL 4:24.087
2 BELL Zach CAN 4:25.057
3 CHO Ho Sung KOR 4:26.340
4 SWIFT Benjamin GBR 4:28.272
5 KLUGE Roger GER 4:29.172
6 FOLSACH Casper DEN 4:29.682
7 TERUEL ROVIRA Eloy ESP 4:30.444
8 IRVINE Martyn IRL 4:31.422
9 COQUARD Bryan FRA 4:31.808
10 RATAJCZYK Rafal POL 4:31.981
Scratch Race
1 SWIFT Benjamin GBR
2 RATAJCZYK Rafal POL
3 KLUGE Roger GER
4 BELL Zach CAN
5 CHO Ho Sung KOR
6 IRVINE Martyn IRL
7 TERUEL ROVIRA Eloy ESP
8 LIU Hao MSP -1 lap
9 ARANGO Juan Esteban COL -1lap
10 VIVIANI Elia ITA -1lap
Time Trial
1 BELL Zach CAN 1:03.667
2 ARANGO Juan Esteban COL 1:03.830
3 RATAJCZYK Rafal POL 1:03.993
4 CHO Ho Sung KOR 1:04.082
5 VIVIANI Elia ITA 1:04.160
6 COQUARD Bryan FRA 1:04.250
7 KLUGE Roger GER 1:04.541
8 VAN HOECKE Gijs BEL 1:04.730
9 IRVINE Martyn IRL 1:04.785
10 LIU Hao MSP 1:04.954
11 SWIFT Benjamin 1:05.348
Final Standings after six rounds
GOLD ARANGO Juan Esteban COL 21pts
SILVER CHO Ho Sung KOR 32pts
BRONZE BELL Zach CAN 33pts
4 VIVIANI Elia ITA 39pts
5 COQUARD Bryan FRA 42pts
6 SWIFT Benjamin GBR 43pts
7 RATAJCZYK Rafal POL 44pts
8 KLUGE Roger GER 50pts
9 IRVINE Martyn IRL 50pts
10 TERUEL ROVIRA Eloy ESP 65pts
Final World Cup Standings
1 COQUARD Bryan FRA 28pts
2 ARANGO Juan Esteban COL 24pts
3 CHO Ho Sung KOR 23pts
4 BELL Zach CAN 18pts
5 KLUGE Roger GER 15pts
6 VIVIANI Elia ITA 15pts
7 IRVINE Martyn IRL 14pts
8 O'SHEA Glenn AUS 12pts
9 ÜNALAN Recep TUR 10pts
10 FREIBERG Michael AUS 10pts
13 CLANCY Edward GBR 7pts
16 SWIFT Benjamin GBR 5pts
