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Manchester, October 25-29, 2000

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Day 4 - October 28

Men's Olympic Sprint

France make it four

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Team France
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The powerful French sprint team won their fourth gold medal in four years today in the Olympic sprint, defeating Great Britain in the final. The team of Florian Rousseau, Laurent Gane, and Arnaud Tournant were 0.3 seconds faster in the final, riding 44.627 seconds compared to the Brits' (Jason Queally, Chris Hoy, and Craig MacLean) 44.969.

Spain just managed to win the bronze medal in 45.382, after they beat Japan by less than 0.02 second s. The final positions were identical to the qualification, where it was France, Britain, Spain and Japan.

Qualifying

                    Splits:         250 m   500 m   750 m

1 France                           18.259  31.624  45.098 (59.870 km/h)
(Laurent Gane, Florian Rousseau, Arnaud Tournant)

2 Great Britain                    18.063  31.456  45.293 (59.612 km/h)
(Chris Hoy, Craig Mclean, Jason Queally)

3 Spain                            18.192  31.328  45.359 (59.525 km/h)
(Jose Antonio Villanueva, Jose Antoni Escuredo Raimondez, Salvador Melia)

4 Japan                            17.866  31.414  45.553 (59.272 km/h)
(Toshiaki Fushimi, Yuichiro Kamiyama, Tomohiro Nagatsuka)

5 Italy                            18.538  32.074  46.206 (58.434 km/h)
(Domenico Mei, Roberto Chiappa, Gabriele Gentille)

6 Germany                          18.796  32.287  46.224 (58.411 km/h)
(Matthias John, Soren Lausberg, Jan Van Eijden)

7 Czech Republic                   18.928  32.535  46.296 (58.320 km/h)
(Pavel Buran, Marek Hromadla, Ivan Vrba)

8 Canada                           19.146  33.016  47.256 (57.136 km/h)
(Douglas Baron, James Fisher, Lars Madsen)

9 Greece                           18.737  32.833  47.418 (56.940 km/h)
(Nikolaos Agelidis, Athanasios Mantzouranis, Lazaros Skoubas)

Round 2

                    Splits:         250 m   500 m   750 m
Heat 1 

1 Japan                            17.999  31.493  45.586 (59.229 km/h)
(Toshiaki Fushimi, Yuichiro Kamiyama, Tomohiro Nagatsuka)

2 Italy                            18.319  31.789  45.900 (58.824 km/h)
(Domenico Mei, Roberto Chiappa, Gabriele Gentille)

Heat 2 

1 Spain                            18.175  31.295  45.152 (59.798 km/h)
(Jose Antonio Villanueva, Jose Antoni Escuredo Raimondez, Salvador Melia)

2 Germany                          18.617  31.895  45.650 (59.146 km/h)
(Matthias John, Soren Lausberg, Jan Van Eijden)

Heat 3 

1 Great Britain                    18.062  31.346  45.085 (59.887 km/h)
(Chris Hoy, Craig Mclean, Jason Queally)

2 Czech Republic                   18.992  32.312  45.950 (58.760 km/h)
(Pavel Buran, Marek Hromadla, Ivan Vrba)

Heat 4 

1 France                           18.093  31.338  44.769 (60.310 km/h)
(Laurent Gane, Florian Rousseau, Arnaud Tournant)

2 Canada                           18.783  32.782  47.030 (57.410 km/h)
(Douglas Baron, James Fisher, Kyle Hudson)

Final

                    Splits:         250 m   500 m   750 m

1 France                           17.977  31.200  44.627 (60.501 km/h)
(Laurent Gane, Florian Rousseau, Arnaud Tournant)

2 Great Britain                    18.016  31.304  44.969 (60.041 km/h)
(Chris Hoy, Craig Mclean, Jason Queally)

3 Spain                            18.145  31.424  45.382 (59.495 km/h)
(Jose Antonio Villanueva, Jose Antoni Escuredo Raimondez, Salvador Melia)

4 Japan                            18.064  31.499  45.440 (59.419 km/h)
(Toshiaki Fushimi, Yuichiro Kamiyama, Tomohiro Nagatsuka)

5 Germany                          18.617  31.895  45.650 (59.146 km/h)
(Matthias John, Soren Lausberg, Jan Van Eijden)

6 Italy                            18.319  31.789  45.900 (58.824 km/h)
(Domenico Mei, Roberto Chiappa, Gabriele Gentille)

7 Czech Republic                   18.992  32.312  45.950 (58.760 km/h)
(Pavel Buran, Marek Hromadla, Ivan Vrba)

8 Canada                           18.783  32.782  47.030 (57.410 km/h)
(Douglas Baron, James Fisher, Kyle Hudson)

Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit

All German final

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Stephan Steinweg
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Germany are guaranteed another gold and silver medal after Stefan Steinweg and Jens Lehmann advanced through to the gold medal final in the men's individual pursuit. Steinweg was the fastest qualifier in 4.23.08, and Lehmann fourth fastest (4.26.95), but both produced excellent rides in the critical second round to record the best two times.

With the change in the individual pursuit rules to a "sudden death" format, the second round becomes far more important than the qualifying round as there are no semi-finals. After the qualifying round picks the top eight riders, the times from round two are used to determine who will ride for the gold, and who will ride for the bronze. There are no semi-finals.

So, Britain's Rob Hayles who rode a good 4.24.04 to qualify second, ended up with the third fastest time in round two even though he comfortably beat Dutchman Robert Slippens. Hayles will face Francis Moreau (Fra) in the bronze medal ride-off, after Moreau beat Sergio Escobar (Spa).

Qualifying

               Splits:         1 km     2 km     3 km     4 km

1 Stefan Steinweg (Ger)        1.10.01  2.14.59  3.19.17  4.23.08 (54.736 km/h)
2 Robert Hayles (GBr)          1.09.08  2.13.76  3.19.46  4.24.04
3 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa)   1.09.50  2.13.75  3.18.56  4.24.85
4 Jens Lehmann (Ger)           1.08.57  2.13.41  3.20.51  4.26.95
5 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze)         1.09.57  2.13.47  3.19.80  4.26.96
6 Francis Moreau (Fra)         1.09.79  2.15.14  3.21.21  4.27.48
7 Robert Slippens (Ned)        1.10.73  2.16.69  3.22.95  4.29.84
8 Noriyuki Iijima (Jpn)        1.09.07  2.17.50  3.26.16  4.32.20
9 Michele Canevarolo (Ita)     1.14.04  2.20.33  3.26.66  4.32.56
10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus)      1.10.92  2.17.84  3.26.15  4.35.19
11 Luca Capuzzo (Ita)          1.13.63  2.22.45  3.28.65  4.35.21
12 Frank Corvers (Bel)         1.09.25  2.16.20  3.24.83  4.35.43
13 Philippe Gaumont (Fra)      1.09.18  2.16.29  3.26.22  4.36.59
DNF Alexei Markov (Rus)

Round 2

              Splits:          1 km     2 km     3 km     4 km

Heat 1     

1 Jens Lehmann (Ger)          1.07.46  2.10.61  3.14.48  4.19.14 (55.568 km/h)
2 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze)        1.10.80  2.15.06  3.23.59  Caught 

Heat 2     

1 Francis Moreau (Fra)        1.10.61  2.16.33  3.21.80  4.26.80 (53.972 km/h)
2 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa)  1.09.51  2.15.09  3.23.05  4.32.46

Heat 3     

1 Robert Hayles (GBr)         1.08.67  2.12.67  3.17.69  4.21.17 (55.137 km/h)
2 Robert Slippens (Ned)       1.10.40  2.15.76  3.21.98  4.28.89

Heat 4     

1 Stefan Steinweg (Ger)       1.09.17  2.13.49  3.17.26  4.20.91 (55.190 km/h)
2 Noriyuki Iijima (Jpn)       1.10.54  2.20.00           Caught

Women's Sprint

Natalia repeats

The absence of top sprinters, Felicia Ballanger (Fra), Michelle Ferris (Aus) and Oxana Grichina (Rus) has left the women's sprinting competitions wide open at the World's. Yesterday's 500 metre TT winner, Natalia Markovnichenko (Blr) proved her speed again by posting the fastest 200 metre qualifying time in the women's sprint. She rode 11.235 seconds (64.085 km/h) to beat the USA's Jennie Reed and Canadian Lori Ann Muenzer.

In the 1/8 finals, both Markovnichenko and Reed did not have to race, while Muenzer beat the USA's Tanya Lindenmuth, Katrin Meinke (Ger) beat Cuihua Jang (Chn), Celine Nivert beat Magali Faure (both Fra) and Galina Enioukhina beat Svetlana Grankovskaia (both Rus). Grankovskaia and Faure each won their repechage heats, and advance through to tomorrow's quarter finals.

Qualifying

1 Natalia Markovnichenko (Blr)     11.235 (64.085 km/h)
2 Jennie Reed (USA)                11.530
3 Lori Ann Muenzer (Can)           11.543
4 Katrin Meinke (Ger)              11.661
5 Magali Faure (Fra)               11.682
6 Svetlana Grankovskaia (Rus)      11.734
7 Galina Enioukhina (Rus)          11.750
8 Celine Nivert (Fra)              11.849
9 Cuihua Jiang (Chn)               11.933
10 Tanya Lindenmuth (USA)          11.951
DNS Ulrike Weichelt (Ger)
DNS Iryna Yanovych (Ukr)!

1/8 Final

Heat 1   

1 Natalia Markovnichenko (Blr)
2

Heat 2   

1 Jennie Reed (USA)
2

Heat 3   

1 Lori Ann Muenzer (Can)           12.229 (58.876 km/h)
2 Tanya Lindenmuth (USA)

Heat 4   

1 Katrin Meinke (Ger)              12.189 (59.070 km/h)
2 Cuihua Jiang (Chn)

Heat 5   

1 Celine Nivert (Fra)              12.201 (59.012 km/h)
2 Magali Faure (Fra)               DQ

Heat 6   

1 Galina Enioukhina (Rus)          12.261 (58.723 km/h)
2 Svetlana Grankovskaia (Rus)      DQ

1/8 Final Repechage

Heat 1   

1 Svetlana Grankovskaia (Rus)      12.699 (56.697 km/h)
2 Cuihua Jiang (Chn)

Heat 2   

1 Magali Faure (Fra)               12.060 (59.701 km/h)
2 Tanya Lindenmuth (USA)

Women's Individual Pursuit

McGregor breaks a long drought

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Yvonne McGregor
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Manchester's Yvonne McGregor scored an impressive hometown victory in the women's individual pursuit, defeating German Judith Arndt in the final by over a second. McGregor rode 3.35.274 to beat Arndt, who had led for the first kilometres. McGregor didn't quite have to pull out a titanic performance as she did in Sydney to beat Sarah Ulmer for the bronze, but nevertheless rode extremely strongly to take the lead with 500 metres to go, giving her a 1.28 second advantage by the finish.

It was not 39 year old McGregor's last race however, as she affirmed that she would defend her title next year in Antwerp before retiring. The individual pursuit medal was Britain's first in this event for 34 years after Beryl Burton won in 1966.

In the other final Marion Clignet was defeated by Russian Elena Tchalykh in 3.37.394 for the bronze medal. Clignet, dual gold medallist last year in the points and pursuit and winner of the points race this year, suffered during yesterday's qualifying rounds and was not able to come close to Tchalykh for the bronze medal.

Finals

                     Splits:   1 km       2 km      3 km

Gold medal final:

1 Yvonne Mcgregor (GBr)        1.15.19   2.24.96   3.35.27 (50.169 km/h)
2 Judith Arndt (Ger)           1.13.91   2.24.40   3.36.55

Bronze medal final:

3 Elena Tchalykh (Rus)         1.13.40   2.24.46   3.37.97 (49.547 km/h)
4 Marion Clignet (Fra)         1.15.00   2.26.39   3.40.47

Final ranking:

1 Yvonne Mcgregor (GBr)        3.35.27
2 Judith Arndt (Ger)           3.36.55
3 Elena Tchalykh (Rus)         3.37.97
4 Marion Clignet (Fra)         3.40.47
5 Rasa Mazeikyte (Ltu)         3.42.82
6 Lada Kozlikova (Cze)         3.43.21
7 Maria Luisa Calle (Col)      3.43.92
8 Anouska Van Der Zee (Ned)    3.45.39

Medal standings after day 4

                    Gold  Silver Bronze
                    
Germany               3     3     0 
France                3     1     1
Great Britain         1     2     1 
Belorussia            1     0     0
China                 0     1     1
Spain                 0     1     1
Argentina             0     0     1
Russia                0     0     1
Czech Republic        0     0     1



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