World Cycling Championships - Track

Day Two - September 26 1995


Worlds Notes

   * "My goal was to break the record, and I did it," said Shane Kelly
(Australia).

   * Kelly also commented: "The track I was practicing on was a bit like a
goat track so this one was easy by comparison. It was a bit slippery down
the back straight, I felt my rear wheel moving about a bit. It still hasn't
sunk in. I still can't believe it."

   * Jose Maria Lovito of Argentina, Marcelo Beneton of Italy and Toshimasa
Yoshioka of Japan went down together during a 200-meter race. Dr. Norman
Norato said Beneton and Yoshioka, who were taken away with braces
immobilizing their upper spinal columns, probably broke their collarbones.
Lovito injured an elbow, possibly breaking his arm.

Timed Kilometer Finals

1. Shane Kelly, Australia 1:00.613 ** 2. Florian Rousseau, France 1:01.350 3. Erin Hartwell, United States 1:01.740 4. Herve Thuet, France 1:02.434 5. Christian Meidlinger, Austria 1:02.768 6. Jose Escudero, Spain 1:02.841 7. Yuichiro Kamiyama, Japan 1:02.910 8. Soren Lausberg, Germany 1:03.662 9. Angel Dario Colla, Argentina 1:03.674 10. Krejner Grzegorz, Poland 1:03.691 ** New World Record. The previous record of 1:01.945 belonged to Spain's Josep Escudero, set just days before the Worlds.

Men's 4,000 meters pursuit, Qualifying round

Qualifiers for quarterfinals: 1. Andrea Collinelli, Italy 4:24.643 2. Stuart O'Grady, Australia 4:25.701 3. Graeme Obree, Britain 4:26.961 4. Philippe Ermenault, France 4:27.846 5. Bradley McGee, Australia 4:28.020 6. Juan Martinez, Spain 4:28.396 7. Peter Pieters, Holland 4:31.331 8. Jan Bo Petersen, Denmark 4:31.841 Non-qualifiers: 9. Francis Moreau, France 4:32.772 10. Guido Fulst, Germany 4:33.193 11. Juan Llameras, Spain 4:33.225 12. Andrei Iatsenko, Ukraine 4:33.559 13. Alexei Markov, Russia 4:33.591 14. Lee Vertogen, New Zealand 4:33.617 15. Mike McCarthy, U.S. 4:35.430 16. Mariano Friedick, U.S. 4:35.536 17. Alexandre Simonenko, Ukraine 4:35.700 18. Jens Lehmann, Germany 4:36.078 19. David George, South Africa 4:36.112 20. Arturas Kasputis, Lithuania 4:36.126 21. Bryan Steel, Britain 4:36.824 22. Edouard Gritsoun, Russia 4:38.439 23. Jukka Heinikainen, Finland 4:38.509 24. Robert Karsnicki, Poland 4:38.772 25. Walter Perez, Argentina 4:39.110 26. Philip Collins, Ireland 4:39.149 27. Alexander Aeschbach, Switzerland 4:39.847 28. Jakich Bakker, Holland 4:40.013 29. Mindaugas Umaras, Lithuania 4:40.630 30. Marcos Zaragoza, Mexico 4:40.670 31. Santiago Botero, Colombia 4:42.497 32. Dietmar Muller, Austria 4:42.721 33. Gianfranco Conti, Italy 4:44.100 34. Victor Herrera, Colombia 4:44.239 35. Gonzalo Garcia, Argentina 4:44.693 36. Friedrich Berein, Austria 4:45.266 37. Jose Medina, Chile 4:45.856 38. Ivan Dominguez, Cuba 4:46.537 39. Jaroslav Rebienewski, Poland 4:47.037 40. Marc Streel, Belgium 4:49.120 41. Yevgeny Vakker, Kirghyzstan 4:49.883 42. George Portelanos, Greece 4:56.133 43. Anton Villatoro, Guatemala 5:01.219 Brian Walton, Canada; Barrow Musgrove, Bahamas; Randy Albury, Bahamas; Sergei Volchok, Belarus -- All caught and eliminated.

Men's Keirin, First Round

Heat 1
 1. Marty Nothstein, U.S, 10.606 seconds
 2. Emanuel Raasch, Germany
 3. Mario Benetdh, Italy
 4. Toshimasa Yoshioka, Japan
 5. Alan Irvin, South Africa
 6. Walter Ramsay, Bahamas

Heat 2 
 1. Cristian Marcelo Arrue, Chile, 10.897
 2. Nikolai Kovch, Russia
 3. Brian Dandanell, Denmark
 4. Trey Gannon, U.S.
 5. Barry Forde, Barbados
 6. Lambros Vassilopoulos, Greece
    John Jaime Gonzalez, Colombia, disqualified

Heat 3 
 1. Federico Paris, Italy, 11.031
 2. Falvio Guidoni, Argentina
 3. John Rastrick, New Zealand
 4. Lars Brian Nielsen, Denmark
 5. Yuji Yamada, Japan
 6. George Himonetos, Greece
 7. Jean-Pierre Van Zyl, South Africa
 8. Johny Hoyte, Bahamas

Heat 4

1. Frederic Magne, France, 10.519 2. Eric Schoefs, Belgium 3. Paul Swift, U.S. 4. Gabriel Diaz, Colmobia 5. Jose Maria Lovito, Argentina 6. Eugeni Tourovski, Ukraine 7. Teet Laaneouts, Estonia Jose Manuel Moreno, Spain, disqualified

Women's sprint qualifying round (200 meters time trial)

1. Felicia Ballanger, France, 10.905 2. Olga Slioussareva, Russia, 11.060 3. Connie-Paraskevin-Young, U.S., 11.064 4. Galina Enioukhina, Russia, 11.146 5. Ingrid Haringa, Holland, 11.168 6. Erika Salumae, Estonia, 11.171 7. Tanya Dubnicoff, Canada, 11.235 8. Michelle Ferris, Australia, 11.277 9. Cuihua Jiang, China, 11.306 10. Magaly Faure, France, 11.342 11. Katrin Freitag, Germany, 11.352 12. Mira Kasslin, Finland, 11.384 Non-qualifiers: 13. Nathalie Lancien, France,11.388 14. Rita Razmaite, Lithuania, 11.393 15. Zuleika Jaurega, Cuba, 11.397 16. Donna Wynd, New Zealand, 11.418 17. Yan Wang, China, 11.426 18. Nancy Contreras, Mexico, 11.435 19. Lucy Tyler-Sharman, Australia, 11.437 20. Annett Neumann, Germany, 11.458 21. Daniela Larreal, Venezuela, 11.556 22. Tatiana Malianova, Russia, 11.580 23. Wendy Everson, Britain, 11.651 24. Lioudmila Gorojankoia, Belarus, 11.658 25. Giovanna Troldi, Italy, 11.780 26. Natalie Tsilinskaya, Belarus, 11.793 27. Roberta Passoni, Italy, 11.852 28. Agnieska Godras, Poland, 11.853 29. Elena Loskoutova, Ukraine, 12.006 30. Seiko Hashimoto, Japan, 12.014 31. Jung Eun Shim, Korea, 12.160 32. Esther Miller, Barbados, 12.334 33. Graciela Martinez, Argentina, 12.854 Oksana Grichina, Russia, no time
Women's 200 meters sprint, quarter-finals, first heats.
  Felicia Ballanger (France) beat Kathrin Freitag (Germany). 11.733 seconds.
  Olga Slioussareva (Russia) beat Mira Kasslin (Finland). 11.816.
  Connie Paraskevin-Young (United States) beat Erika Salumae (Estonia).
Salumae disqualified.
  Galina Enioukhina (Russia) beat Ingrid Haringa (Netherlands). 11.953.

Note: best of three heats, winners of each heat qualify for the semi-finals.

Men's individual pursuit, 4 kilometers, semi-finals.
  Andrea Collinelli (Italy) (04:22.265) beat Stuart O'Grady (Australia)
(4:23.637)
  Graeme Obree (Britain) (4:22.917) beat Philippe Ermenault (France) (4:25.634).

Note: two heat winners qualify for the final.

Women's 200 meter sprint, quarter-finals, second heat.
  Ballenger beat Freitag. 11.574. Ballanger qualifies for semi-finals.
  Slioussareva beat Kasslin. 11.713. Slioussareva qualfies for the semi-finals.
  Salumae beat Paraskevin-Young. 11.622.
  Enioukhina beat Haringa. 11.248. Enioukhina qualifies for the semi-final.

Men's Olympic sprint, first round.

  Colombia (Cesar Zapata, Oscar Fernandez, Gabriel Diaz) (1:03.469) beat
Cuba (Gil Cordoves, Julio Cesar Herrera, Joel Gelabert) (failed to finish)

  Argentina (Flavio Guidoni, Jose Lovito, Angel Dario Colla) (1:01.367)
beat South Africa (Alan Irvin, Sean Bloch, Jean-Pierre Van Zyl) (1:03.364)

  United States (Harry Gannon, Erin Hartwell, William Cla) (59.370) beat
Russia (Alexei Zinoviev, Alexandre Kirichenko, Sergei Bohantcev) (1:00.937)

  Germany (Soren Lausberg, Michael Hubner, Jan Van Eiden) (59.696) beat
Spain (Jose Moreno, Jose Escudero, Isaac Galvez) (1:00.670)

  Italy (Roberto Chiappa, Frederico Paris, Gianluca Capitano) 1:01.235 beat
Japan (Noaki Arisaka, Keiji Kojima, Nariharo Inamura) (failed to finish)

  France (Herve Thuet, Benoit Vetu, Florian Rouseau) (59.889) beat New
Zealand (Darren McKenzie-Potter, Jason Bruce Graig, John Rastrick)
(1:01.465)

  Trinidad-Tobago (Clinton Grant, Michael Phillips, Gene Samuel) (1:02.260)
beat Bahamas (Barron Musgrove, Randy Albury, Johnny Hoyte) (1:10.416)

Note: Germany, United States, France, Spain, Argentina, Italy, Russia and
New Zealand qualify for the quarter-finals. (Eight best times regardless of
race.)

Women's 200 meters sprint, quarter-final, third heat.
  Salumae beat Paraskevi-Young. 11.678. Salumae qualifies for semi-finals.

Men's individual pursuit, final

Obree (4:24.182) beat Collinelli (4:25.677)

or presented differently;

1. Graeme Obree, Britain 4:24.182 2. Andrea Collinelli, Italy 4:25.677 3. Stuart O'Grady, Australia 4:23.634 4. Philippe Ermenault, France 4:25.634 5. Peter Pieters, The Netherland 4:31.536 6. Juan Martinez, Spain 4:32.333
   * "It was very hard," said Obree. "I didn't know I had won until I
crossed the finish line and saw the clock. He (Collinelli) is very
difficult to race against, he keeps coming back at you."

   * Regarding his slow winning time, Obree said: "The atmosphere was not
so good after the rain and the temperature dropped very quickly."
Women's sprint, semi-finals.

First heat:
  Enioukhina beat Ballanger. 11.796.
  Slioussareva beat Salumae. 11.680.

Second heats:
  Ballanger beat Enioukhina. 11.764
  Slioussareva beat Salumae. 11.206. Slioussareva qualifies for the final.

Third heat
  Ballanger beat Enioukhina. 11.624. Ballanger qualifies for final.

Men's Olympic sprint, quarter-finals.

  Germany (59.232) beat Argentina (1:01.191)
  U.S. (59.358) beat New Zealand (1:02.182)
  Spain (59.837) beat Russia (1:01.118)
  France (58.834) beat Italy (59.960)

Note: France and Germany (two fastest heat winners) qualify for the final.
U.S. and Spain qualify for the third-place race.

Women's 200 meters sprint, final.

  First heat: Slioussareva beat Ballenger (11.923)

  Second heat: Ballenger beat Slioussareva (11.491)

  Third heat: Ballanger beat Slioussareva (12.048). Ballanger wins gold medal.

Third-place race.

  First heat: Salumae beat Eniovkhina (12.564)
  Second heat: Salumae beat Eniovkhina (11.928). Salumae wins bronze medal.



Doyle Retires

   Tony Doyle (Britain), former world champion, announced his retirement
from racing today (Wednesday). Doyle's decision was influenced by a back
injury he suffered in a six-day crash last November.
     "My decision was also motivated by the fact that British cycle sport
seems to be going nowhere. There is obviously a need for someone with my
kind of experience to try to do something about it," Doyle said. He plans
to seek election as president of the British Cycling Federation in
December.


Reports Day One


Individual Pursuit Quarterfinals
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*Ermenault vs. McGee*
For some reason, McGee has not started. Ermenault is alone on the track,
but he still rides the distance to provide a time for seeding in the next
round. Boardman is here commentating for Eurosport. The German commentator
passes along his remark that in the first qualifying round the people
seemed to be going out too fast. Ermenault goes about 1:10 for the first
1km, and ends up 4:30, 3 seconds slower than his qualifying.

*Obree vs Martinez*
Obree looks to get off to his normal slow start, turning a huge gear, but
he has definitely improved since his first title in 93. He comes through
almost even, 0:05 seconds back. Obree is stretched out in a superman
position, Martenez in a more normal position. After 1 km, Obree is still
about a half second back, also about 1:10. Martinez is holding on to his
slight lead as they approach the halfway point, but in the last lap Obree
comes a little ahead. Now Obree starts to really pour it on. From being
about even at 2km, he is now up about 3 seconds after 3 km, and it goes
quickly to 4 seconds. Obree is turning in a definitely better time than in
qualifying. Last lap -- Obree comes through at 4:25.

*O'Grady vs. Pieters*
This should be an easy win for O' Grady. They are off. Pieters on a
"normal" track bike, O'Grady on a white carbon fiber creation, both with
disks on the rear. Pieters immediately gets a slight lead, and opens it up
a little, 1.2 seconds at 1km. But O'Grady starts to close the gap, and it
is almost even after 1.5km. And he is up by a half second before the half
way point. O'Grady continues to build, after 3km it seems pretty clear that
only a collapse would keep him out of the next round, but O'Grady's time is
clearly slower than Obree's. Last round, O'Grady at 4:07, and comes through
at 4:29. Pieters closes a little in the last 1km and comes in about 2
seconds behind.

*Collinelli vs. Petersen*
Collinelli was 7 seconds faster in qualifiers at 4:24. They're off, at the
first time check, Petersen is .6 seconds back. Collinelli opens it to 1.5
seconds in just two laps. The 1km time is 1:09, faster than the earlier
rounds. Petersen fades further behind, now almost 5 seconds before the
halfway point. Collinelli comes through 2km 1 second faster than Obree.
Collinelli is coming up fairly close behind Petersen, but seems to be
slowing a touch. He passes Petersen with a couple of laps to go, so
Petersen gets 7th place. Collinelli finishes out the time fairly easily at
4:25, slightly behind Obree.


Women's Match Sprints--Round of 16
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*Kasslin (FIN) vs Ballanger (FRA)*
Ballanger leading out, she comes to a stop, and the two sit there, looking
at each other. The Finn has proved she can track stand too, and the French
woman takes off slowly again. They come around slowly, and on the steepest
part of the track the Finn slips and slides down the track. No harm done
but to her pride.

2nd ride: Kasslin on the front, again a very slow, tactical match, but no
track stand this time. Kasslin is down on the blue line, something wrong
with the bike. The bell rings, but she doesn't sprint. It's unclear what
was wrong, something with the pedal maybe, but it seems it may not be
something that warrants a reride. Ballanger is declared the winner.


*Sliouseveva, sp? (RUS) vs Freitag (GER)*
Sl on the front, she picks up the pace quicker than the sprint before,
Freitag a couple lengths back. The come to the last lap, Freitag comes by
below, Sl is simply faster and just blows here away in the last 100m. Sl by
1:0.

*Paraskevin-Young (USA) vs Faure (FRA)*
Faure leads, and there's a relatively quick pace in the first lap. P-Y
stays a length or two behind. They come to the last lap, Faure picks up the
pace, and not out of the saddle, but P-Y goes by up above and easily opens
up a gap for the win.

*Eniovkhina (RUS) vs Jiang (CHI)*
Jiang leading, quite quick for the first laps, but Eniovkhina stays tucked
in behind her wheel. Last lap -- Jiang tries to keep the pace high, but
Eniovkhina easily comes by in the last 50m to advance another round.

*Haringa (NED) vs. Ferris (AUS)*
Ferris on the front, then picks up the pace. Haringa comes by as they come
to the last lap, she leads it out, Ferris on her wheel. She tries up on the
track, but Haringa has too much speed and easily comes to the line about a
bike length ahead.

*Salumae (EST) vs. Dubnicoff (CAN)*
Looks like the best match of the round, both have been champions in the
sprints before. Salumae on the front, starting slowly on the bottom of the
track. Now Salumae leads up, and into a track stand. Dubnicoff goes by
without much hesitation. Into the last lap, Salumae high on the banking,
Dubnicoff jumps low on the track and gets a gap, but Salumae closes and
then comes by on the top and crosses with a decent gap.


Keirin Semi-finals
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*Heat 1*
Nothstein and Hubner meet in this heat, Hubner apparently working his way
back in after his crash in the first round. Lots of sweeping going on
before they start the heat, but they flash the startlist very quickly,
sorry for not getting it.

They're off. Nothstein again goes out to take the lead, but the Argentine
also wants it, as does the Japanese rider. Argentina in first, then Japan
then Nothstein and Hubner.

The Chilean comes up and tries to slide into second. Nothstein comes out
from behind his wheel, then the Italian comes on the outside, and Nothstein
gets out behind him.

The moto pulls off. Nothstein is on the front. There is a big crash behind.
Nothstein leads it out, the Chilean on his wheel, then Hubner. Hubner comes
above, Nothstein and Hubner go for the win, but both slow a little, since
it is only the heats. Hubner wins by a wheel. Hubner was actually quite
lucky to avoid the crash, he was behind it, but avoids by going high on the
banking. A pretty nasty crash, all in all. A couple are stretchered off.

*Heat 2*
Parris, Magnien, Moreno, Gannon, Raasch among the starters. The moto comes
by, Gannon in second, a green jersey in first, but I still haven't figured
out who it is. Raasch in third. They string out behind. Gannon comes up on
the banking a little, slides back in.

The moto pulls off, and Moreno shoots from the back right as it does,
Moreno is an excellent kilo rider and he gets a huge gap. No one is chasing
at all and Moreno wins easily, but we don't see the sprint for the other
places. Now the very end on the replay -- looks like Magnien, Parris,
Raasch, make the other places in the final.