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Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games
Manchester, England, July 27 - August 3, 2002
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August 2 - Women's 3000m Individual Pursuit, National Cycling Centre
Ulmer breaks Games record to win IP
By Gerry McManus, Cyclingnews correspondent in Manchester
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It took a new Commonwealth Games record by Sarah Ulmer (NZL) for her to defeat Australia's Kate Bates and take gold in the Women's 3,000m pursuit in Manchester on Friday August 2nd.
Although Bates started the better of the two, Ulmer inched her way back to go slightly ahead and then stretch her lead, lap by lap, to win in the new record time of 3:32.467 to Bates's 3:34.193.
In the ride off for the bronze Alison Wright (Aus) started faster than Emma Davies (England) but Davies started to fight back. Unable to sustain her effort, Davies fell behind by just over a second at half distance and this ran to 1.2 seconds. Davies finally pulled all the stops out in a spirited finish pulling back half of the deficit. Time ran out for the 23-year-old English girl and she had to be content with fourth.
Photos
Photos by Gerry McManus
- New Zealand pursuit specialist Sarah Ulmer lives up to her reputation and sets a new Games record
- Australia's Katherine Bates on her way to clocking the second fastest time in the women's individual pursuit
Photos supplied by D.J. Clark
- Canada's Clara Hughes was eliminated in the semis
- Australia's Kate Bates gets underway in her heat against Sara Symington (England
- Australia's Kate Bates looked strong in the heats
- Sara Symington attempts to stay away from Kate Bates
- Kate Bates (Australia) rides in the pursuit final
- Kate Bates gives a victory wave after winning her heat
- Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) gets into her rhythm in the final
- Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) flying around the velodrome in the final of the women's pursuit
- Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) waves and smiles after her victorious ride in the finals
- Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) smiles on the podium with her gold medal
- Kate Bates on the podium after her silver medal ride in the pursuit
- Pursuit bronze medallist Alison Wright (Australia) waves at the crowd
Results
Qualifying Heat 1 1 Hsu Min Chung (Malaysia) 4.04.08 (44.244 km/h) Heat 2 1 Erin Carter (Canada) 3.42.62 (48.513 km/h) 2 Lyne Bessette (Canada) 3.47.12 (47.548 km/h) Heat 3 1 Alison Wright (Australia) 3.35.60 (50.09 km/h) 2 Clara Hughes (Canada) 3.41.67 (48.718 km/h) Heat 4 1 Katherine Bates (Australia) 3.32.91 (50.724 km/h) 2 Emma Davies (England) 3.40.26 (49.032 km/h) Heat 5 1 Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) 3.32.50 (50.821 km/h) 2 Sara Symington (England) 3.44.34 (48.139 km/h) Qualified riders 1 Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) 2 Katherine Bates (Australia) 3 Alison Wright (Australia) 4 Emma Davies (England) 5 Clara Hughes (Canada) 6 Erin Carter (Canada) 7 Sara Symington (England) 8 Lyne Bessette (Canada) Semi-finals Heat 1 1 Emma Davies (England) 3.39.282 (49.251 km/h) 2 Clara Hughes (Canada) 3.40.398 Heat 2 1 Alison Wright (Australia) 3.37.185 (49.726 km/h) 2 Erin Carter (Canada) 3.44.504 Heat 3 1 Katherine Bates (Australia) 3.35.305 (50.158 km/h) 2 Sara Symington (England) 3.38.128 Heat 4 1 Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) 3.34.884 (50.259 km/h) 2 Lyne Bessette (Canada) 3.49.511 Finals For Gold and Silver 1 Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) 3.32.467 (50.828 km/h) 2 Katherine Bates (Australia) 3.34.193 For the Bronze 3 Alison Wright (Australia) 3.40.409 (48.999 km/h) 4 Emma Davies (England) 3.41.019
