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28th Olympic Games - JO
Athens, Greece, August 14-28, 2004
Results Qualification Sixteenth & Eighth-finals Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals Track 101
August 22: Men's Sprint Sixteenth & Eighth Finals
Eadie out as most favourites advance
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Australia's Sean Eadie will be the notable absentee as the track sprinters head into the quarter final round of competition in Athens. Sunday's sixteenth and eighth finals offered few surprises except Eadie's ouster, first at the hands of France's Mickaël Bourgain in the eighth finals, then in the repechage that followed. For most favourites, including Theo Bos (Netherlands), Laurent Gané (France), and Ryan Bayley of Australia, the early rounds posed no major difficulties.
Barbados' Barry Forde was the primary beneficiary of the repechage rounds, clawing his way back from both the sixteenth and eighth finals to earn himself a place in the quarters. France's Bourgain, in his first Olympic appearance, declared himself satisfied to have beaten the "big man" Eadie.
"It's the first time I've beaten Sean Eadie, so this is really good for my confidence," Bourgain said. Knowing he will face compatriot and heavy favourite Laurent Gané in the next round, Bourgain was unconcerned.
"That is going to be a very tough one. But the positive thing is, that I am the outsider. I have nothing to lose at my first Olympic Games."
Photography
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- Ryan Bayley (Aus) wins his sprint in the preliminaries.
Images by Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
- Ryan Bayley (Ausralia) leads Stefan Nimke (Germany) in the sixteenths
- Forde and Edgar go head to head - Edgar went through but Forde came back through the repechage
- Damian Zielinski (Poland) keeps Teun Mulder in his place
- Jose Villanueva (Spain) and Josiah Ng (Malaysia) give it maximum effort
- Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland) and Sean Eadie (Australia) in the sixteenths
- Alois Kankovsky, Chibum Kim and Teun Mulder in the repechage
Results
Sixteenth finals
Heat 1 1 Ryan Bayley (Australia) 10.510 2 Stefan Nimke (Germany) Heat 2 1 Theo Bos (Netherlands) 10.799 2 Alois Kankovsky (Czech Republic) Heat 3 1 Rene Wolff (Germany) 11.104 2 Hee Chun Yang (Korea) Heat 4 1 Mickael Bourgain (France) 10.988 2 Jaroslav Jerabek (Slovakia) Heat 5 1 Laurent Gane (France) 11.166 2 Chibum Kim (Korea) Heat 6 1 Ross Edgar (Great Britain) 10.768 2 Barry Forde (Barbados) Heat 7 1 Damian Zielinski (Poland) 10.833 2 Teun Mulder (Netherlands) Heat 8 1 Jose Villanueva (Spain) 11.234 2 Josiah Ng (Malaysia) Heat 9 1 Sean Eadie (Australia) 11.025 2 Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland) Men's sprint repechage Heat 1 1 Barry Forde (Barbados) 10.731 2 Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland) 3 Stefan Nimke (Germany) Heat 2 1 Teun Mulder (Netherlands) 10.740 2 Chibum Kim (Korea) 3 Alois Kankovsky (Czech Republic) Heat 3 1 Josiah Ng (Malaysia) 11.006 2 Hee Chun Yang (Korea) 3 Jaroslav Jerabek (Slovakia)
Eighth finals
Heat 1 1 Ryan Bayley (Australia) 10.520 2 Josiah Ng (Malaysia) Heat 2 1 Theo Bos (Netherlands) 11.164 2 Teun Mulder (Netherlands) Heat 3 1 Rene Wolff (Germany) 10.548 2 Barry Forde (Barbados) Heat 4 1 Mickael Bourgain (France) 10.936 2 Sean Eadie (Australia) Heat 5 1 Laurent Gane (France) 10.772 2 Jose Villanueva (Spain) Heat 6 1 Damian Zielinski (Poland) 10.848 2 Ross Edgar (Great Britain) Men's sprint repechage Heat 1 1 Ross Edgar (Great Britain) 10.906 2 Josiah Ng (Malaysia) 3 Sean Eadie (Australia) Heat 2 1 Barry Forde (Barbados) 11.294 2 Teun Mulder (Netherlands) 3 Jose Villanueva (Spain)
