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28th Olympic Games - JO
Athens, Greece, August 14-28, 2004
Results Qualification Eighth-finals Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals Track 101
August 22: Women's Sprint Qualification
Meares continues run of speed
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Australia's Anna Meares has set the fastest time in the Womens' Sprint Qualifying this morning in the Olympic Velodrome: 11.291 (average 63.767 km/h). Meares is in great shape, last Friday winning the 500 metres Time Trial in 33.952, a new World and Olympic Record.
2003 and 2004 world champion Svetlana Grankoskaya (Russia) was second with 11.364, while third place went to her compatriot Tamillia Abassova.
As there were 12 contenders, all riders go through to the 1/8 finals later today.
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- Anna Meares (Aus) continues her winning ways with the best qualifying time in the women's 200.
- Jennie Reed of the US in the 200 TT.
Images by Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
- Evgenia Radanova (Bulgaria) mixes cycling with winter speed-staking and has been an Olympian in both
- Tamilla Abassova (Russia) riding to a very serious third place
- Daniela Greluis Larreal (Venezuela) having way too much fun
- Katrin Meinke (Germany) may have only finished 11th but still averaged 61.776km/h
- Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) likes to go fast
- Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) was second-fastest and is the biggest threat to Meares picking up another gold
- Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) on the way to sixth in qualiying
- Jennie Reed (USA) was the ninth fastest over 200m
- Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) rides in the qualifying heat
- Lori-Ann Muenzer (Canada) on the way to qualifying fourth
- Anna Meares (Australia) flies down the banking
Results
1 Anna Meares (Australia) 11.291 (63.767km/h) 2 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) 11.364 (63.357km/h) 3 Tamilla Abassova (Russia) 11.364 (63.357km/h) 4 Lori-Ann Muenzer (Canada) 11.380 (63.268km/h) 5 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) 11.400 (63.157km/h) 6 Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) 11.430 (62.992km/h) 7 Svetlana Grankovskaya (Russia) 11.456 (62.849km/h) 8 Daniela Greluis Larreal Chirinos (Venezuela) 11.597 (62.085km/h) 9 Jennie Reed (United States) 11.622 (61.951km/h) 10 Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 11.646 (61.823km/h) 11 Katrin Meinke (Germany) 11.655 (61.776km/h) 12 Evgenia Radanova (Bulgaria) 12.457 (57.798km/h)
