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29th Olympic Games - JO
Beijing, China, August 9-23, 2008
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Event 18 - August 17: Women's Sprint Qualifying Round (200m)
Women ride to record-breaking times in sprint qualifying
By Rob Jones in Beijing
In the women's 200m time trial competition, four women logged record-breaking performances.
Victoria Pendleton's 10.963 seconds was just outside the world record of 10.831 set by Olga Slyusareva (Russia) back in 1993, and well ahead of the Olympic mark of 11.212 set by Michelle Ferris (Australia), set in 1996.
Guo Shuang (China), Anna Meares (Australia) and Willy Kanis (Netherlands) also broke the old Olympic record.
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- Anna Meares set a new Olympic record in the 200m, but it didn't last long.
- Victoria Pendleton set a new Olympic record in the 200m shortly after Meares.
- Jennie Reed qualified in the women's sprint.
- Sprint favourite Victoria Pendleton starts.
- Anna Meares prepares for her first sprint heat.
Images by Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
- Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) qualified first, setting a new Olympic Games record of 10.963 for the 200M.
- Shuang Guo (China) qualified second fastest, also breaking the Olympic Games record.
- Willy Kanis (Netherlands) was one of four riders to beat the old Olympic Games record.
Results
1 Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 0.10.963 (65.675 km/h) 2 Shuang Guo (China) 0.11.106 3 Anna Meares (Australia) 0.11.140 4 Willy Kanis (Netherlands) 0.11.167 5 Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) 0.11.222 6 Clara Sanchez (France) 0.11.365 7 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) 0.11.372 8 Jennie Reed (United States) 0.11.400 9 Lisandra Guerra (Cuba) 0.11.462 10 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) 0.11.533 11 Swetlana Grankowskaja (Russia) 0.11.544 12 Sakie Tsukuda (Japan) 0.12.134
