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World Track Championships - CM
Stuttgart, Germany, July 30 - August 3, 2003
Event program and results Qualifying 1/16 Finals 1/8 Finals 1/4 Finals Semi-finals Finals Women's Sprint
Men's Sprint
Tournant vs. Dajka, Wolff vs. Gane in semis
By Valkerie Mangnall in Stuttgart, Germany
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Frenchman Arnaud Tournant meets Australia's Jobie Dajka in a repeat of their 2002 men's sprint semifinal tomorrow. Tournant beat Jens Fiedler in three rounds after the German was relegated in race two for not holding his line during the last 200m. Dajka beat Spain's Jose Antonio Villanueva Trinidad in two races.
Tournant's teammate, Laurent Gane, beat Ross Edgar of Great Britain in straight races to set up a meeting with German Rene Wolff, who also beat his opponent, Takashi Kaneko of Japan, in two.
Finals - Gane gains again
By Valkerie Mangnall in Stuttgart
France's Laurent Gane took the upper hand in his rivalry with Australia's Jobie Dajka today, adding the men's sprint title to the world keirin crown he won earlier in this year's world track cycling championships. The pair had spent much of the year fighting it out on the Japanese keirin circuit, where Dajka came out on top with three wins to Gane's one.
After Dajka was forced to settle for silver behind Gane in Thursday night's keirin, the duo again found themselves head-to-head in the sprint gold medal ride.
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Dajka won the first heat, coming round Gane in the straight to claim a narrow victory in 10.433 seconds. "Definitely the first race in the final was my hardest race in the world championships here," Gane said. "The first race I simply wasn't fast enough. I waited too long and against an opponent such as Jobie, that came back on me. I'm pleased even more that I got through in the end."
The Frenchman was too good in the following two heats. "Basically whoever drew the front stayed there and whoever was behind had the advantage for sure but he was absolute class, he had really good legs and at the end of the day he was just too good for me," Dajka said.
German Rene Wolff beat Frenchman Arnaud Tournant in straight heats to take the bronze medal.
Photos
Images by Hennes Roth/www.roth-foto.de
Qualifying & 1/16 final
- Jens Fiedler (Germany) quietly concentrates
- Jens Fiedler (Germany) practices his balance
- Jens Fiedler (Germany) comes off the bank for his 200m qualifying run
- Jens Fiedler (Germany) winding it up
- Jan van Eijden (Germany) powers up for the 200m
- Jan van Eijden (Germany) on his way to a 10.331 in the men's sprint qualifying
- Rene Wolff (Germany) gets ready for his 200m flying TT
- Rene Wolff (Germany) at full speed in the qualifier
- Arnaud Tournant (France) during his qualifying run
- Czech Pavel Buran gets ready to break the sound barrier
- Arnaud Tournant (bottom) and Jan van Eijden (top) go head to head in the first round
- Rene Wolff (Germany) leading in his round 1 heat
- Theo Bos (Netherlands) beats Ross Edgar (GBr) in round 1
Quarter-finals
- René Wolff (Germany) beat Takashi Kaneko (Japan) in their 1/4 final heat
- Jens Fiedler (Germany) leads Arnaud Tournant (France) in the quarter-final
- Arnaud Tournant (France) turns it up a notch
- Arnaud Tournant (France) comes past Jens Fiedler (Germany) to win the quarter-final
- Jens Fiedler (Germany) leaves the track after his 1/4 final
- Jens Fiedler (Germany) exhausted after being defeated by Arnaud Tournant (France) in their 1/4 final
Semi-finals
Images by AFP
- Arnaud Tournant (France) tries to catch Jobie Dajka (Australia) unawares in the semi-finals of the men's sprint, but Dajka is there waiting.
- Laurent Gane (France) at full throttle in the semi-finals of the men's sprint. Gane convincingly defeated Germany's Rene Wolff 2-0 to move into the gold medal playoff.
- Rene Wolff (Germany, L) and Laurent Gane go head-to-head in the semi-finals.
Finals
Images by Hennes Roth/www.roth-foto.de
- Laurent Gane (l) and Jobie Dajka shake hands before going head to head
- Jobie Dajka (Australia) keeps an eye on Laurent Gane (France)
- Dajka won the first sprint, but couldn't hold off Gane for the gold
- Laurent Gane punches the air after taking gold in the men's sprint final
- Rene Wolff (Germany) was gracious in defeat, and went home with bronze
- A beaming Laurent Gane takes his gold medal on the podium
- The final sprint podium: Dajka (l), Gane, and Wolff
Images by AFP
- In the first heat of the gold medal final, Laurent Gane (France) gets the better of Australia's Jobie Dajka.
- Laurent Gane (France) and Jobie Dajka (Australia) hold hands as a sign of mutual respect after a great final.
- After one of the hardest fights in his cycling career, an exhausted but elated Laurent Gane (France) is held by his coach Daniel Morellon after winning the men's sprint final.
- Happy to be off his bike, Laurent Gane (France) gives a big thumbs up for the camera.
- Arnaud Tournant (France) leads Rene Wolff (Germany) in the first of a best of three final for the bronze medal.
- In the playoff for bronze, Arnaud Tournant (France) was beaten 2-0 by Germany's Rene Wolff.
Results
Qualification 1 Laurent Gane (France) 10.081 (71.421 km/h) 2 Craig Mclean (Great Britain) 10.097 3 Jens Fiedler (Germany) 10.101 4 José Antonio Villanueva Trinidad (Spain) 10.164 5 René Wolff (Germany) 10.182 6 Theo Bos (Netherlands) 10.183 7 Arnaud Tournant (France) 10.199 8 Mickaël Bourgain (France) 10.235 9 Kiyofumi Nagai (Japan) 10.256 10 Takashi Kaneko (Japan) 10.302 11 Ryan Bayley (Australia) 10.305 12 Jan Van Eijden (Germany) 10.331 13 Ross Edgar (Great Britain) 10.332 14 Jobie Dajka (Australia) 10.335 15 Salvador Melia (Spain) 10.395 16 Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland) 10.416 17 Grzeegorz Trebski (Poland) 10.437 18 Mark French (Australia) 10.457 19 Barry Forde (Barbados) 10.460 20 Jaroslav Jerabek (Slovakia) 10.505 21 Andriy Vynokurov (Ukraine) 10.512 22 Ruben Donet Gregori (Spain) 10.533 23 Pavel Buran (Czech Republic) 10.537 24 Peter Bazalik (Slovakia) 10.567 25 Stephen Alfred (USA) 10.630 26 Tomohiro Nagatsuka (Japan) 10.671 1/16 Final Heat 1 1 Laurent Gane (France) 10.820 (66.543 km/h) 2 Mark French (Australia) Heat 2 1 Grzeegorz Trebski (Poland) 10.932 (65.861 km/h) 2 Craig Mclean (Great Britain) Heat 3 1 Jens Fiedler (Germany) 10.691 (67.346 km/h) 2 Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland) Heat 4 1 José Antonio Villanueva Trinidad (Spain) 10.852 (66.347 km/h) 2 Salvador Melia (Spain) Heat 5 1 René Wolff (Germany) 10.634 (67.707 km/h) 2 Jobie Dajka (Australia) Heat 6 1 Theo Bos (Netherlands) 10.734 (67.076 km/h) 2 Ross Edgar (Great Britain) Heat 1 Arnaud Tournant (France) 10.989 (65.52 km/h) 2 Jan Van Eijden (Germany) Heat 8 1 Mickaël Bourgain (France) 11.022 (65.323 km/h) 2 Ryan Bayley (Australia) Heat 9 1 Takashi Kaneko (Japan) 10.728 (67.114 km/h) 2 Kiyofumi Nagai (Japan) 1/16 Repechage Heat 1 1 Ross Edgar (Great Britain) 10.836 (66.445 km/h) 2 Mark French (Australia) 3 Kiyofumi Nagai (Japan) Heat 2 1 Jobie Dajka (Australia) 10.854 (66.334 km/h) 2 Jan Van Eijden (Germany) 3 Craig Mclean (Great Britain) Heat 3 1 Salvador Melia (Spain) 10.647 (67.624 km/h) 2 Ryan Bayley (Australia) 3 Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland) 1/8 Finals Heat 1 1 Laurent Gane (France) 10.946 (65.777 km/h) 2 Salvador Melia (Spain) Heat 2 1 Jobie Dajka (Australia) 10.812 (66.592 km/h) 2 Grzeegorz Trebski (Poland) Heat 3 1 Jens Fiedler (Germany) 10.560 (68.181 km/h) 2 Ross Edgar (Great Britain) Heat 4 1 Takashi Kaneko (Japan) 11.146 (64.597 km/h) 2 José Antonio Villanueva Trinidad (Spain) Heat 5 1 René Wolff (Germany) 10.600 (67.924 km/h) 2 Mickaël Bourgain (France) Heat 6 1 Arnaud Tournant (France) 10.733 (67.082 km/h) 2 Theo Bos (Netherlands) Repechages Heat 1 1 José Antonio Villanueva Trinidad (Spain) 10.671 (67.472 km/h) 2 Theo Bos (Netherlands) 3 Salvador Melia (Spain) Heat 2 1 Ross Edgar (Great Britain) 10.522 (68.428 km/h) 2 Mickaël Bourgain (France) 3 Grzeegorz Trebski (Poland) 1/4 Finals Heat 1 1 Laurent Gane (France) 10.860 10.661 2 Ross Edgar (Great Britain) Heat 2 1 Jobie Dajka (Australia) 10.700 10.625 2 José Antonio Villanueva Trinidad (Spain) Heat 3 1 Arnaud Tournant (France) 10.706 10.795 2 Jens Fiedler (Germany) 10.674 REL Heat 4 1 René Wolff (Germany) 10.742 10.573 2 Takashi Kaneko (Japan) Semi finals Heat 1 1 Laurent Gane (France) 10.605 10.503 2 René Wolff (Germany) Heat 2 1 Jobie Dajka (Australia) 10.813 10.617 2 Arnaud Tournant (France) 9th-12th 9 Theo Bos (Netherlands) 10.717 (67.182 km/h) 10 Salvador Melia (Spain) 11 Grzeegorz Trebski (Poland) 12 Mickaël Bourgain (France) 5th-8th 5 Jens Fiedler (Germany) 10.970 (65.633 km/h) 6 José Antonio Villanueva Trinidad (Spain) 7 Ross Edgar (Great Britain) 8 Takashi Kaneko (Japan) Finals For gold and silver 1 Laurent Gane (France) 10.394 10.769 2 Jobie Dajka (Australia) 10.443 For bronze 1 René Wolff (Germany) 10.684 10.538 2 Arnaud Tournant (France)
