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Australian National Track Cycling Championships - CN
Sydney, Australia, April 27 - May 2, 2004
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Day 2 - April 28: Men's 4000m P, Men's 1000m TT, Women's team sprint, U19 men's scratch race, U19 men's sprint qualification
Kelly back on top
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Shane Kelly tonight claimed his first Australian 1km Time Trial crown since 1996 in a blistering time at the Track Cycling Australian Championships at Sydney's Dunc Gray Velodrome.
It's only the third time the 32 year old from Ararat in country Victoria has won the national senior crown (1991, 1996 & 2004) despite the fact that he has claimed a kilometre medal at every World Championships he has contested since 1993 including three gold medals. His time of 1:02.832 was well outside his personal best time (at sea level) of 1:01:356 which he rode to earn silver at last year's World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany but is the fastest he has ridden in Australia since the 2000 Olympic Games where he claimed bronze in a time of 1:02:818.
Wollongong's Ben Kersten did well to claim the silver medal after a mishap on the start line saw his handlebars slip, impacting on his momentum out of the starting gate in an event that leaves no room for error and is traditionally decided on the merest of margins. Kersten rode 1min03.184sec with Victorian Adrian Sansonetti (1min05.905sec) taking bronze.
"I'm feeling it," said a spent Kelly after his gold medal effort. "But I'm pretty happy with because it was on par with my Olympic time."
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This despite much cooler and therefore slower track conditions than at the same venue four years ago. His ride sends a strong message to his international rivals that, despite competing at the very top level for more than a decade, he continues to improve. One of those keenly watching his ride was Sydney 2000 Olympic Games kilometre gold medallist Jason Queally of Great Britain, who is in Australia preparing for the Melbourne World Championships being staged at the Vodafone Arena from may 26 to 30.
The kilometre was Kelly's only event at the Championships and he will now return to Adelaide to continue his preparation for the World Championships where he wants to regain the World Title he held from 1995 to 1997.
"I didn't peak for this ride because I'm in a training phase," explained Kelly. "My training is on schedule and that schedule for this year is World's and Olympics."
Kelly is hoping to win selection for his fourth Olympic Games where he is determined to complete his medal set (silver Barcelona 1992, bronze Sydney 2000) with gold. "I think it (the Olympics) owes me something," said Kelly. "It's part of the story of Shane Kelly."
A disappointed Kersten, who is the heir apparent to Kelly and was the defending champion was lamenting his misfortune. "I snapped a bolt in my handle bar at the start and couldn't apply any downward pressure," he said. "The start is what it's all about in our race and although I regrouped with two laps to go, one and half laps had gone."
Kersten too now has his focus firmly on Melbourne. "I need to concentrate for the Worlds so I can qualify for the Olympics."
In the women's Teams Sprint (combined senior and U19 event) the Queensland pair of Anna Meares and Hayley Wright proved unbeatable and added another gold to their respective collections. Both rider won the 500m Time Trial in their division yesterday. Wright led off for the first lap before pulling out for Meares to power home on the last of two laps to win in 35.472sec with Rebecca Ellis and Rebecca Borgo (NSW) taking the silver in 36.254sec. The bronze was awarded to Jessie Maclean and Jennifer Loutit (Act) (37.092sec) after West Australia (Kristine Bayley and Sophie Cape) were disqualified for an illegal change over.
"I'm feeling better today than last night," said Meares after collecting her ninth Australian title. "My legs were a little iffy yesterday." Meares also believes her young team mate, Wright, is a "very promising star of the future."
"My preparation for the World's is good and it's great to be experimenting with hears and be in the training phase and still win National Titles," said Meares.
The men's 4km Individual Pursuit gold medal final was a nail-biter as Victorian Richard England took the early lead but faced a final kilometre charge from first year senior and 2003 Junior World Championships pursuit silver medallist Chris Pascoe (NSW). Pascoe wasn't phased by England's lead and in the final four laps closed a 1.6sec gap to his rival and surged ahead to gold in a time of 4min35.229sec, seven tenths of a second faster than England's 4min35.925sec.
Bradley Norton (Vic) was third with the time irrelevant as he caught his bronze medal rival and Victorian team mate David Pell with one and half laps remaining.
In an exciting Men's U19 10km Scratch Race the gold medal came right down to the wire in a photo finish sprint which saw Victorian Daniel Thorsen add a second gold to the one he claimed in last night's 1km Time Trial. He also claimed silver today in the One Lap Time Trial (19.140sec) and is the fastest qualifier for the sprint.
New Zealand's Adam Coker was second in the Scratch Race with Tasmanian Ben Price third. In the 1 Lap Time Trial the gold medal went to Victorian Shane Perkins (18.850sec) and bronze to Corey Heath (NT) in 19.415sec.
In the Scratch Race Thorsen rocketed out of the last turn to catch Coker who was in the lead with 200m to go. "I wanted to keep him at my hip but was caught out," said Thorsen. "But I managed to run him down so I'm feeling good. I'm looking forward to the rest of the Sprint, then I have the Points Race, the Teams Sprint and the Keirin to finish on Sunday. I'll be buggered by then."
Earlier in the day the multi-disability cyclists proved why they are the world's top ranked and a major threat for the Athens Paralympics when three world records fell.
Brisbane's Chris Scott, 35, got the ball rolling when he smashed his own world record in the CP4 Division qualifying round of the 3km individual pursuit. Scott rode a time of 3min34.221sec to knock 3.833sec off the previous World Record he set in 2002 in Ausburg, Germany.
"I love riding on his track and so when I do, I ride well," said Scott. "I've been riding a bigger gear than usual and we weren't sure it would come off but it did and almost four seconds is a bonus."
Scott has served notice to his rivals for Paralympic gold that he will be even harder to beat than usual. "At my age all my rivals are waiting for me to decline but I'm still improving so they'll be a bit worried."
South Australian Andrew Panazzolo then staked his claim in the record books when he posted 4min08.964sec in the CPdiv 3 3km Individual Pursuit to knock more than four seconds off the previous mark of 4min13.220.
Panazzolo, who represented Australia in soccer at the Sydney Paralympics, has only been cycling for eleven weeks taking up the sport after the soccer team failed to qualify for Athens. His first real ride was two minutes under the qualifying time for selection but today he smashed the world record.
"I'd like to thank everyone in cycling who has supported me and I hope there's even more to come," said Panazzolo who was a bundle of nerves before his event and admits he is still 'not that comfortable' on the bike.
The women weren't to be left out with West Australian Jane Armstrong clipping just over three seconds off the world record (4min48.480sec) for the LC3 3km Pursuit with her gold medal time of 4min45.273sec.
"I'm just doing it for the girls and I've love to see more LC3 women in Australian cycling," Armstrong said.
New Zealander Fiona Southorn,36, from Waipu on the North Island, also set an world record for the LC1 women's 3km individual pursuit when she completed the distance in 4min02.692sec, 6.424sec faster than the mark she set last May of 4min09.116 on the same track.
"I definitely didn't think I'd do that time," said Southorn who managed only 4min24sec at last month's New Zealand Championships. "I pulled one out of the bag and I haven't even trained for this event."
The LC1 Women's 3km pursuit is not a Paralympic event with Southorn concentrating instead on preparation for the LC1 Women's 1km Time Trial which she won last night in another world best time.
Photography
Images by John Veage
- No pain, no gain in the 4000m pursuit
- Christopher Pascoe (NSW) sets off on his gold medal ride
- Christopher Pascoe (NSW) celebrates his win
- Shane Kelly (Vic) concentrates in the start blocks of the 1000m time trial
- Shane Kelly (Vic) rides in the 1000m time trial
- Shane Kelly (Vic) very happy to be back on the kilo podium
- Ben Kersten (NSW) battling toward silver in the kilo
- The day's men's winners
- Daniel Thorsen (Vic) celebrates victory in the U19 10km scratch
- Hard-fought action in the U19 men's scratch
- Keeping an eye on the opposition in the U19 men's scratch
- Sprint action from the under-19 heats
- Rebecca Borgo & Rebecca Ellis fighting hard to take second in the team sprint
- Team sprint winners Anna Meares and Hayley Wright (Queensland)
Results
Afternoon session
Event 15 - LC1 Men 4000m Pursuit qualifying 1 Peter Brooks (NSW) 4.56.138 2 Mathew Gray (WA) 5.10.733 3 Paul O'Neill (WA) 5.15.735 4 Scott Duvall (NSW) 5.17.376 Event 16 - LC3 Men 3000m Pursuit qualifying 1 Paul Jesson (NZL) 4.08.749 2 Glen Jarvis (VIC) 4.17.299 3 Noel Sens (VIC) 4.20.303 Event 17 - CP4 Men 3000m Pursuit qualifying 1 Chris Scott (QLD) 3.34.221 2 Peter Homann (VIC) 3.46.225 Event 18 - LC1 Women 3000m Pursuit qualifying 1 Fiona Southorn (NZL) 4.02.692 2 Claire McLean (WA) 4.19.652 Event 21 - LC 2 Men 4000m Pursuit 1 Martin Vcelka (VIC) 5.35.077 Event 23 - CP Div 3 Men 3000m Pursuit final 1 Andrew Panazzolo (SA) 4.08.964 Event 24 - LC 3 Women 3000m Pursuit final 1 Jane Armstrong (WA) 4.45.273 Event 25 - LC 1 Men 4000m Pursuit final 1 Peter Brooks (NSW) 4.59.614 2 Mathew Gray (WA) 5.19.271 3 Scott Duvall (NSW) 5.15.917 4 Paul O'Neill (WA) 5.16.449 Event 26 - LC 3 Men 3000m Pursuit final 1 Paul Jesson (NZL) 4.09.143 2 Glen Jarvis (VIC) 4.17.892 Event 27 - CP Div 4 Men 3000m Pursuit final 1 Chris Scott (QLD) 3.35.156 2 Peter Homann (VIC) 3.48.361 Event 28 - LC 1 Women 3000m Pursuit final 1 Fiona Southorn (NZL) 2 Claire McLean (WA) (caught) Under 19 men's one lap time trial 1 Shane Perkins (VIC) 18.850 2 Daniel Thorsen (VIC) 19.149 3 Corey Heath (NT) 19.415 4 Steven Phelan (ACT) 19.426 5 Ben Heylen (SA) 19.449 6 Benjamin Simonelli (QLD) 19.464 7 Ben Rix (VIC) 19.559 8 Tyler McLachlan (NSW) 19.663 9 Anthony Bennett (NSW) 19.720 10 Lindsay McMaster (QLD) 19.732 11 Daniel Robb (SA) 19.850 12 Michael Hill (VIC) 19.854 13 Joel Davis (QLD) 20.084 14 Jarrod Harman (TAS) 20.871 Men's 4000m Individual pursuit qualifying 1 Christopher Pascoe (NSW) 4.37.363 2 David Pell (VIC) 4.37.602 3 Bradley Norton (VIC) 4.38.210 4 Christopher Sutton (NSW) 4.38.936 5 Richard England (VIC) 4.39.367 6 Robert Lyte (NSW) 4.39.602 7 Steven Sansonetti (VIC) 4.40.841 8 Michael Lewis (NSW) 4.45.600 9 Stephen Rossendell (TAS) 4.46.076 10 Steven Evans (WA) 4.48.762 11 Logan Hutchings (NZL) 4.49.255 12 Keith Evans (WA) 4.53.016
Evening session
Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit Round 1 Heat 1 1 Richard England (Vic) 4.36.857 (52.07 km/h) 2 Christopher Sutton (NSW) 4.37.904 Heat 2 1 Bradley Norton (Vic) 4.38.036 (51.73 km/h) 2 Robert Lyte (NSW) 4.38.054 Heat 3 1 David Pell (Vic) 4.38.768 (51.67 km/h) 2 Steven Sansonetti (Vic) 4.44.702 Heat 4 1 Christopher Pascoe (NSW) 4.34.006 (52.54 km/h) 2 Michael Lewis (NSW) Caught Finals Bronze Medal 3 Bradley Norton (Vic) 4.39.523 (51.57 km/h) 4 David Pell (Vic) Caught Gold & Silver Medal 1 Christopher Pascoe (NSW) 4.35.229 (52.31 km/h) 2 Richard England (Vic) 4.35.925 U19 Men Sprint 200m Qualification 1 Daniel Thorsen (Vic) 10.912 (65.98 km/h) 2 Shane Perkins (Vic) 10.919 3 Anthony Bennett (NSW) 11.279 4 Corey Heath (NT) 11.326 5 Benjamin Simonelli (Qld) 11.423 6 Ben Rix (Vic) 11.516 7 Adam Coker (NZl) 11.558 8 Steven Phelan (ACT) 11.610 9 Michael Hill (Vic) 11.667 10 Tyler Mclachlan (NSW) 11.673 11 Joel Davis (Qld) 11.688 12 Adam Stewart (NZl) 11.735 13 Lindsay Mcmaster (Qld) 11.765 14 Daniel Robb (SA) 12.148 15 Ben Heylen (SA) 12.410 Round 1 Heat 1 1 Daniel Thorsen (Vic) 2 Adam Stewart (NZl) Heat 2 1 Shane Perkins (Vic) 12.975 2 Joel Davis (Qld) Heat 3 1 Anthony Bennett (NSW) 11.926 2 Tyler Mclachlan (NSW) Heat 4 1 Corey Heath (NT) 11.795 2 Michael Hill (Vic) Heat 5 1 Benjamin Simonelli (Qld) 11.953 2 Steven Phelan (ACT) Heat 6 1 Ben Rix (Vic) 11.894 2 Adam Coker (NZl) Round 1 repechage Heat 1 1 Adam Coker (NZl) 11.905 2 Michael Hill (Vic) 3 Adam Stewart (NZl) Heat 2 1 Steven Phelan (ACT) 11.591 2 Joel Davis (Qld) 3 Tyler Mclachlan (NSW) Women's Team Sprint Qualification 1 Qld (Anna Meares/Hayley Wright) 35.520 2 NSW (Rebecca Ellis/Rebecca Borgo) 36.297 3 WA (Kristine Bayley/Sophie Cape) 37.174 4 ACT (Jessie Maclean/Jennifer Loutit) 37.319 5 Vic (Catherine Allen/Jessica Berry) 37.536 6 Qld (Alexandra Bright/Michelle Simpson) 37.551 7 NZl (Katri Laike/Bridgette Broad) 37.784 8 NSW (Elizabeth Georgouras/Leonie Aisbett 38.289 9 ACT (Lucy Stewart/Lauren Carroll) 38.534 10 Vic (Apryl Eppinger/Jessica Tanner) 38.807 11 SA (Sue Ann Woodwiss/Rikki Johnson) 38.972 Finals Bronze medal 3 ACT (Jessie Maclean/Jennifer Loutit) 37.362 DSQ WA (Kristine Bayley/Sophie Cape) Gold & Silver medals 1 Qld (Anna Meares/Hayley Wright) 35.472 2 NSW (Rebecca Ellis/Rebecca Borgo) 36.254 Men's 1000m TT 1 Shane Kelly (Vic) 1.02.832 2 Ben Kersten (NSW) 1.03.184 3 Adrian Sansonetti (Vic) 1.05.905 4 Damien Keirl (Vic) 1.05.920 5 David Cresswell (NZl) 1.05.929 6 Joel Leonard (Vic) 1.06.546 7 Grant Irwin (Qld) 1.06.645 8 Shaun Hopkins (NSW) 1.07.089 9 Peter Fitzpatrick (NSW) 1.07.318 10 Daniel Vogels (WA) 1.09.623 11 Tommy Nankervis (SA) 1.10.444 12 Dean Santoro (WA) 1.10.839 13 Mario Mazza (SA) 1.11.420 14 Les Podlog (WA) 1.13.014 U19 Men's 10km Scratch 1 Daniel Thorsen (Vic) 12:02.27 2 Adam Coker (NZl) 3 Ben Price (Tas) 4 Dean Windsor (NSW) 5 Mark Bergamin (SA) 6 Adam O'connor (WA) 7 Josh England (NZl) 8 Anthony Bennett (NSW) 9 Joel Davis (Qld) 10 Jarrod Harman (Tas) 11 Mitchell Docker (Vic) 12 Russell Gill (SA) 13 Phillip Stokes (NSW) DNF Nathan Silleto (ACT) DNF Corey Heath (NT) DNF Lindsay Mcmaster (Qld) DNF Benjamin Simonelli (Qld) DNF Joseph Depasquale (SA) DNF Zakkari Dempster (Vic)
