World Track Championships

Germany, October 20-24, 1999

Day 3 - October 22

Men's Sprint

200 metres time trial qualifying


1. Jens Fiedler (Germany)         10.060 seconds
2. Florian Rousseau (France)      10.179
3. Laurent Gane (France)          10.183
4. Mickael Bouirgain (Fra)        10.251
5. Marty Nothstein (USA)          10.275
6. Darryn Hill (Aus)              10.280
7. Roberto Chiappa (Ita)          10.363
8. Eyk Pokorny (Ger)              10.396
9. Arnaud Tournant (Fra)          10.415
10. Rene Wolff (Ger)              10.421
11. Pavel Buran (Tch)   	  10.502 
12. Anthony Peden (NZ)     	  10.512 
13. Viesturs Berzins (Lat)        10.520
14. Jose Antonio Villanueva (Spa) 10.547 
15. Ainars Kiksis (Lat)           10.563
16. Jan Lepka (Slo)               10.575
17. Shinichi Ota (Jap)            10.581
18. Craig MacLean (GBR)           10.595
   

First round, winner to 1/8 finals, loser to repechage:

Jens Fiedler (Ger)            11.577 
beat Craig McLean (Gbr)

Florian Rousseau (Fra)        10.977 
beat Shinichi Ota (Jpn)

Laurent Gané (Fra)            11.176 
beat Jan Lepka (Svk)

Mickaël Bourgain (Fra)        11.000 
beat Ainars Kiksis (Lat)

Marty Nothstein (USA)         11.406 
beat Jose Antonio Villanueva (Spa)

Darryn Hill (Aus)             11.226 
beat Viesturs Berzins (Lat)

Roberto Chiappa (Ita)         11.093 
beat Anthony Peden (NZL)

Eyk Pokorny (Ger)             11.375 
   beat Pavel Buran (Tch)

Arnaud Tournant (Fra)         11.029 
beat René Wolff (Ger)

First round repechage:

Viesturs Berzins (Lat)        11.277 
beat René Wolff (Ger) and Craig McLean (Gbr)

Anthony Peden (NZL) qualified
Abandon: Shinicho Ota (Jpn) 
Disqualification: Jose Antonio Villanueva (Spa)

Pavel Buran (Tch)             11.282 
beat Ainars Kiksis (Lat) and Jan Lepka (Svk)

1/8 Finals:

Jens Fiedler (Ger)
beat Pavel Buran (Tch) 

Florian Rousseau (Fra)
beat Anthony Peden (NZ) 

Laurent Gane (Fra)
beat Viesturs Berzins (Lat) 

Arnaud Tournant (Fra) 
beat Mickael Bourgnan (Fra) 

Eyk Pokorny (Ger) 
beat Marty Nothstein (USA) 

Darryn Hill (Aus)
beat Roberto Chiappa (Ita) 

Repechage winners - Bourgnan, Nothstein. 


Quarter Finals:
                         
Jens Fiedler (Ger) beat Marty Nothstein (USA) 2-0 
(10.796 and 11.234)

Florian Rousseau (Fra) beat Mickaël Bourgain (Fra) 2-0
(10.915 and 11.098)

Laurent Gané (Fra) beat Darryn Hill (Aus) 2-0
(10.848 and 10.617)

Arnaud Tournant (Fra) beat Eyk Pokorny (Ger) 2-0
(11.096 and 10.768)

Women's Sprint

28 year old Frenchwoman, Felicia Ballanger retained her sprint title for the fifth consecutive year, defeating Australia's Michelle Ferris in straight heats in the finals.

Ballanger has been at the top of women's sprint cycling since 1995 and had little trouble keeping her position today. In the first match, she led Ferris throughout the last lap, holding her off to the line. In the second final, Ballanger overpowered Ferris at the beginning of the last lap, putting several lengths into her.

These will be Ballanger's last World Championships, as she is not intending to ride past the Sydney Olympics next year. This served as extra motivation for her and she clearly outclassed Ferris, whom she has beaten in the last three World Championship finals. However, she conceded it wasn't as easy as it looked, despite being in good form. She will be the hot favourite to take out the 500 m time trial tomorrow, while Ferris will hope to add at least another silver medal to her tally

In the ride off for the bronze, it was Canada's Tanya Dubnicoff who triumphed over Chinese rider Yan Wang, again requiring only two heats to do so.

Semi Finals:

Felicia Ballanger (Fra)
beat 
Tanya Dubnicoff (Can)	2-0

Michelle Ferris (Aus)
beat
Yan Wang (Chn)		2-0


Finals:
1. Felicia Ballanger (Fra)
beat 
2. Michelle Ferris (Aus)	2-0

3. Tanya Dubnicoff (Can)
beat
4. Yan Wang (Chn)		2-0

Men's Team Pursuit

Semi Finals:

France (Bos, Ermenault, Moreau, Neuville) 		4.03.548 
beat 
Ukraine (Chernyasvky, Matveyev, Symonenko, Fedenko) 	4.05.620

Germany (Becke, Fulst, Bartko, Lehmann) 		4.02.659 (German record)
beat 
Russia (Borisov, Gritsoun, Markov, Smyslov) 		4.05.529 


Finals:

1. Germany (Becke, Fulst, Lademann, Pollack)             4.01.144 (59.715 km/h) 
   beat
2. France (Bos, Ermenault, F. Moreau, Neuville)		 4.03.965 
 
3. Russia (Borisov, Gritsoun, Markov, Smyslov)		 4.05.251
   beat           
4. Ukraine (Chernyavski, Fedenko, Klimenko, Pidgorny)    4.05.478

Women's Individual Pursuit

Semi Finals:

Marion Clignet (Fra)		3.33.527
   beat
Rasa Mazeikyte (Lit)

Judith Arndt (Ger)		
   beat
Olga Slioussareva (Rus)

Finals:
1. Marion Clignet (Fra)		3.33.012 (50.70 km/h)
   beat
2. Judith Arndt (Ger)		3.42.040

3. Rasa Mazeikyte (Lit)		3.35.678
   beat
4. Olga Slioussareva (Rus)	3.44.156