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Australian Youth Olympic Festival
Sydney, Australia, January 9-12, 2003
Day 1 - January 9
Australians claim first gold but Japanese book a clean sweep in men's sprint
Australians tonight claimed the first two cycling gold medals contested at the Dunc Gray Velodrome with Tasmanian, Stephanie Williams, 17, and NSW rider, Andrew Wyper, 17, winning the individual pursuit events.
Williams, from Scottsdale in north east Tasmania, had been the fastest qualifier and favourite for the gold in the 2km women's event but had to work hard to answer the early pace set by her gold medal rival, Jessie MacLean, 17, (ACT).
"Jessie went out really hard at the start while I stuck to the schedule my coach and I had set," said Williams, who last year represented Australia in the junior road race at the World Titles in Belgium. "I didn't panic but rode my plan and increased the pace when I needed to."
Her plan worked and the teenager crossed the finish line in 2:36.579 safely clear of MacLean who posted a time of 2:37.209 for silver. The ride off for third place was won by South Australian, Renee Braithwaite, who claimed the bronze medal in 2:42.267.
Williams is following the path of her elder sister Emily who is forging a career in road cycling.
"I really enjoy the competition and want to try to make the Australian team again this year," said Williams who will also line up in tomorrow's scratch race heats along with the points race on Saturday and the criterium on Sunday.
Inverell born Andrew Wyper, 17, moved to Sydney six months ago to pursue his aims of a career in cycling and tonight contested the 3km individual pursuit for the first time. The result was a gold medal for Wyper, a former triathlete.
"In triathlon I got a few placings' at nationals in the U/14 triathlon competition but I really liked the cycling side of it so I decided to concentrate on that," said Wyper, whose parents Alex and Cathy and younger brother Cameron drove down from Inverell to watch him compete. Wyper will also line up in the scratch, points and criterium events over the next three days.
Wyper completed the 3km in 3:36.147 with Tasmanian David Klyne claiming silver in 3:39.464. Queenslander Miles Olman won the bronze medal ride off in a time of 3:38.079.
In the sprint competition Australian U/19 sprint silver medallist, Lucy Stewart, 17, (ACT), posted a time of 12.624 in the 200m qualifying round to claim top seeding. Japan's Masumi Shinozaki rode 12.958 while NSW South Coast cyclist, Rebecca Borgo, 17, the reigning Australian U/19 sprint champion, who was fifth in the sprint at last year's junior world titles in Melbourne, claimed third seed in 13.052.
All three have won through to tomorrow's semi finals with Stewart set to face Tasmanian Kirby Piscioneri, 17, who qualified fifth fastest, and Shinozaki against Borgo in the best of three round to decide the medal finalists.
Stewart is a veteran of the AYOF having raced in the 2001 event. Since then she gained selection in the Australian team for the Junior World Titles raced in Melbourne last year. She placed fourth in the keirin at the Championships and seventh in the sprint.
"I was actually hoping for a personal best in qualifying but the minute I got on the track I realised the conditions weren't right for a fast time," said Stewart whose PB is 12.412 which she rode in Melbourne. She has also followed a sibling into the sport. Her brother Kial, 19, was a dual national champion in 2001 in the U/19 ranks and is now competing as a sprinter at national senior level.
In the men's sprint Australia might have secured three of the top four seedings in qualifying but in the quarter finals the Japanese dominated to shut out the Australian attack and guarantee a clean sweep of the medals.
Dubbo's Andrew Taylor, 17, had set the time to beat of 11.287 in qualifying with Japan's Tsubasa Kitatsura was close behind in 11.365. The youngster of the Australian team, Victorian Shane Perkins, who celebrated his 16th birthday ten days ago, rounded out the top three qualifiers covering the 200m in 11.446. Queenlander Clint Johnson was fourth seed in 11.474.
The Japanese employed superior tactics in the best of three heats in the quarter finals. Eighth seed Yuichi Matsuda, caught Taylor napping in the first match up and in the second Taylor couldn't find the speed to get around his Japanese rival. Kitatsura won the first heat against Johnson and was awarded a walk-over for the second when Johnson missed his start time. Perkins and Shugo Hayasaka (seeded sixth) were one-all before Hayasaka claimed the decider and Yudai Nitta beat his team mate Kazumichi Sugata in straight heats.
The semi finals will see Matsuda race against Nitta and Hayasaka against Kitatsura.
The women's 500m time trial final will kick off tomorrow afternoon's session at 1.00pm followed by the men's one kilometre time trial final. There will also be heats of the men's and women's scratch races with the medal finals for these and the sprint competition scheduled in the 6.00pm night session.
Photos
Images by Tim Francis
- Andrew Wyper winner of pursuit
- Borgo leads Gilbert during Round 1
- Kazumichi Sugata & Yudai Nitta in an all Japan round one
- Lucy Stewart too strong for Alice King
- MacLean, Williams & Braithwait on the Womens Pursuit podium are joined by Sean Eadie
- Masumi Shinozaki going through to the semi finals
- Stephanie Williams on her way to winning Gold in the pursuit
- Takahiko Fujino of Japan in full flight
- Tsubasa Kitatsura of Japan leads Adam Coker during sprint round 1
- Wyper Klyne and Olman are joined by Brad Mcgee
Results
Event 1A
Women's 2000M (8 Laps) Individual Pursuit
Qualifying Round
Fastest 8 To Semi Finals
1 Amy Kirk (WA) 2.45.103
Jessica Armstrong (ACT) 2.57.802
2 Genna Crean (SA) 2.44.322
Meg Windsor (NSW) 2.44.377
3 Hannah Banks (Qld) 2.44.839
Amelia Hallam (Qld) 2.56.151
4 Rachael Powell (Nzl) 2.37.641
Naomi Adams (NSW) 2.54.174
5 Renee Braithwaite (SA) 2.40.792
Tori Freeland (Vic) 2.41.398
6 Melissa Moffatt (NSW) 2.46.050
Eve Hood (NSW) 2.46.446
7 Ami Matsuo (Japan) 2.41.594
Jackie Kejda (NSW) 2.54.811
8 Stephanie Williams (Tas) 2.34.168
Jessie Maclean (ACT) 2.38.880
Event 2A
Men's 3000M (12 Laps) Individual Pursuit
Qualifying Round
Fastest 8 To Semi Finals
1 Kane Brennan (NSW) 3.45.439
Sean Anderson (Nt) 4.08.757
2 Mitchell Docker (Vic) 3.43.518
Steven Evans (WA) 3.45.122
3 Mathew Rex (SA) 3.38.082
Casey Munro (Vic) 3.52.086
4 Dean Windsor (NSW) 3.40.628
Joseph Depasquale (SA) 3.52.351
5 Christopher Wood (SA) 3.55.351
Simon Clarke (Vic) 3.46.508
6 Mark Bergamin (SA) 3.46.329
Callan Taylor (SA) 3.50.498
7 Brendan Jones (NSW) 3.57.664
Miles Olman (Qld) 3.35.745
8 Michael Teggelove (Vic) 3.43.891
Ben Miles (WA) 3.33.471
9 Luke Warren (NSW) 4.02.497
Michael Ford (Vic) 3.40.117
10 Ben Mockridge (Qld) 3.53.026
David Klyne (Tas) 3.35.580
11 Shirya Sasakura (Japan) 3.43.629
Andrew Wyper (NSW) 3.36.143
12 Josh Wall (NSW) 3.40.447
Chris O'connor (Nzl) 3.52.969
13 Keith Rose (NSW) 3.46.35
Joshua England (Nzl) 3.42.63
14 Bradley Payne (Qld) 3.40.477
Cameron Hope (NSW) 3.47.283
15 Ryuji Kanazawa (Japan) 3.40.859
Brenton Crawley (NSW) 3.43.714
Event 3A
Women's Sprint
Qualifying Round
Flying 200M (3.5 Laps)
Fastest 12 To Round 1
1 Lucy Stewart (ACT) 12.624
2 Masumi Shinozaki (Japan) 12.958
3 Rebecca Borgo (NSW) 13.052
4 Brigid Farrell (Vic) 13.109
5 Elizabeth Wishart (SA) 13.184
6 Kristin Gilbert (Qld) 13.209
7 Lauren Carroll (ACT) 13.226
8 Rachael Powell (Nzl) 13.316
9 Kirby Piscioneri (Tas) 13.342
10 Alice King (Nzl) 13.525
11 Nicole Hanssen (Qld) 13.952
12 Alison Barbour (SA) 13.963
13 Amanda Spratt (NSW) 14.208
14 Melinda Harris (NSW) 14.902
15 Samantha Ward (NSW) 14.997
Event 4A
Men's Sprint
Qualifying Round
Flying 200M (3.5 Laps)
Fastest 12 To Round 1
1 Andrew Taylor (NSW) 11.287
2 Tsubasa Kitatsura (Japan) 11.365
2 Shane Perkins (Vic) 11.446
4 Clint Johnson (Qld) 11.474
5 Yuichi Matsuda (Japan) 11.575
6 Shugo Hayasaka (Japan) 11.616
7 Ben Rix (Vic) 11.636
8 Yudai Nitta (Japan) 11.662
9 Kazumichi Sugata (Japan) 11.709
10 Leigh Sunderland (WA) 11.729
11 Adam Coker (Nzl) 11.805
12 Takahiko Fujino (Japan) 11.905
13 Corey Heath (Nt) 12.065
14 Mitchell Bruce (NSW) 12.356
15 Alex Bird (ACT) 12.403
16 Brad Wright (NSW) 12.657
17 Christopher Young (NSW) 12.738
Event 5
Women's 2000M (8 Laps) Individual Pursuit
Round 1
Winners With the 2 Best Times To Ride Off For Gold And Silver Medals
the Other Two Winner
1 Renee Braithwaite (SA) 2.42.674
Tori Freeland (Vic) 2.45.338
2 Jessie Maclean (ACT) 2.37.276
Ami Matsuo (Japan) 2.47.022
3 Rachael Powell (Nzl) 2.40.306
Genna Crean (SA) 2.47.636
4 Stephanie Williams (Tas) 2.37.565
Meg Windsor (NSW) 2.47.529
Event 6
Men's 3000M (12 Laps) Individual Pursuit
Round 1
Winners With the 2 Best Times To Ride Off For Gold And Silver Medals
the Other Two Winner
1 Andrew Wyper (NSW) 3.35.358
Mathew Rex (SA) 3.43.010
2 Miles Olman (Qld) 3.38.027
Michael Ford (Vic) 3.38.034
3 David Klyne (Tas) 3.34.869
Josh Wall (NSW) 3.42.743
4 Ben Miles (WA) 3.37.288
Bradley Payne (Qld) 3.41.363
Event 7
Women's Sprint
Round 1 (3 Laps)
Winners To Quarter Finals, Losers To Repechage
1 Lucy Stewart (ACT) 14.03
Alison Barbour (SA)
2 Masumi Shinozaki (Japan) 13.38
Nicole Hanssen (Qld)
3 Rebecca Borgo (NSW) 13.21
Alice King (Nzl)
4 Brigid Farrell (Vic)
Kirby Piscioneri (Tas) 13.87
5 Elizabeth Wishart (SA) 13.94
Rachael Powell (Nzl)
6 Kristin Gilbert (Qld) 13.79
Lauren Carroll (ACT)
Event 8
Men's Sprint
Round 1 (3 Laps)
Winners To Quarter Finals, Losers To Repechage
1 Andrew Taylor (NSW) 12.76
Takahiko Fujino (Japan)
2 Tsubasa Kitatsura (Japan) 12.597
Adam Coker (Nzl)
3 Shane Perkins (Vic) 11.816
Leigh Sunderland (WA)
4 Clint Johnson (Qld)
Kazumichi Sugata (Japan) 12.541
5 Yuichi Matsuda (Japan)
Yudai Nitta (Japan) 12.088
6 Shugo Hayasaka (Japan) 11.900
Ben Rix (Vic)
Event 9
Women's Sprint
Repechages (3 Laps)
Winners To Quarter Finals
1 Alison Barbour (SA)
Brigid Farrell (Vic)
Lauren Carroll (ACT) 13.72
2 Nicole Hanssen (Qld)
Alice King (Nzl) 13.67
Rachael Powell (Nzl)
Event 10
Men's Sprint
Repechages (3 Laps)
Winners To Quarter Finals
1 Takahiko Fujino (Japan)
Clint Johnson (Qld) 11.776
Ben Rix (Vic)
2 Adam Coker (Nzl)
Leigh Sunderland (WA)
Yuichi Matsuda (Japan) 11.454
Event 11
Women's Sprint
9th - 12th Placings (3 Laps)
9th Alison Barbour (SA)
10th Nicole Hanssen (Qld)
11th Rachael Powell (Nzl)
Event 12
Men's Sprint
9th - 12th Placings (3 Laps)
9th Takahiko Fujino (Japan)
10th Leigh Sunderland (WA)
11th Ben Rix (Vic)
12th Adam Coker (Nzl)
Event 13, 15 & 21
Women's Sprint
Quarter Finals (3 Laps) (Best Of 3 Rounds)
Winners To Semi Finals
Round 1
Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3
1 Lucy Stewart (ACT) 13.594 13.541
Alice King (Nzl)
2 Masumi Shinozaki (Japan) 13.494 12.706
Lauren Carroll (ACT)
3 Rebecca Borgo (NSW) 13.273 13.306
Kristin Gilbert (Qld)
4 Kirby Piscioneri (Tas)
Elizabeth Wishart (SA) 13.446 13.500
Event 14, 16 & 22
Men's Sprint
Quarter Finals (3 Laps) (Best Of 3 Rounds)
Winners To Semi Finals
Round 1
Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3
1 Andrew Taylor (NSW)
Yuichi Matsuda (Japan) 11.705 11.668
2 Tsubasa Kitatsura (Japan) 12.182 Won By Default
Clint Johnson (Qld)
3 Shane Perkins (Vic) 11.685
Shugo Hayasaka (Japan) 11.736 11.798
4 Kazumichi Sugata (Japan)
Yudai Nitta (Japan) 11.361 11.801
Event 17, 18
Women's 2000M (8 Laps) Individual Pursuit
Ride Off For Gold, Silver & Bronze Medals
1 Stephanie Williams (Tas) 2.36.579
2 Jessie Maclean (ACT) 2.37.209
3 Renee Braithwaite (SA) 2.42.267
4 Rachael Powell (Nzl) 2.44.432
Event Final
Women's 2000M (8 Laps) Individual Pursuit
Final Results
1 Stephanie Williams (Tas)
2 Jessie Maclean (ACT)
3 Renee Braithwaite (SA)
4 Rachael Powell (Nzl)
5 Tori Freeland (Vic)
6 Ami Matsuo (Japan)
7 Meg Windsor (NSW)
8 Genna Crean (SA)
Event 19, 20
Men's 3000M (12 Laps) Individual Pursuit
Ride Off For Gold, Silver & Bronze Medals
1 Andrew Wyper (NSW) 3.36.147
2 David Klyne (Tas) 3.39.464
3 Miles Olman (Qld) 3.38.079
4 Ben Miles (WA) 3.38.228
Event Final
Men's 2000M (8 Laps) Individual Pursuit
Final Results
1 Andrew Wyper (NSW)
2 David Klyne (Tas)
3 Miles Olman (Qld)
4 Ben Miles (WA)
5 Michael Ford (Vic)
6 Bradley Payne (Qld)
7 Josh Wall (NSW)
8 Mathew Rex (SA)
