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World Track Championships - CM
Melbourne, Australia, May 26-30, 2004
Day 2 Wrap
Morning session
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The morning session of racing on the second day of the world track championships saw history made as Leontien Zijlaard Van Moorsel's almost four-year-old record in the women's 3000m IP was broken. In a thrilling showdown between record-holder Van Moorsel and her rival, the record looked threatened but not certain until the very last moment when a storming final lap shaved off two-tenths of a second.
In other racing, Spain continued to dominate the men's IP and women's keirin qualifiers saw riders selected for the final this evening.
Evening session
The evening session saw medals decided in the men's 1000m TT, with a very high standard set by the top riders. There were also the Women's keirin finals, which saw France maintain its position on top. Finally, Spain continued to excel in the Men's IP final.
Photography
Morning session
Images by Mark Gunter
- Luke Roberts (Australia) fought back from 1.5 seconds down to win his heat of the men's IP first round
- Robert Hayles (Great Britain) was the second-fastest in round 1
- Sergi Escobar Roure (Spain) powered to a heat win and the fastest time
- Cherifa Adda (Algeria) put in a brave effort as her nation's only representative at these world's.
- Katie Mactier (Australia) warms up before the women's IP qualifiers
- Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) gets in the zone before her showdown with Leontien Zijlaard - Van Moorsel
- Erin Mirabella (USA) - the US pursuit specialist was 14th
- Katherine Bates (Australia) turned in a solid seventh place
- Katie Mactier (Australia) hammers into the fray, setting the fastest splits at 1000m and 2000m
- Leontien Zijlaard - Van Moorsel powers away ffrom the start
- Sarah Ulmer was a model of power, poise and concentration on her way to the record.
- Sarah Ulmer was rather pleased to add a world record to her palmares
- Sarah Ulmer is mobbed by the media after her record ride
- Algeria goes for the 'colorful bike' award
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Emma Davies of Great Britian in action in her heat of the individual pursuit during the morning session on day two
- Dutch star Leontien Zijlaar Van Moorsel was in action early in the individual pursuit
- Australian hope Katie Mactier looks up to the scoreboard to check her time after her heat of the individual pursuit
- Uyun Muzizah of Indonesia grimaces, unaware of her Chinese opponent sweeping around her in the womens individual pursuit
- Sarah Ulmer of New Zealand flying in her heat of the individual pursuit
- The look of a World Record holder - Sarah Ulmer after breaking the record for the Womens Individual Pursuit with a time of 3 min 30.604 seconds
- Smiling Sarah Ulmer of New Zealand after her record breaking ride
- Sarah Ulmer is swarmed by the World's Track media after breaking the Individual Pursuit World Record
- Michael Tomalaris of SBS chats with Sarah Ulmer after her fantastic ride in the Individual Pursuit
- A Track World's commissaire keeps watch before waving the green flag to start an individual pursuit race
- Germany's Christian Lademann wears an Australian road team tee shirt of Team MGZT Bianchi under his National uniform
- That's not bad Sergi Escobar Roure after his ride in his heat of the mens' Individual Pursuit
Evening session
Images by Mark Gunter
- DernyVision - a rear tyre's view of the kierin
- Christian Stahl (USA) on the way to 18th
- Theo Bos (Netherlands) marked his first senior year with a medal
- Ben Kersten (Australia) peaked fast but faded in the final lap
- Chris Hoy (Great Britain) was unstoppable on the way to victory
- Arnaud Tournant (France) - the Tournantator was tired from the previous day but happy with silver
- Shane Kelly (Australia) also ran out of gas after twp laps
- Stefan Nimke (Germany) gets underway in the kilo
- The women's kierin finalists ready to go
- France dominates the keirin
- Clara Sanchez (France) celebrates winning the keirin
- Clara Sanchez acknowledges her fans after her win
- Jennie Reed (USA) was very happy to be on the podium
- Sergi escobar (Spain) on the podium
- Men's IP medalists Robert Hayles (Great Britain), Sergi Escobar (Spain) and Robert Bartko (Germany)
