2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint

Women's team sprint
at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Women's team sprint ; at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Venue	Lee Valley VeloPark, London
Date	2 March
Competitors	28 from 14 nations
Teams	14
Winning time	32.679
Medalists
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The Women's team sprint event of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 2 March 2016.^[1]^[2] Initially, China won the final against Russia, but were relegated to silver after an illegal change.^[3]^[4]

Results edit

Qualifying edit

The qualifying was started at 15:07.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1	Gong Jinjie Zhong Tianshi	China	32.428		Q
2	Daria Shmeleva Anastasia Voynova	Russia	32.560	+0.132	Q
3	Miriam Welte Kristina Vogel	Germany	32.808	+0.380	q
4	Anna Meares Stephanie Morton	Australia	32.820	+0.392	q
5	Jessica Varnish Katy Marchant	Great Britain	32.903	+0.475
6	Laurine van Riessen Elis Ligtlee	Netherlands	33.133	+0.705
7	Sandie Clair Virginie Cueff	France	33.258	+0.830
8	Tania Calvo Helena Casas	Spain	33.455	+1.027
9	Kate O'Brien Monique Sullivan	Canada	33.867	+1.439
10	Natasha Hansen Olivia Podmore	New Zealand	33.932	+1.504
11	Martha Bayona Juliana Gaviria	Colombia	34.171	+1.743
12	Jessica Salazar Luz Gaxiola	Mexico	34.236	+1.808
13	Olena Starikova Lyubov Shulika	Ukraine	34.300	+1.872
14	Takako Ishii Kayono Maeda	Japan	34.721	+2.293

Finals edit

The finals were started at 20:50.^[6]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Behind
Gold medal race
	Daria Shmeleva Anastasia Voynova	Russia	32.679
	Gong Jinjie Zhong Tianshi	China	REL
Bronze medal race
	Miriam Welte Kristina Vogel	Germany	32.740
4	Anna Meares Stephanie Morton	Australia	32.871	+0.131