Guo Shuang (郭爽, born February 26, 1986) is a Chinese professional track cyclist. She won two bronze medals at the 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, in Sprint and Keirin, and two silver medals at the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, again in Sprint and Keirin.
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Guo Shuang |
| Born | February 26, 1986 Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, China |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Track |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprint |
| Major wins | |
| World keirin champion (2009) | |
Medal record | |
Guo had an eventful semi-final in the sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics, having won the first heat and conceded the second to her opponent Anna Meares, the third heat saw Guo come down the banking too steeply and her front wheel slipped from beneath her. The heat was re-run and although Guo won by a few millimetres, she was relegated for coming down the tack and pushing Meares onto the côte d'azure on the final lap. This put Meares through to the final ride-off for gold. Guo went on to win the final ride-off for the bronze against Willy Kanis.
Guo competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[2] She and Gong Jinjie set a world record of 32.447 seconds in the qualification round of the team sprint event, which they then improved upon with 32.422 in the next round.[3] They went on to finish first in the final against the German team, but were disqualified for an early relay, and were relegated to the silver medal instead.[4] Guo and Gong's coach Daniel Morelon maintains that the pair were "robbed" of the gold medal, and described it as an "injustice". He complained that the judges refused to provide a "video footage of the race on slow motion", and only provided a "vague explanation" for the infringement they had allegedly committed.[5] However, the British cycling champions Victoria Pendleton and Jessica Varnish, who were also disqualified for a similar reason earlier on in the competition, accepted the judges decision and chose not to claim that they were unfairly robbed of a medal.[6] Pendleton recovered and went on to win a gold medal in the women's keirin event with Guo Shuang coming 2nd.[7]
Palmarès
edit- 2004
- 2004 World Cup
- 1st Keirin, Moscow
- 1st Keirin, Sydney
- 2005
- 2004–2005 World Cup
- 2nd Sprint, Sydney
- 2nd Keirin, Sydney
- 2005–2006 World Cup
- 3rd Sprint, Manchester
- 2006
- World Championships, Bordeaux
- 2005–2006 World Cup
- 3rd Sprint, Los Angeles
- 2nd 500 m, Los Angeles
- 2nd Keirin, Los Angeles
- 2006–2007 World Cup
- 1st Keirin, Sydney
- Asian Games
- 1st 500 m
- 1st Sprint
- 2007
- World Championships, Palma de Mallorca
- 2006–2007 World Cup
- 3rd 500 m, Los Angeles
- 1st Keirin, Los Angeles
- 2nd Sprint, Manchester
- 3rd Keirin, Manchester
- 2007–2008 World Cup
- 3rd Team Sprint, Beijing
- 2008
- 1st Sprint, Fenioux France Trophy
- 2007–2008 World Cup
- 3rd Sprint, Copenhagen
- 3rd Sprint, 2008 Summer Olympics
- 2009
- World Championships, Pruszków
- 1st Keirin
- 2008–2009 World Cup
- 2nd Keirin, Round 4, Beijing
- 3rd Keirin, Round 5, Beijing
- 3rd Team sprint, Round 5, Beijing
- 2009–2010 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 2nd Keirin, Round 1, Manchester
- 2nd Sprint, Round 1, Manchester
- 2nd Keirin, Round 2, Melbourne
- 2nd Sprint, Round 2, Melbourne
- 2012
- Olympic Games, London
- 2nd Team sprint (with Gong Jinjie)
- 3rd Individual Sprint
- 2nd Keirin
- 2014
- Grand Prix de Vitesse de Saint-Denis
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Sprint
- GP von Deutschland im Sprint
- 2nd Keirin
- 2nd Sprint
- Incheon International Track Competition
- 2nd Keirin
- 2nd Sprint
- Cottbuser SprintCup
- 3rd Keirin
- 3rd Sprint
- 2015
- China Track Cup
- 1st Sprint
- 2nd Keirin
- 3rd Keirin
- Melbourne Cup on Wheels
- 2nd Keirin
- 2nd Sprint
- 2nd Keirin, Super Drome Cup
- South Australian Grand Prix
- 3rd Keirin
- 3rd Sprint
- 2017
- National Track Championships
- 1st
Keirin - 3rd Team Sprint (with Zhong Tianshi)
- 1st
References
edit- ^ a b "Athlete Biography – GUO Shuang". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on September 2, 2008.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Guo Shuang". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
- ^ "Cycling – China set world record, Britain out". Reuters. August 2, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
- ^ "Chinese women's sprint cycling team disqualified for lane change; Germany wins Olympic gold". Washington Post. August 2, 2012. Archived from the original on January 19, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
- ^ "Chinese cycling coach says women's sprint team 'robbed' of gold". CBC. August 3, 2012.
- ^ "Victoria Pendleton & Jess Varnish relegated from team sprint". BBC News. August 2, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
- ^ Victoria Pendleton wins gold in the women's keirin at London 2012 Olympics. www.telegraph.co.uk. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
Further reading
edit- "Guo Shuang: Riding Alone Overseas for Thousands of Miles". All-China Women's Federation. January 29, 2007. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
External links
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- Guo Shuang at UCI
- Guo Shuang at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Guo Shuang at the Chinese Olympic Committee (archived) (in Chinese)
- Guo Shuang at Olympics.com
- Guo Shuang at Olympedia
