Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's tandem sprint B

The Women's tandem sprint B at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, was part of the cycling programme, which took place on 5 April 2018. This event was for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot.

Cycling Track – Women's tandem sprint B
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueAnna Meares Velodrome
Dates5 April 2018
Competitors3 from 3 nations
Medalists
gold medal    England
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As only three nations entered the event, per Commonwealth Games regulations, no silver or bronze medal was available.

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record[a]   Jessica Gallagher (AUS) 11.045 Montichiari, Italy 20 March 2016
Games record   Sophie Thornhill (ENG) 11.277 Glasgow, Scotland 24 July 2014
  1. ^ The mark of 10.891 set by Sophie Thornhill in the 2018 World Championships[1] was not ratified at the time.

Schedule

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The schedule is as follows:[2]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Thursday 5 April 2018 14:32 Qualifying
19:02 Final

Results

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Qualifying

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The two fastest tandems advance to the gold medal final.[3]

Rank Nation Riders Time Behind Average speed (km/h) Notes
1   England Sophie Thornhill
Helen Scott (pilot)
10.609 67.867 WR
2   Australia Jessica Gallagher
Madison Janssen (pilot)
10.954 +0.345 65.729
3   Scotland Aileen McGlynn
Louise Haston (pilot)
11.157 +0.548 64.533

Gold medal final

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[4]

Rank Nation Riders Race 1 Race 2 Decider (i.r.)
    England Sophie Thornhill
Helen Scott (pilot)
X X
2   Australia Jessica Gallagher
Madison Janssen (pilot)
+0.167 +0.207

References

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  1. ^ "Women's B Sprint Qualification" (PDF). UCI / Veloresults. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Cycling Track - Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. ^ Qualifying results
  4. ^ Final results