Three medals decided on the penultimate day of competition in the UCI Juniors Track World Championships at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow. The Men’s Omnium, the Women’s Points Race and the Women’s Sprint – and there were a couple of medals to send the home crowd away happy.
Men’s Sprint
Quarter Finals
The competition in the Men’s Sprint was so close that three of the four Quarter Finals needed a deciding third race. Fastest qualifier Patrick Constable of Australia won his opening match with Jan May, but the German took him by surprise in the second and powered away to tie up the series. Constable made no mistake in the decider and progressed to Sunday’s Semi Finals.
No such worries from Jeremy Presbury of New Zealand who breezed through his contest with Russia’s Aleksey Lysenko in two rides. Jai Angsuthasawit of Australia went one up in his contest with Vladislav Fedin of Russia, but that was as close as he got to the Semis, Fedin taking the other two rides.
The last of the Quarter Finals went to three, too, with Svajunas Jonauskas of Lithuania going ahead in the match with Zac Williams of New Zealand. The Kiwi tied it up in the second heat, but he couldn’t stay with Jonauskas in the decider.
Heat 1
1 CONSTABLE Patrick AUS **
2 MAY Jan GER *
Heat 2
1 PRESBURY Jeremy NZL **
2 LYSENKO Aleksey RUS
Heat 3
1 FEDIN Vladislav RUS **
2 ANGSUTHASAWIT Jai AUS *
Heat 4
1 JONAUSKAS Svajunas LTU **
2 WILLIAMS Zac NZL *
Women’s Sprint
There were no such problems in the Women’s Sprint Semi Finals. Danielle Khan made it look easy, progressing to the Final in two rides of her match with Melissandre Pain of France. And Nicky Degrendele of Belgium – who had looked strong throughout the competition, eased passed Team Sprint Bronze medallist Yeonhee Jang of Korea without the need for a third ride.
Semi Finals
Heat 1
1 KHAN Dannielle GBR **
2 PAIN Melissandre FRA
Heat 2
1 DEGRENDELE Nicky BEL **
2 JANG Yeonhee KOR
Finals
Pain took the Bronze medal in two – Jang starting to look tired in the latter stages. The crowd then seemed to expect a quick and decisive conclusion to the Gold medal ride. Khan had already taken the 500m Time Trial jersey and had looked untroubled by any of her opponents in the Sprint competition. They were underestimating Degrendele, though, and she shocked the arena with a commanding win in the opening ride.
The second was much closer and the crowd was delighted that it was Khan that nicked it on the line. Bouyed by that, Khan took the third comfortably to add a second rainbow jersey to her wardrobe. And there’s the Keirin to come tomorrow.
GOLD KHAN Dannielle GBR **
SILVER DEGRENDELE Nicky BEL *
BRONZE PAIN Melissandre FRA **
4 JANG Yeonhee KOR
Women’s Points Race
A group of six riders sealed the fate of the Women’s Points Race when they took a decisive – if not exactly rapid – lap on the rest of the field around half distance. The group of Ann-Leonie Wiechmann of Germany, Svetlana Vasilieva of Russia, Jessica Parra of Colombia, Hayley Jones of Great Britain, Elissa Wundersitz of Australia and Arianna Fidanza of Italy.
By the final sprint, there were only four riders in contention for the medals with Fidanza and Wundersitz still in the running for the Gold and Jones and Parra battling for the Bronze. Fidanza made sure of the win by taking the final sprint, ahead of Wundersitz. Jones took fourth on the line and with Parra only 8th the Briton took the Bronze.
GOLD FIDANZA Arianna ITA 39 +1 lap
SILVER WUNDERSITZ Elissa AUS 38 +1
BRONZE JONES Hayley GBR 31 +1
4 PARRA Jessica COL 29 +1
5 VASILIEVA Svetlana RUS 26 +1
6 WIECHMANN Ann-leonie GER 22 +1
7 DIDERIKSEN Amalie DEN 7
8 VANDENBULCKE Jesse BEL 5
9 BOURDIAUX Manon FRA 5
10 PLOSAJ Nikol POL 3
11 SACHANKA Marta BLR 2
12 FERRARA Sara MEX 1
13 HUANG Sarah USA
14 BONHOMME Ariane CAN
15 OLIVIER Mikayla RSA
DNF MELLOR Rachel Kaye IRL
Women’s Omnium
III – Elimination
1 LAMBOLEY Soline FRA
2 KNAUER Anna GER
3 SPEROTTO Maria Vittoria ITA
4 KAY Emily GBR
5 VANDENBROUCKE Saartje BEL
6 STEWART Macey AUS
7 ABRAMOVA Maria RUS
8 PIETRZAK Lucja POL
9 GIBSON Kinley CAN
10 PIATROUSKAYA Katsiaryna BLR
11 SEMIAN Bailey USA
12 PRIESTLEY Hayley IRL
Men’s Omnium
V – Scratch Race
1 WOOD Oliver GBR
2 JURCZYK Marc GER
3 GOUGH Regan NZL
4 EDWARDS Jack AUS
5 PEDERSEN Casper Phillip DEN
6 PIETRULA Nicolas CZE
7 MINALI Riccardo ITA
8 STRAKHOV Dmitry RUS
9 JOHNSTONE Eric CAN1
10 NAVARRO Nicolas Oscar ARG
11 MULLER Patrick SUI
12 KIM Hwanghee KOR
13 SALIE Shameeg RSA
14 RUSLI Muhammad Aele S MAS
15 OKAMOTO Hayato JPN
16 FALLON Thomas IRL
17 SILVA Nelson Felipe R POR
18 DE VYLDER Lindsay BEL
19 CARLSON Zachary USA
20 SHIRMUKHAMEDOV Yuriy UZB
21 KLEVANOV Nikita KAZ
REL LEVASSEUR Jordan FRA
VI – Kilometre Time Trial
1 JURCZYK Marc GER 1:04.168
2 EDWARDS Jack AUS 1:05.134
3 LEVASSEUR Jordan FRA 1:05.627
4 JOHNSTONE Eric CAN 1:05.771
5 MINALI Riccardo ITA 1:05.992
6 WOOD Oliver GBR 1:06.125
7 MULLER Patrick SUI 1:06.189
8 GOUGH Regan NZL 1:06.213
9 PIETRULA Nicolas CZE 1:06.363
10 PEDERSEN Casper Phillip DEN 1:06.410
11 DE VYLDER Lindsay BEL 1:07.056
12 STRAKHOV Dmitry RUS 1:07.530
13 KLEVANOV Nikita KAZ 1:07.542
14 TSISHCHANKA Hardzei BLR 1:07.602
15 OKAMOTO Hayato JPN 1:07.813
16 FALLON Thomas IRL 1:08.450
17 NAVARRO Nicolas Oscar ARG 1:08.533
18 KIM Hwanghee KOR 1:08.533
19 SILVA Nelson Felipe R POR 1:08.585
20 CARLSON Zachary USA 1:08.968
21 SALIE Shameeg RSA 1:09.536
22 RUSLI Muhammad Aele S 1:10.989
23 SHIRMUKHAMEDOV Yuriy 1:11.997
Final Standings
GOLD EDWARDS Jack AUS 18
SILVER JURCZYK Marc GER 27
BRONZE PEDERSEN Casper Phillip DEN 29
4 WOOD Oliver GBR 37
5 GOUGH Regan NZL 45
6 STRAKHOV Dmitry RUS 48
7 MINALI Riccardo ITA 48
8 JOHNSTONE Eric CAN 57
9 LEVASSEUR Jordan FRA 59
10 PIETRULA Nicolas CZE 68
11 DE VYLDER Lindsay BEL 69
12 NAVARRO Nicolas Oscar ARG 71
13 MULLER Patrick SUI 78
14 TSISHCHANKA Hardzei BLR 84
15 KIM Hwanghee KOR 87
16 FALLON Thomas IRL 89
17 SILVA Nelson Felipe R POR 9
18 OKAMOTO Hayato JPN 98
19 SALIE Shameeg RSA 100
20 CARLSON Zachary USA 111
21 KLEVANOV Nikita KAZ 115
22 RUSLI Muhammad Aele S MAS 119
23 SHIRMUKHAMEDOV Yuriy UZB 133
