The second day began with the opening rounds of the Women’s Sprint and Men’s Keirin, and there were a few upsets.
Women
Sprint
Qualifying
Just like she did last year, Stephanie Morton from Australia came out on top in the Women’s Sprint Qualifying, posting a time of 10.645. The second and third places went to Germans, with Pauline Grabosch and defending champion Kristina Vogel clocking 10.713 and 10.810, respectively. Russia’s Daria Shmeleva, 500m TT world champion from a year ago, rounded out the top 4 who go straight through to the 1/8 finals. Places 5 to 28 go through to the 1/16 finals.
1 MORTON Stephanie AUS 10.645
2 GRABOSCH Pauline Sophie GER 10.713
3 VOGEL Kristina GER 10.810
4 SHMELEVA Daria RUS 10.898
5 LEE Wai Sze HKG 10.909
6 GROS Mathilde FRA 10.938
7 BRASPENNINCX Shanne NED 10.949
8 KRUPECKAITE Simona LTU 10.975
9 STARIKOVA Olena UKR 10.997
10 WELTE Miriam GER 11.001
11 van RIESSEN Laurine NED 11.013
12 MAROZAITE Migle LTU 11.047
13 VOINOVA Anastasiia RUS 11.054
14 HANSEN Natasha NZL 11.088
15 MARCHANT Katy GBR 11.090
16 BASOVA Liubov UKR 11.101
17 CALVO Tania ESP 11.126
18 DEGRENDELE Nicky BEL 11.162
19 LEE Hyejin KOR 11.169
20 BAYONA Martha COL 11.239
21 GODBY Madalyn USA 11.247
22 KOBAYASHI Yuka JPN 11.248
23 CUMMING Emma NZL 11.293
24 STEWART Robyn IRL 11.360
25 GAXIOLA Luz Daniela MEX 11.366
26 WALSH Amelia CAN 11.383
27 GUO Yufang CHN 11.420
28 MAEDA Kayono JPN 11.446
29 JAGODZINSKA Julita POL 11.449
30 MARQUARDT Mandy USA 11.487
31 VERDUGO Yuli MEX 11.550
32 MA Wing Yu HKG 11.704
33 KIM Wongyeong KOR 11.770
1/16 Finals
There were no great surprises in the 1/16 finals. Perhaps the only notable non-qualifiers were 2016 Olympic Bronze medallist Katy Marchant, who was knocked out by Nicky Degrendele from Belgium, and Lithuanian Migle Marozaite, who lost out to Madalyn Godby from the USA.
Heat 1
1 LEE Wai Sze HKG (Q)
2 MAEDA Kayono JPN
Heat 2
1 GROS Mathilde FRA (Q)
2 GUO Yufang CHN
Heat 3
1 BRASPENNINCX Shanne NED (Q)
2 WALSH Amelia CAN
Heat 4
1 KRUPECKAITE Simona LTU (Q)
2 GAXIOLA Luz Daniela MEX
Heat 5
1 STARIKOVA Olena UKR (Q)
2 STEWART Robyn IRL
Heat 6
1 WELTE Miriam GER (Q)
2 CUMMING Emma NZL
Heat 7
1 van RIESSEN Laurine NED (Q)
2 KOBAYASHI Yuka JPN
Heat 8
1 GODBY Madalyn USA (Q)
2 MAROZAITE Migle LTU
Heat 9
1 VOINOVA Anastasiia RUS (Q)
2 BAYONA Martha COL
Heat 10
1 HANSEN Natasha NZL (Q)
2 LEE Hyejin KOR
Heat 11
1 DEGRENDELE Nicky BEL (Q)
2 MARCHANT Katy GBR
Heat 12
1 BASOVA Liubov UKR (Q)
2 CALVO Tania ESP
1/8 Finals
The 1/8 finals also saw very few upsets. Laurine van Riessen (NED) beat faster qualifier Mathilde Gros (FRA), but there was only 0.075 between them in qualifying anyway.
Heat 1
1 MORTON Stephanie AUS (Q)
2 BASOVA Liubov UKR
Heat 2
1 GRABOSCH Pauline Sophie GER (Q)
2 DEGRENDELE Nicky BEL
Heat 3
1 VOGEL Kristina GER (Q)
2 HANSEN Natasha NZL
Heat 4
1 SHMELEVA Daria RUS (Q)
2 VOINOVA Anastasiia RUS
Heat 5
1 LEE Wai Sze HKG (Q)
2 GODBY Madalyn USA
Heat 6
1 van RIESSEN Laurine NED (Q)
2 GROS Mathilde FRA
Heat 7
1 BRASPENNINCX Shanne NED (Q)
2 WELTE Miriam GER
Heat 8
1 KRUPECKAITE Simona LTU (Q)
2 STARIKOVA Olena UKR
Men
Keirin
Round 1
The first outing for the Men’s Keirin saw many of the favourites easily progress to the second round. Australian Matthew Glaetzer in particular looked very dominant, winning by 0.160. Last year’s world champion Azizulhasni Awang from Malaysia failed to qualify, and would have to try his hand again in the repechages.
Heat 1
1 LEVY Maximilian GER (Q)
2 VYNOKUROV Andrii UKR
3 LENDEL Vasilijus LTU
4 WAKIMOTO Yuta JPN
5 WEBSTER Sam NZL
Heat 2
1 EILERS Joachim GER (Q)
2 TRUMAN Joseph GBR
3 NITTA Yudai JPN
4 DAWKINS Edward NZL
5 SPIES Jean RSA
Heat 3
1 CARLIN Jack GBR (Q)
2 KELEMEN Pavel CZE
3 DORNBACH Maximilian GER
4 PERALTA Juan ESP
5 KANG Shih Feng TPE
Heat 4
1 GLAETZER Matthew AUS (Q)
2 KAWABATA Tomoyuki JPN
3 RAMIREZ Santiago COL
4 RAJKOWSKI Patryk POL
5 PERVIS Francois FRA
Heat 5
1 BUCHLI Matthijs NED (Q)
2 SAHROM Muhammad MAS
3 BARRETTE Hugo CAN
4 SOJKA David CZE
5 LAFARGUE Quentin FRA
Heat 6
1 PUERTAS Fabian Hernando COL (Q)
2 CASTLE Jordan NZL
3 AWANG Mohd Azizulhasni MAS
4 LAVREYSEN Harrie NED
Round 1 Repechages
Francois Pervis (FRA), Sam Webster (NZL) and Ed Dawkins (NZL) were all amongst the riders who failed to capitalise on the repechages. 2017 world champion Awang from Malaysia still couldn’t get back to his form of last year and he was promptly ejected from the competition. Hugo Barrette from Canada put in a particularly strong performance to qualify for the second round, despite only coming third in his round 1 heat.
Heat 1
1 VYNOKUROV Andrii UKR (Q)
2 AWANG Mohd Azizulhasni MAS
3 PERVIS Francois FRA
4 SOJKA David CZE
Heat 2
1 BARRETTE Hugo CAN (Q)
2 RAJKOWSKI Patryk POL
3 TRUMAN Joseph GBR
4 KANG Shih Feng TPE
Heat 3
1 PERALTA Juan ESP (Q)
2 KELEMEN Pavel CZE
3 WEBSTER Sam NZL
4 RAMIREZ Santiago COL
Heat 4
1 KAWABATA Tomoyuki JPN (Q)
2 DAWKINS Edward NZL
3 DORNBACH Maximilian GER
4 SPIES Jean RSA
Heat 5
1 WAKIMOTO Yuta JPN (Q)
2 LENDEL Vasilijus LTU
3 SAHROM Muhammad MAS
4 LAFARGUE Quentin FRA
Heat 6
1 LAVREYSEN Harrie NED (Q)
2 CASTLE Jordan NZL
3 NITTA Yudai JPN
Session 2 sees the conclusion of the Men’s and Women’s Team Pursuit, and the Men’s Keirin, as well as the Men’s Scratch Race.
