Some surprises surfaced throughout the weekend of racing in Sydney at the velodrome but the sister pair of Anna and Kerrie Meares (AUS) romping to victory in the Women's Team Sprint was not one of them. The formidable pair won by 0.09 second to the German2 team and France picked up third place just ahead of Italy.
The Keirin saw China on the podium again with Shuang Guo taking Gold, Jennie Reed from USA in Silver and Dana Gloss (GER) in Bronze. We expected to see UK rider Victoria Pendleton (SIS) in the final but she was knocked out in the repecharges after failing to get through her first round match.
Australian celebrated another home win in the Women's Individual Pursuit with Katie Mactier winning Gold and UK rider Wendy Houvenhagel (SIS) in silver. The 500m Time Trial saw Anna Meares win again for Australia in a time of 33.944, almost a full second faster than Simona Krupechaite (LTU) and Yvonne Hijgenaar (NED) in Bronze. Lithuanian rider Simona Krupeckaite put in the fastest qualifying time in the Women's Sprint race on Friday so she is obviously on good form. See the full results below...
