UCI Track World Cup Manchester  - Women's Sprint
World Champion Victoria Pendleton Dominates  Results and Photo Gallery

Victoria Pendleton Qualified easily for the quarter finals of the sprint
Photo © 2009 Simon Alderson 

Women's Sprint Qualifying 
200m flying start (3.5 laps)
World Record 10.831 Slyuareva Olga RUS Moscow (RUS) 25 April 1993
1 295 PENDLETON Victoria SKY 5.420 (1) 10.998 
2 54 GUO Shuang CHN 5.465  11.098
 3 53 GONG Jinjie CHN 5.474  11.149 
4 325 PANARINA Olga BLR   11.193 
5 247 KANIS Willy NED  11.289 
6 212 KRUPECKAITE Simona LTU  11.337
7 10 MEARES Anna AUS 5.560 (5) 11.338
8 9 MCCULLOCH Kaarle AUS  11.447
9 145 WELTE Miriam GER  11.468 
10 285 BARANOVA Victoria RUS   11.528 
11 126 VARNISH Jessica GBR  11.536 
12 246 HIJGENAAR Yvonne

 Olga Panarina powerful off the banking to defeat Willy Kanis
Photo © 2009 Simon Alderson 

Semifinals B
1 1 124 JAMES Rebecca GBR 11.915 60.428
2 290 STRELTSOVA Olga RUS
2 1 126 VARNISH Jessica GBR 12.314 58.470
2 285 BARANOVA Victoria

 Australian Anna Meares out sprints Chinas Shuang Guo to Qualify
Photo © 2009 Simon Alderson 

Semifinals
1 295 PENDLETON Victoria SKY
325 PANARINA Olga BLR

2 54 GUO Shuang CHN
212 KRUPECKAITE Simona LTU

Simona Krupeckaite punches the air as she beats Olga Panarina to take the bronze medal Photo © 2009 Simon Alderson 

World Champion Victoria Pendleton had to battle hard to overcome Olga Panarina needing 3 legs to secure victory  Photo © 2009 Simon Alderson 

Shuang Guo beats Victoria Pendleton in the second heat for the gold medal to take it to a decider  Photo © 2009 Simon Alderson 

Pendleton takes it on the line by a fraction of an inch  Photo © 2009 Simon Alderson 

Women's Sprint Final Results
Gold 1 295 PENDLETON Victoria SKY 11.547 11.599
Silver 2 54 GUO Shuang CHN 11.494
Bronze: 3 212 KRUPECKAITE Simona LTU 11.870 11.657
4 325 PANARINA Olga BLR
5 10 MEARES Anna AUS
6 145 WELTE Miriam GER
7 247 KANIS Willy NED
8 53 GONG Jinjie CHN
9 124 JAMES Rebecca GBR
10 126 VARNISH Jessica GBR
11 290 STRELTSOVA Olga RUS
12 285 BARANOVA Victoria RUS
13 9 MCCULLOCH Kaarle AUS
14 246 HIJGENAAR Yvonne NED
15 163 LEE Wai Sze HKG

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