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
    England

As only three nations entered the event, per Commonwealth Games regulations, no silver or bronze medal was available.

Records

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

World record[lower-alpha 1]  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

The schedule is as follows:[2]

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

Date Time Round
Thursday 5 April 201814:32Qualifying
19:02Final

Results

Qualifying

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

RankNationRidersTimeBehindAverage speed (km/h)Notes
1 EnglandSophie Thornhill
Helen Scott (pilot)
10.60967.867WR
2 AustraliaJessica Gallagher
Madison Janssen (pilot)
10.954+0.34565.729
3 ScotlandAileen McGlynn
Louise Haston (pilot)
11.157+0.54864.533

Gold medal final

[4]

RankNationRidersRace 1Race 2Decider (i.r.)
 EnglandSophie Thornhill
Helen Scott (pilot)
XX
2 AustraliaJessica Gallagher
Madison Janssen (pilot)
+0.167+0.207

References

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