Women's team sprint
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic track cycling
VenuesIzu Velodrome
Dates2 August 2021
Competitors16 from 8 nations
Teams8
Winning time31.895
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bao Shanju
Zhong Tianshi		  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lea Friedrich
Emma Hinze		  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova		  ROC

The women's team sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 2 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome.[1] 16 cyclists (8 teams of 2) from 8 nations competed.[2]

Background

This was the 3rd appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since 2012. The reigning Olympic champions are Gong Jinjie and Zhong Tianshi of China. The reigning (2020) World Champions are Pauline Grabosch and Emma Hinze of Germany.

Russia, Germany, China, Great Britain, Australia, and the Netherlands are traditionally strong track cycling nations.[3]

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 1 team of 2 cyclists in the women's team sprint. Quota places are allocated to the NOC, which selects the cyclists. Qualification is entirely through the 2018–20 UCI nation rankings. The eight top NOCs on the ranking list qualified for the team sprint event. These nations also received the right to enter two cyclists each in the individual sprint and Keirin.[2] Because qualification was complete by the end of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships on 1 March 2020 (the last event that contributed to the 2018–20 rankings), qualification was unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Competition format

The women's team sprint is competed over two-laps (500 m), with two riders for each nation. Each member of the team must lead for one of the laps. The time for a team is measured to when the first cyclist finishes. Ties are broken by splits on the last lap.

The tournament consists of an initial qualifying round that seeds the teams. The first round comprises races between two teams of two cyclists, starting on opposite sides of the track. The races are based on seeding (1st vs. 8th, 2nd vs. 7th, etc.). The winners of those four heats advance to the medal round, with the two fastest winners competing in the gold medal final and the two slower winners facing off for bronze.[4][5]

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[6]

Date Time Round
2 August15:30Qualifying
16:50First round
18:00Finals

Results

Qualifying

RankCountryCyclistsResult[7]Notes
1 GermanyLea Friedrich
Emma Hinze		32.102
2 ChinaBao Shanju
Zhong Tianshi		32.135
3 NetherlandsLaurine van Riessen
Shanne Braspennincx		32.465
4 ROCDaria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova		32.476
5 MexicoDaniela Gaxiola
Yuli Verdugo		33.097
6 PolandMarlena Karwacka
Urszula Łoś		33.244
7 LithuaniaMiglė Marozaitė
Simona Krupeckaitė		33.276
8 UkraineLyubov Basova
Olena Starikova		33.542

First round

RankHeatCountryCyclistsResult[8]Notes
13 ChinaBao Shanju
Zhong Tianshi		31.804QG, WR
24 GermanyLea Friedrich
Emma Hinze		31.905QG
31 ROCDaria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova		32.249QB
42 NetherlandsShanne Braspennincx
Laurine van Riessen		32.308QB
51 MexicoDaniela Gaxiola
Yuli Verdugo		32.701
63 LithuaniaSimona Krupeckaitė
Miglė Marozaitė		32.827NR
72 PolandMarlena Karwacka
Urszula Łoś		33.022
84 UkraineLyubov Basova
Olena Starikova		33.285

Finals

RankCountryCyclistsResult[9]Notes
Gold medal final
1st place, gold medalist(s) ChinaBao Shanju
Zhong Tianshi		31.895
2nd place, silver medalist(s) GermanyLea Friedrich
Emma Hinze		31.980
Bronze medal final
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) ROCDaria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova		32.252
4 NetherlandsShanne Braspennincx
Laurine van Riessen		32.504
Fifth place final
5 LithuaniaSimona Krupeckaitė
Miglė Marozaitė		32.808NR
6 MexicoDaniela Gaxiola
Yuli Verdugo		33.168
Seventh place final
7 PolandMarlena Karwacka
Urszula Łoś		33.054
8 UkraineLyubov Basova
Olena Starikova		33.691

Podium controversy

The IOC had asked China to explain the presence of Mao badges on Chinese athletes' uniforms, in particular during the medal ceremony for the women's team sprint.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Cycling Track Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Road Cycling" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Olympic Track Cycling at Tokyo 2020: Top Five Things to Know". Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS PART 3 TRACK RACES" (PDF). UCI. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Liam Nee (26 March 2021). "Cycling 101: Competition format". NBC. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Cycling Track – Competition Schedule" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 12 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Cycling Track – Women's Team Sprint – Qualifying Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Cycling Track – Women's Team Sprint – First Round Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Cycling Track – Women's Team Sprint – Final Classification" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  10. ↑ IOC issues China a please explain over Mao badges on cyclists' uniforms
  11. ↑ "Chinese champions wear Mao badges on cycling podium". Reuters. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 10 October 2022.
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