Britain’s Katy Marchant, Britain’s Sophie Capewell and Britain’s Emma Finucane compete in the women’s track cycling team sprint first round of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, south-west of Paris, on August 5, 2024. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)(Image credit: Getty Images)
Sophie Capewell, Emma Finucane and Katy Marchant of Team Great Britain compete as they break a New World Record during the Women’s Team Sprint Qualifiers on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 (Image credit: Getty Images)
Netherlands’ Kyra Lamberink, Netherlands’ Hetty van de Wouw and Netherlands’ Steffie van der Peet compete in the women’s track cycling team sprint first round of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, south-west of Paris, on August 5, 2024. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)(Image credit: Getty Images)
Great Britain set another world record in First Round
The women’s Team Sprint resumed for the first round with four heats at the velodrome, where a new world record was set three more times.
The Netherlands opened the qualification round in heat 1, beating China with a time of 45.798.
It was during heat 2 that Germany set another new world record in their race against Mexico, with a time of 45.377. New Zealand then came through with another world record during heat 3 against Poland with a time of 45.348.
The world record continued to tumble as Great Britain set the new fastest record of 45.338, beating Canada in heat 4.
The British team of Sophie Capewell, Emma Finucane and Katy Marchant had already set a new world record in the event in the qualifications earlier in the day.
In the Finals, Great Britain qualified for the gold medal round against New Zealand, while Germany qualified for the bronze-medal round against the Netherlands.
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Heat 1
Pos.
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Netherlands
0:00:45.978
Row 1 – Cell 0
Kyra Lamberink
Row 2 – Cell 0
Hetty van de Wouw
Row 3 – Cell 0
Steffie van der Peet
2
China
0:00:46.362
Row 5 – Cell 0
Shanju Bao
Row 6 – Cell 0
Yufang Guo
Row 7 – Cell 0
Liying Yuan
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Heat 2
Pos.
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Germany
0:00:45.377
Row 1 – Cell 0
Lea Friedrich
Row 2 – Cell 0
Pauline Grabosch
Row 3 – Cell 0
Emma Hinze
2
Mexico
0:00:46.198
Row 5 – Cell 0
Daniela Gaxiola Gonzalez
Row 6 – Cell 0
Jessica Salazar Valles
Row 7 – Cell 0
Yuli Verdugo Osuna
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Heat 3
Pos.
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
New Zealand
0:00:45.348
Row 1 – Cell 0
Ellesse Andrews
Row 2 – Cell 0
Shaane Fulton
Row 3 – Cell 0
Rebecca Petch
2
Poland
0:00:47.022
Row 5 – Cell 0
Marlena Karwacka
Row 6 – Cell 0
Urszula Los
Row 7 – Cell 0
Nikola Sibiak
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Heat 4
Pos.
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Great Britian
0:00:45.338 (WR)
Row 1 – Cell 0
Sophie Capewell
Row 2 – Cell 0
Emma Finucane
Row 3 – Cell 0
Katy Marchant
2
Canada
0:00:46.816
Row 5 – Cell 0
Lauriane Genest
Row 6 – Cell 0
Kelsey Mitchell
Row 7 – Cell 0
Sarah Orban
World record for Great Britain in Qualification
Great Britain set a new World and Olympic record of 45.472 seconds in the women’s team sprint during the qualifying round at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome outside Paris.
In the first Olympic race with three riders and 750 metres of flat-out sprinting for the women, Katy Marchant hit out hard on her first lap, but Sophie Capwell appeared to slip slightly out of turn one, but she recovered quickly. With an extra shot of adrenaline, she closed the gap to the early leaders New Zealand and launched Emma Finucane, who put in a blistering final lap to get past the Kiwis.
New Zealand started as the second team and broke the Olympic record at 45.593 seconds.
The British team will face last-placed qualifiers Canada in the first round, while New Zealand will go up against Poland, who came seventh.
Germany, third, will go head to head with Mexico while the Netherlands will face China, who had to overcome a false start and finished a disappointing fifth.
The quickest two times in the first round will determine who races for the gold medal.
