Women's World Sprint Record - Twice!

[jeffsharpe]

Tianshi Zhong[10.573] & Jinjie Gong[10.642] have broken the 200m record at the World Cup being held at Aguascalientes. Kaarlie McCulloch[10.663] qualified third. Can anyone confirm whether she has broken the Australian record?. Miriam Welte[11.053] was on hand to watch her record being broken.

The Aguascalientes velodrome is 250m indoor situated at 1880m above sea level.

 

[oldcrank]

Can anyone confirm whether she has broken the Australian record?

Yes Anna's bests were 10.769 in Cottbus, Germany and
10.782 in Melbourne, both last year.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Tianshi Zhong[10.573] & Jinjie Gong[10.642] have broken the 200m record at the World Cup being held at Aguascalientes. Kaarlie McCulloch[10.663] qualified third. Can anyone confirm whether she has broken the Australian record?. Miriam Welte[11.053] was on hand to watch her record being broken.

The Aguascalientes velodrome is 250m indoor situated at 1880m above sea level.

A number of national records went, yesterday.
The first 10 all went sub 11 seconds; some of them pretty inexperienced.
Zhong, (prime example) then got knocked out in the first round proper.
McCullough lost to Lee (the WC leader) in 2
Gong beat Guerra in 2 in the final.

I reckon altitude and conditions worth around half a second.
That's huge.
Born out by NZ team sprinters producing an almost dead 43".

 

[jeffsharpe]

Yes Anna's bests were 10.769 in Cottbus, Germany and
10.782 in Melbourne, both last year.

Thanks. Peter Lewis[9.747] has taken the Australian men's record. Fastest qualifier Juan Peralta Gascon[9.633] came close to the world record.

Hope they keep the WC there and put the kilo on the program.

 

[Mellow Velo]

LOL. 27 men go sub 10 seconds in qualifying.
Top 16 all sub 9.8"
Hardly a "big" name amongst them.

 

[jeffsharpe]

LOL. 27 men go sub 10 seconds in qualifying.
Top 16 all sub 9.8"
Hardly a "big" name amongst them.

Kevin Sireau, world record holder?

 

[Mellow Velo]

Kevin Sireau, world record holder?

That's why I said, "hardly".
Other than him, the eventual winner, Denis Dmitriev,
probably best known of the rest.

That's not to say that I don't know quite a number of them.

 

[oldcrank]

Aguascalientes is only 20 to 50 feet higher in elevation
than Colorado Springs USA. The COS veledrome, while
an outdoor 333 has the potential to be very fast. Last
June at the US Grand Prix of Sprinting where Welte set
the previous women's flying 200 WR, in the men's event
the only four international riders in the field went 9.652
(Forstemann), 9.670 (Nimke), 9.749 (Enders), and 9.775
(Phillips). Sireau's WR is from a 333 track, although it is
configured differently and wider (i.e. higher banking) than
COS, and of course it is indoor and timber, not concrete
like COS. Tianshi Zhong, the new women's WR holder is
a former World Junior 500 champion.

 

[TShame]

world records

Just remember it only counts if you are the only one to break a world record on that particular calendar day. So, in reality only one will get official credit for breaking the world record. (but I understand what you are saying as well.)

 

[jeffsharpe]

Cycling News have ignored the world record-too busy I suppose with the Lance soap opera. Any chance SBS will have some coverage?

 

[oldcrank]

Hope they keep the WC there and put the kilo on the program.

I thought the UCI rules allowed the World Cup organisers to have
one male and one female non-Olympic event of their choice at
each World Cup, but at Aguascalientes they had the Madison
for men and the individual pursuit and points race for women.
so maybe the rules have been changed.

I think unless the host country has an outstanding kilo rider,
South American World Cups organisers will usually choose the
Madison as their one non-Olympic event for men (if that is still
the rule).

 

[jeffsharpe]

I thought the UCI rules allowed the World Cup organisers to have
one male and one female non-Olympic event of their choice at
each World Cup, but at Aguascalientes they had the Madison
for men and the individual pursuit and points race for women.
so maybe the rules have been changed.

I think unless the host country has an outstanding kilo rider,
South American World Cups organisers will usually choose the
Madison as their one non-Olympic event for men (if that is still
the rule).

Hadn't noticed that there were three non-Olympics. Maybe the rules have changed. There might be a glimmer of hope.

The UCI also said they were reinstating one event to the Olympic program. They said either the pursuit or points. My guess is the pursuit. How far in to the Olympic cycle do they make decisions?

 

[oldcrank]

The UCI also said they were reinstating one event to the Olympic program. They said either the pursuit or points. My guess is the pursuit. How far in to the Olympic cycle do they make decisions?

I won't try to second guess the UCI on which (if any) event they add.
One thing for certain is that no more athletes will partake in the
Games, i.e. any new event will likely be restricted to riders that
are already in either the team sprint or team pursuit.

I think in the last Olympic cycle the UCI were still tweaking rules,
mainly the complex qualification protocol, until two years out
from London, but that doesn't mean anything this time around.

I, for one, am a big fan of the Omnium as it is now currently run,
but I think the Keirin has to be tweaked slightly... perhaps two
laps less behind the bike for starters because very little, if
anything, ever happens until the last half lap behind the bike.

 

[Don't be late Pedro]

I am pretty sure that they were going to try and bring the women's pursuit into line with the men's one i.e. 4 riders, 4k and three must finish. Or did I just make that up?

 

[oldcrank]

I am pretty sure that they were going to try and bring the women's pursuit into line with the men's one i.e. 4 riders, 4k and three must finish. Or did I just make that up?

You are correct. The women will ride a 4-up 4 Km starting
after the 2013 World Champs this February in Minsk.

 

[oldcrank]

The UCI also said they were reinstating one event to the Olympic program. They said either the pursuit or points.

A news release dated 02.02.2013 on the uci.ch web-site says
they are submitting a proposal to the IOC to add points races
to the Olympic program for 2016. Many other web-sites and
publications are speculating about other changes to the track
program, but without any source or evidence presented.