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COMMENTATOR: Up towards the line and the gold medal goes to Great

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Britain, the Olympic champions again! Gold for Britain once more,

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for the third Olympic games in a row! There is a medal here tonight,

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it is silver! Gold for Great Britain! They smashed the world

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record! Jason Kenny wins the gold medal for the second time in his

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career. A spectacular silver. Mark Cavendish as an Olympic medal, it's

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a silver one. And it is a richly deserved one. Laura Trott is

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Britain's most successful female Olympian of all time. Can she get

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over the line? I think she can! It's a golden hat-trick in Rio!

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Sensational cycling. Brilliant, brilliant stuff.

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STUDIO From the golden sun of Rio to the

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Winter of discontent, British cycling has been through the ringer

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over the past eight months and how it will emerge is one of the big

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questions to answer at the Track Cycling World Championships, stage

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for the first time in Hong Kong and only the second time it has been in

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Asia. It is rare in sport to have a World Championship is every single

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year but that is what happens in cycling. It is 7pm here and I'm

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reliably informed it has been raining all day but that won't

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matter in the very futuristic looking velodrome. Looks like a

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spaceship has landed in Hong Kong. Delighted to say I am joined here

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insulted by Sir Chris Hoy and Jo, for you, two Olympic golds and five

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World Championships. The World Championship that come after an

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Olympics are always a little bit different, aren't they? They are.

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You have the people who underperformed in Rio who will be

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determined to come back fighting strongly and get nations like

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Australia and Germany, they often come back really strong in the first

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World Championships. You also have the young pretenders, the young

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athletes who have not had a chance yet at world level, this is their

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chance to get back to the world stage and hopefully win a medal. Jo,

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for a lot of those within British cycling, it is too much to expect to

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see them come straight to a World Championship is after an Olympics,

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so some of the big names taking a step back? It's quite unusual if

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you've wanted to go straight for this series. There are a view who

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did, like Katie Archibald. A view of us took a step back. I've retired.

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Some people are on a bit of downtime which is fair enough but gives the

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opportunity for some young British riders who have watched Rio and felt

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like they wanted to be there to actually go and lay their markdown.

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We're going to see people you might not have heard of and see them in

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action and see if they can step up to the plate. Jo mentioned her

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decision to retire but first let's reflect on a golden rear.

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Joanna Rowsell... This is going to be some fight. I don't believe it

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commits a world record! -- I don't believe it, it's a world

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record again. And the crowd are getting behind them. Great Britain

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win the Olympic title and the gold medal and another world record!

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Joanna Rowsell is one lap away from the world title. It's gold for

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Joanna Rowsell and Great Britain! When she gets going, she can keep

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going all day long. The crowd are on their feet. Joanna Rowsell wins gold

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for England in the women's individual pursuit. What an Olympic

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final we have on our hands here. Jo Rowsell Shand takes over down the

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back straight and now Great Britain are starting to turn the screw here.

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Gold for Great Britain! They have smashed the world record!

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STUDIO I suspect it's a little bit like

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watching your life flash before your eyes, but when you look at that, Jo,

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what do you think cycling has brought to your life? It's changed

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my life completely. My first World Championships was here in Manchester

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in 2008 which was the first lap and I guess I'm unrecognisable now to

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the girl that first joined the cycling team ten and a half years

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ago. I was very shy, had very little confidence. I must have had some

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self belief in myself as an athlete, but for me, relocating to

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Manchester, meeting all the people and legends of the sport like Chris,

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that was terrifying! It's amazing for me to look back at that and see

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how my life has changed. I met my husband through cycling and my best

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friends are all cyclists. I've definitely become a lot more

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confident and happy. It's amazing to watch that back, so thank you for

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that! You're very welcome, thank you for everything you've given to

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British cycling. It's a big decision to stop. Chris, you've done it. How

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would you advise Jo to reassess and adjust her goals? For me personally,

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I try to find something that was a big passion in my life, something to

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focus on something to get your teeth into. I know you're already thinking

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about that clearly can what you're going to do in the next few years,

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but for me it was exploring things I couldn't do when I was a full-time

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athlete. I became a dad as well. Things like that, just experiencing

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a greater life out there, the bigger world out there. Are you looking

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forward to it or do you treat it with a certain amount of bread? I

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am. It was a really difficult decision to make and it took me a

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long time to make it. I think for a while deep down I knew I was done as

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a cyclist. I'm the sort of person who always looks for new challenges

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and I had won everything I could possibly win as a cyclist, you can't

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get higher than Olympic champion and world record-holder, and I saw them

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something more. Add the Olympic pursuit for Tokyo, that would have

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motivated me... But to go out and try new things... When I first had

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the meeting with my head coach, I didn't actually say the word retire.

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I had to call it the R word, I couldn't actually say I want to

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retire! That was a step too far. It took a while to come to terms with

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the idea of not being an athlete and not preparing for an Olympic Games

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and it was incredibly difficult. I'm currently applying to university to

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start in September. Great, to study? Physiology. Which has a nice link to

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elite sport, so I could perhaps go into coaching, but the degree is

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more taught from the point of view of physical activity for health,

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using physical activity for things like obesity and diabetes. A

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different perspective. The science is the same but it is down to how

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you apply it and it could apply across the board. I think it will be

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an interesting degree for me, something I'm very interested in.

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Ever since I left school, I had a levels in biology, physics and

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maths, I was very much a scientist back then and now I can go and study

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whatever I want to study and maybe going back -- go back into elite

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sport. Brilliant. We're thrilled to have your intellect here as well as

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your knowledge of cycling. Here are the athletes we should be watching

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out for. In the men's team sport, the average age of our team is 20.

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They took gold in the Glasgow World Cup last November. No British

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representation in the women's team sprint. The dominant side looked to

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be China, they are the Olympic champions. Elinor Barker, who won

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gold in the team pursuit in Rio, is concentrating on individual events

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here. We will see her in the women's scratch today. And it is the first

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round of the men's team pursuit. Andy Tennant at 30 is the senior

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member of the team and he just missed out on the Olympic Games.

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Determined to make his mark here. The women's sprinting scene in

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Britain, we will talk about it in a second but if you wanted get in

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touch with us, details at the bottom of your screen, if you want to get

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tips on fitness or mental health from these two, use everything they

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know. But obviously also questions about I cling or team members,

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anything you want just via our way. Becky James is taking a break and

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there's only one British female sprinter out in Hong Kong and that

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is Katy Marchant. Are we looking at a bit of a problem in British sprint

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cycling at the moment? I don't think so, you look at Vickie Williamson

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who is thankfully finally getting back on her bike after a horrific

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crash at the sixth day in Rotterdam over a year ago now. She is well on

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her way to making her way back into the team. We have some really

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talented young riders snapping at their heels of Katy but at the

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moment Katy is focusing on the Kieren. I don't Inc is any crisis

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intends of the future but there is still work to be done. In terms of

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how you gel well, and it is always exciting watching the team sprint,

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for the women it is a team of two rather than three. Jo, I will just

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get your view on this as well, the strength of the teams that are

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lining up for this. In the women's team sprint, yeah, I think China

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will probably be the favourites, they are the Olympic champions.

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Russia were the world champions from this time last year but I think that

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is because China were disqualified in the final. I think Russia and

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China are the big two favourites here. I would love to see Team GB

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back in the mix but like Chris says, there are a view riders who have

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unfortunately had injuries or something, that will not be

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competing in this winter. But it is something that excites me going

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forward and I personally would like to see the event go to three riders

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and three laps rather than two. This is the only event now where there is

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not equality between men and women in terms of the number of riders in

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the team, so for me that is the last step. This event has been

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progressing really well since it has been on the programme. The gap has

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been getting lower and lower so I would like to see it equal out on

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three, so that is my thing. Yes, absolutely. I think we're all

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nodding in agreement. Let's let the commentators take it away.

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COMMENTATOR: Hello, everyone. Thank you and welcome to this futuristic

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velodrome here in Hong Kong, just eight short Drive away from the

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centre of the city, and we are just in time for the fourth race in this

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women's team sprint qualifying. Australia, Stephanie Morton entire

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Lee McCulloch. The Australians we will be watching here, they are one

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of the traditional forces in this event, particularly when Anna Meares

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was paired with Thirimanne colour. That is a few years ago now and they

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are not one of the big favourites. It is a pretty decent time, the new

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fastest one, 32.785, for Australia. We have already seen how fast the

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men's team pursuit was. A pretty special performance and you often

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find that a good performance sort of goes through the whole team. I

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suppose it's not surprising that the Australian sprinters are also really

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raising their game here. Often the case for the Australians posed

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Olympic Games, they tend to perform well the year after an Olympics. I

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suspect that here in Hong Kong it will be no different. It's

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interesting, isn't it, Chris, that different countries have very

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different ideas about how to prepare? Many of them treat the

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World Championships as seriously as the Olympic Games. Of course, they

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are World Championships, so so you should come about their funding is

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not just dependent on how you do in the Olympic Games. That may be a

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reason why the British team approach things slightly differently.

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Possibly. To do with the change of funding and also culturally of

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course. But they do tend to perform well very consistently. We've got

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used to the British team who do tackle it in a very different way,

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it's all about the Olympic Games, tipping off after that major

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competition. That is a cycle we have seen repeated three times now. I

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don't want to put too much pressure on them but we're expecting to see

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good solid performances. This is the one event where there is no British

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interest, but it is a really strong field. Joanna was talking before

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about China, the Olympic champions, and also Russia, the defending world

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champions. We should not forget too Germany and that brilliant pairing

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from any years now, Kristina Vogel, who is a world and Olympic champion,

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and Miriam Welte. They are never far away. Great talents in world track

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cycling. They are one of the real crowd pleaser is as well, one of the

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real characters of the sport. Incredibly consistent and so are the

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Chinese pair, but mistakes have been made as we heard alluded to earlier

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in World Championships. The rules for this event have been tidied up a

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bit now, making it a lot easier for riders to stop people being

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relegated, because that is not what anybody wants to see. It's all about

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that front wheel, they can't pass before the first line. Just to let

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you know that China have got Junhong Lin racing and

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Shuang Guo. A little bit messy Art of the blocks. The German pair

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cleanly away. This is a strong finish now. Kristina Vogel powers

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over the line. New fastest time and China way out of it. China's time is

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a long way back and that has now come up as the third quickest time,

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but they were some considerable distance behind Germany. Germany

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32.356. When you consider that the world record is 32 dead, that is

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really a very respectable ride. They have set themselves out as being the

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team to beat. So consistent and .3 of a second clear of Australia at

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the moment. Coming into this, perhaps no great surprise. Kristina

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Vogel has been in very good form over the winter track system,

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winning the Kieren and the sprint in Los Angeles and she won the

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individual sprint as well in Cali. In stark contrast to many Olympic

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champions, Kristina Vogel deciding to keep racing through and she has

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kept that going. Riders deal with the pressure in different ways. Some

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see the competition as an adventure and the result is just a symptom of

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doing something they want to do. Others really build up on the result

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and it's all about that result, there is a lot of pressure and they

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need to get away afterwards. So we see a real disparity in performances

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in this post-Olympic period. We have got four gold medallists on the

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track in the Great Britain squad including Katie Archibald and Elinor

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Barker. We will see them in different events to those at which

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they were involved in in Rio. A busman's holiday. They are still on

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the track but just getting the mental break of avoiding an event --

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of doing a different event. Next on the track, Russia,

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. Against Spain. Don't forget this is a three round competition and

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this is the qualifying phase which will see them go through to the top

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eight first will ride against eighth, second against seventh. The

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better ride you perform now, the easier ride you get through and the

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two fastest winners contest the gold. 12 teams in this qualifying

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round and eight of them will go through. I way they go. Let's see

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what kind of form the Russian pairing have brought here to these

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championships. Voianova Leading the way on lap one.

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Shmeleva takes over for the final lap. No surprise to see Spain

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trailing at this point. Here we come up towards the line and their time

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was 32.962, well down on the time set by Germany. These are big gaps

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in a competition like this, which can be decided by hundreds or even

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thousands of a second. The German team are going to be tough to beat.

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So, Germany fastest qualifiers ahead of Australia, Russia and China.

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Spain, Netherlands, Canada and Colombia also going through. We will

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lose Mexico, Korea, Italy and India. We're just waiting for official

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confirmation of that. But interesting to note that from what

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we've seen so far, it is Germany who have the real speed in their legs

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that this particular moment in time. Good to see Australia as well coming

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back in this particular event, because they were dominant a couple

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of years ago, they won the world title three years in a row. And as

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Daria Shmeleva, a former junior champion, just winds down, there is

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the confirmation of the qualifiers in the women's team sprint.

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COMMENTATOR: Germany out in front. Australia one of the countries you

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were saying had a lot to prove after Rio. With the retirement of Anna

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Meares, it has given Carla McCulloch the chance to show her skill. News

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through recently that Mark Cavendish has been diagnosed with glandular

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fever. Glandular fever is going to knock him out for a while, isn't it?

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Jeff, that's pretty serious. The risk is that you try and get back

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too soon and it extends the time you will be laid off for. I'm sure he

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will get the best of ice on that but it is frustrating, he has still got

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a lot left to achieve, he wants to win the highest number of stages

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ever in the Tour de France and that will certainly hamper his

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preparation. Let's concentrate on the qualifying for the men's team

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sprint but that team of Heinz and Callum Skinner, Callum is the early

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one at the World Championship 's and he is focusing on individual events.

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It is a relatively new line-up, they are pretty exciting. Let's hear from

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these new names. As a team, we're really close, we're really good

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friends off the track as well. We'll came onto the Academy programme

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around the same time. We were looking at a five-year goal, Tokyo

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and then anything before that would be like a bonus. Obviously we want

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to go to win. We are a young team and we have to give our best

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performance and just see where that puts us. It can stand us in good

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stead. Fantastic riding and the youth put in a fantastic

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performance! We would like to go top five. If you go top five, you're

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always going to be vying for a medal. It's a great record at any

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level. Coming from their age through the Academy process together. I'm

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really excited to see what those guys can do on the big stage. It is

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very much their moment and how will they cope with it? Jack Carlin on

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the left and that is Elinor Barker on the right. We will see her later

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on in the scratch race. Chris, I started to ask you this but we

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didn't have time to hear your answer, what is the secret to

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gelling in the sprint competition. As a team, each rider has a very

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different job to do, very different skills. The starter has to be an

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exceptional rider accelerating the team up to a good pace. Number two

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had to have the ability to soak up the start but deliver a strong lap

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for the final person to hang on to the end. It is more than just

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physical attributes, they are all good friends, they get on well and

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they gel as a unit. It's very exciting for them just now, they are

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on an upward Sharjah rhetoric and who knows how far they can go? -- an

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upward trajectory. Let's have a look at Canada. The qualifying has

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started but very early stages. Chris, talk us through what happens

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here. Oh dear oh dear oh dear, nightmare. A lot of the holder

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uppers are not that experienced. They're not from your team, they're

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from the venue? That's right. A lot of the guys are big guys, 90

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kilograms class and they have heavy bikes, so it can happen. Sometimes

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it happens like dominoes, all six riders go down, not ideal when

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you're about to start the race. These wheels are also very fragile

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for lateral impact. They are designed very strong. You could

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almost push your finger through that we'll if you hit it hard enough, so

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there is a risk of damaging that ?3000 wheel. Is that it, I Canada

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how? No, they get a restart because it wasn't their fault. But

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psychologically it can be a distraction.

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COMMENTATOR: They were the first two teams to go, Clare, actually. There

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was a good story, it wasn't the rider who fell but a chap... Patrice

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St Louis Pivin is one of the riders and he only set foot in the

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velodrome for the first time 30 months ago, he was a power lifter

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and one of the other riders suggested he tried out a training

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camp and clearly it went rather well! Away. Cross-fertilisation I

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believe is the term applied from going from one sport to another in

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the sporting world, but it's actually a really good idea to take

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people with the basic abilities and most importantly a desire to do it,

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and give them the opportunity to try something different.

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And experienced rider for the Netherlands, five times a world

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champion on the track and three times on the sprint. Not for a

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while, though. Nils Van't Hoenderdaal for the Netherlands.

:25:32.:25:36.

Over half a second that of Colombia at this point. Of course it's all

:25:37.:25:41.

about setting the time but it gives us an indicator of the blistering

:25:42.:25:47.

pace being set here. Really quick bite Jeffrey Hoogland now. He leaves

:25:48.:25:54.

it at the end and Theo Bos is an round three for the Netherlands.

:25:55.:25:57.

Heading into the autumn of his career now, back on track in the

:25:58.:26:01.

last year or so. Powering around the track at the bottom of this bowl as

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he comes over the line in 43.970, nearly 43 hundredth of a second

:26:10.:26:13.

quicker than the time on the other track from Colombia but it is all

:26:14.:26:16.

about the time, they're not strictly trying to knock out the team on the

:26:17.:26:21.

other side. Labouring a bit. You could see he was shaking his head,

:26:22.:26:24.

wasn't happy with that. Nicely out of the gate. Respectable start there

:26:25.:26:35.

by any measure. And so, so important to get out of the gate quickly in

:26:36.:26:40.

this event. It doesn't win you the race but it can certainly lose it

:26:41.:26:43.

for you. It's almost impossible to pick up the pace if you are not

:26:44.:26:46.

thrown into this race at a high-speed. One of the key things

:26:47.:26:50.

about this race in the last for five years is how they keep tweaking the

:26:51.:26:54.

rules to adjust them in terms of the changeover. That is what has proven

:26:55.:26:58.

to be the difficult part of the race. It's where people have

:26:59.:27:02.

qualified on a berry regular basis and now they will do probably what

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that to start with, it's all about the front wheel crossing the line.

:27:07.:27:09.

Basically your counterparts can't cross over the line before you do.

:27:10.:27:15.

Simple as that. The front rider has got 15 metres to get out of the way,

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and out of the way is determined by the red line on the track. We've got

:27:20.:27:24.

some excellent teams to come and in the seventh hit of eight will be

:27:25.:27:30.

Germany and Great Britain. The last two Howell, New Zealand, the

:27:31.:27:34.

defending champions, and Poland, as well. But at the moment we are

:27:35.:27:36.

watching Japan, where Kazunari Watanabe is

:27:37.:27:51.

the most experienced rider in their team. A real wobble there by the

:27:52.:28:06.

Japanese team. Well off the track, and that is going to cost probably a

:28:07.:28:10.

tenth of a second or more and in an event like this that can be

:28:11.:28:16.

absolutely critical. Yoshitaku Nagasako leading the way on job --

:28:17.:28:22.

that one for Japan commit his job is done. It is Yudai Nitta now for the

:28:23.:28:30.

Japanese team. Not getting a time up for Japan at the moment, I think

:28:31.:28:35.

perhaps riding off the track caused a bit of a problem. Jose

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Marino for Spain... Japan with the second fastest time so far. Good

:28:49.:28:56.

recovery at the end. Still a decent start, under 18 seconds for that

:28:57.:29:00.

opening lap, but a better finish, I think. Well, had the experience and

:29:01.:29:11.

the staying power to stay in there. -- Watanabe had the experience and

:29:12.:29:17.

the staying power. You appreciate the timing of that effort, they

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throw their weight back and forward in anticipation of that gate

:29:22.:29:24.

opening. Get it slightly wrong and the wheels can snatch a bit. That is

:29:25.:29:35.

what can happen. But recovered well. The medals will be decided tonight

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in both the men's and women's team sprint, but still to go out onto the

:29:42.:29:47.

track in the next few minutes. Next up will be the Czech Republic and

:29:48.:29:53.

China. Here's confirmation of the standings in the clubhouse. The

:29:54.:30:00.

Netherlands the quickest up to now but many of those teams will be

:30:01.:30:04.

knocked down the leaderboard in the next few minutes. Tomas Babek, for

:30:05.:30:18.

Czech Republic. Hush around the velodrome. Away they

:30:19.:30:34.

go. It the might be the shape of the track actually pushing people down a

:30:35.:30:38.

little bit here. It is a bowl-shaped track we've heard about. It was

:30:39.:30:44.

actually quite quick, in the team pursuit qualification earlier today.

:30:45.:30:48.

We'll have to see if it is the same for the team sprint. China

:30:49.:30:54.

predictably the fastest so far. Many of the riders will be familiar with

:30:55.:30:57.

this track. They had a World Cup meeting here last year. The track

:30:58.:31:01.

was actually built in 2013. It's not like Rio where they basically turned

:31:02.:31:06.

up and rode on it the day before the Olympics started. They're now coming

:31:07.:31:17.

around for the Czech Republic. Sojka there. And China's time will be the

:31:18.:31:22.

fastest so far. Just the quickest by about a tenth of a second.

:31:23.:31:33.

Disappeared off the computer for a moment. Home advantage, always makes

:31:34.:31:38.

the World Championships that little Morabito important. A very

:31:39.:31:47.

respectable performance from them. -- a little bit more important. When

:31:48.:31:53.

you are trying to drive out the power it takes self-discipline to

:31:54.:31:57.

hold the position and not become more upright to get some more

:31:58.:32:02.

powerout. You can see them on the back

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straight. And Belarus now, starting near us.

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But here are the Australians. Matthew glat zerl World Champion in

:32:34.:32:45.

2012 -- Matthew Glaetzer. The Commonwealth keirin champion, in

:32:46.:32:49.

good form, too. Jacob Schmidt with him. Schmidt a former two-time World

:32:50.:32:56.

Champion and Nathan heart a common wealth games' bronze medallist. --

:32:57.:33:01.

Nathan Hart. Away they G Australia fourth in the Olympics. And we have

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a false start as you can see. We'll wait for the replay but it was the

:33:07.:33:13.

starting rider. The Australians, haven't stopped here. That's

:33:14.:33:18.

interesting. Australia are still piling around the track. Looking to

:33:19.:33:29.

set their time. The familiar figurer of Glaetzer there on the start. He

:33:30.:33:33.

is familiar. His body position. Mouth gaping wide open. Still second

:33:34.:33:39.

fastest. Well hoping for a good finish here and it looks as if

:33:40.:33:42.

that's what they are going to get. Here coming up to the line, Jacob

:33:43.:33:47.

Schmidt for Australia, emptying the tank there. 44.136 for Australia.

:33:48.:33:52.

Third quickest time, unofficially. Waiting for that to come up on the

:33:53.:33:57.

screen. Belarus are saying - we do get another go, don't we? They do,

:33:58.:34:01.

they get another start regardless of the cause of the mishap. But the

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Australians did well to keep their composure. Normally there is a gun

:34:09.:34:13.

fired and, so, they are well within their right. They have no problems

:34:14.:34:16.

to keep going but often they are distracted. What happened here, do

:34:17.:34:19.

you think maybe the gate didn't let go of the rider in time, an electron

:34:20.:34:24.

malfunction with the gate? Our camera shot was a little bit close

:34:25.:34:28.

up for us to be able to see there. He has It was just on head and

:34:29.:34:33.

shoulders. They will go at the end, Belarus. They will have to wait

:34:34.:34:35.

until everyone else has had their ride now, I think. They'll have to

:34:36.:34:40.

go and warm down. And they will be on their own. Meanwhile, the

:34:41.:34:44.

Australians, oh, almost a false start there. The first rider must

:34:45.:34:52.

lead away. A well-drilled team. A respectable ride but I suspect he

:34:53.:34:56.

will be a little bit disappointed with that to be honest. I have to

:34:57.:35:00.

say we wandered down by the Australian pit a little earlier and

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spoke to Gary there, and saw them all sitting there, getting prepared

:35:06.:35:08.

and also, from what we have seen so far, Australia are all business,

:35:09.:35:11.

aren't they, here at these Championships? Yes, it is a pattern

:35:12.:35:17.

we have seen in past years, in performing post Olympic Games. They

:35:18.:35:21.

enjoy competition. They are consistent throughout the Olympic

:35:22.:35:24.

cycle, the four-year psychle. Often if they've had a disappointment at

:35:25.:35:29.

World Championships, ory at Olympic Games they tend to take that out at

:35:30.:35:33.

the worlds. They are looking sharp here. Early days I know in this

:35:34.:35:39.

five-day World Championship. A slight delay because of that mishap

:35:40.:35:43.

for Belarus but they'll have their chance to ride shortly. Here we go

:35:44.:35:48.

with France. A young team for last. -- a young team for France. Up a

:35:49.:36:02.

against them Russia. ! Well I'm not sure the Beard is the

:36:03.:36:18.

most aero dynamic thing you could have for an event like this. Well,

:36:19.:36:24.

this young French squad were second in the World Cup meeting in

:36:25.:36:28.

November. Can they translate that level of performance to here in the

:36:29.:36:30.

big change in the World Championships? Leading the way for

:36:31.:36:33.

France is Edelin. The fist rider. on this first lap is... Up towards

:36:34.:37:09.

the men what have they got in their legs? We are about to find out. Less

:37:10.:37:17.

than 50 m to go, over the line they come and France 43.390. Puts them in

:37:18.:37:22.

the lead. So they'll be pretty comfortable with that. Facial hair

:37:23.:37:27.

or not. Well they look happy with that, certainly. No surprise. France

:37:28.:37:31.

have been one of the powerhouse force a long time in World Frack

:37:32.:37:36.

Cycling. We are seeing the next generation of their riders coming

:37:37.:37:40.

through as well. -- World Track Cycling. They will be pleased with

:37:41.:37:48.

that one. They were the fastest out of the blocks, 17.6 their opening

:37:49.:37:52.

lap - they weren't the fastest out of the blocks. Only fifth fastest

:37:53.:37:58.

but what a finishing lap. They have set the time to beat. It's not

:37:59.:38:03.

always about the actual lap time. That's a really important element to

:38:04.:38:08.

this event. It's about the delivery speed. So if there is part of your

:38:09.:38:14.

lap where you are sling shotting the next rider in. And it is so

:38:15.:38:18.

important you are speeding up not slowing down towards the end of your

:38:19.:38:21.

turn. A tight balancing act. Particularly, of course, if you are

:38:22.:38:25.

man 2 because you have to stay on the heels of man 1 who was blasting

:38:26.:38:31.

to get away from the gate. All power on that first lap to set the tempo

:38:32.:38:36.

and platform to go on and win. Man 2 has to have the speed to get on the

:38:37.:38:41.

tail, not overcook it but also make sure theyp don't blow man 3's doors

:38:42.:38:50.

off before his term. It is almost three different physiologies you

:38:51.:38:52.

require and you can see the difference between them. The A

:38:53.:38:58.

muscle to do that first lap. It is much, much less about aerodynamics

:38:59.:39:04.

and power. Now about what about this, Jack Karlin, Truman and Owens

:39:05.:39:10.

for Great Britain. 19, 20 and 21. Britain, of course the Olympic

:39:11.:39:13.

champions, not with this kree yo but they've won two sets of gold medals

:39:14.:39:18.

over the winter in World Cup races. A real opportunity. Calum Skinner

:39:19.:39:22.

concentrating on the individual event. So it is all down to them

:39:23.:39:30.

here. As they prepare to go to the start. Calum Skinner, one of the

:39:31.:39:34.

gold medallists from Rio watching on. Watching his young team-mates in

:39:35.:39:37.

this World Championship but look at the Germans on the other side of the

:39:38.:39:44.

track. They are all power. Max leads them off. Leading on lap one for

:39:45.:39:49.

Great Britain, Jack car Lynne. Let's lack at the time here now Carlin.

:39:50.:39:57.

17.301 for them A very good start. Fastest of the series so far and

:39:58.:40:00.

right at the tail end. So that means fastest of all the teams. The

:40:01.:40:06.

British team are flying here as Owens takes them through. Here comes

:40:07.:40:10.

Truman now, on the last lap. This the qualifying ride. Can he keep the

:40:11.:40:14.

pace going? Can Great Britain set the fastest time? We're about to

:40:15.:40:19.

find out now as they cross the line, 43.416. Second fastest. Great

:40:20.:40:24.

Britain second-fastest time so far but a very strong ride out of the

:40:25.:40:28.

gate for this young trio at the World Championships. Well the French

:40:29.:40:32.

were around half a second clear of everybody else. So they really have

:40:33.:40:37.

closed that gap and put some distance between them and the chien

:40:38.:40:40.

autos who are currently in third position. They can be really

:40:41.:40:44.

pleased. They said they wanted the finish top 5. Well what a great way

:40:45.:40:51.

to set your stall out. And maybe the experienced rider had more in his

:40:52.:40:55.

legs in the final lap, perhaps that's where the difference was made

:40:56.:41:00.

for the French. We'll get some real analysis from Sir Chris Hoy later

:41:01.:41:06.

on. The real expert at this particular discipline. A great ride.

:41:07.:41:09.

I think they can be pleased with that one. As we watch Joe Truman

:41:10.:41:16.

from Hampshire, the national sprint champion for 2017. Man 3. A chance

:41:17.:41:21.

for him to get his breath back. They will need to do that because we will

:41:22.:41:25.

be seeing them again in a little while. There we are, Great Britain

:41:26.:41:28.

definitely through, we just need to find out where they are in the

:41:29.:41:32.

standings but as you can see, second fastest up to noint and now we've

:41:33.:41:36.

got an interesting one, because it is the last set of teams on the

:41:37.:41:41.

track and we have the defending World Champions, the Olympic silver

:41:42.:41:43.

medallists there from New Zealand and New Zealand have brought the

:41:44.:41:48.

A-Team for this one. No messing around from them. No young riders

:41:49.:41:53.

getting a chance here who are inexperienced they've gone with the

:41:54.:42:05.

big boys, Mitchell, Dawkins there they are so used to run together.

:42:06.:42:08.

And Poland, their team is good, too. We are watching a New Zealand trio

:42:09.:42:31.

who won the world title in 2014 and last year and Ethan Mitchell is the

:42:32.:42:35.

man who'll lead them out on will 1. -- on lap 1. Well, an excellent

:42:36.:42:43.

start from them already, 0.2 of a second ahead and fastest-opening lap

:42:44.:42:47.

in the series. Mitchell's job is done. It is Sam Webster now who

:42:48.:42:52.

leads the way. Two times World Champion a Commonwealth champion as

:42:53.:42:55.

well in the individual sprint and it'll be up to Eddie Dawkins to

:42:56.:43:00.

bring it home at the end of the ride. Eddie so disappointed with

:43:01.:43:04.

that Olympic silver medal last year. Can they bounce back with another

:43:05.:43:07.

World Championship gold this time round as he grits his teeth? Their

:43:08.:43:14.

time is the fastest, 43.267. They have the speed in their legs and the

:43:15.:43:22.

Kiwis looking good. Dkwins was stalled at the end. Waiting to get

:43:23.:43:25.

through. He had to back off a little bit before he started that final lap

:43:26.:43:29.

and out of the gate, when you get it right, it just looks as if you are

:43:30.:43:35.

not trying hard, because there is no swinging all over the place, it is

:43:36.:43:40.

just a deleen, clean effort, all the power going into forward motion. He

:43:41.:43:45.

was saying he was it was as if he was stuck in the Hong Kong traffic.

:43:46.:43:49.

Backing up, ready to G he had the speed but not the room he had to

:43:50.:43:52.

wait. Right on the wheel, waiting. He knows he can't overlap until that

:43:53.:43:56.

line is crossed. You can see that actually, quite right. It was close,

:43:57.:43:59.

very, very close. Let's have a quick look at the judges. See if there is

:44:00.:44:05.

any deliberation, because he really did, I think get his timing perfect

:44:06.:44:09.

there, which I think he did. Well, let's hope so, because it was only

:44:10.:44:12.

going to be a fraction, wasn't t either way? They are such a good

:44:13.:44:16.

trio and what form they are in. Let's see how the British trio match

:44:17.:44:21.

up with the world's best as we await confirmation of the result. I think

:44:22.:44:24.

Great Britain will be third fastest qualifiers. We've still got to have

:44:25.:44:30.

Belarus. We've forgotten about them. They still have to race because

:44:31.:44:35.

they, remember, had that accident at the start of their ride earlier on,

:44:36.:44:48.

when the rider ended up on the gate, Veremchuk. Here they go, hoping

:44:49.:44:51.

second time lucky. A better start this time. Well, a

:44:52.:45:00.

little bit grabbed by the gate You can just see the snatch in his hands

:45:01.:45:07.

as the rear wheel pulled him. Second rider leaving a gap here for him to

:45:08.:45:13.

accelerate into. The now well-recognised strategy for team

:45:14.:45:15.

sprint. Closing off a little bit quicker, though, again had to stall.

:45:16.:45:18.

That's in the what you want. It is better to come in late and

:45:19.:45:27.

accelerating. Now lap 2, he is about to hand over now for the third and

:45:28.:45:31.

final lap. This is the last team on the track for the qualifiers for the

:45:32.:45:35.

men's team sprint. Remember, eight teams going through to the first

:45:36.:45:40.

round and I don't think Belarus will be one of them, in all likelihood.

:45:41.:45:48.

14th fastest. 45.445. Great Britain will be through. The young trio have

:45:49.:45:51.

performed well, we're just waiting for the official confirmation but we

:45:52.:45:55.

think they are the third fastest team on the track here. I think so

:45:56.:46:01.

but they're going to get a tough draw. They'll have the hardest heat

:46:02.:46:04.

of all, I think but we'll wait for confirmation.

:46:05.:46:11.

We watch Belarus complete their ride and hopefully we'll get the

:46:12.:46:16.

confirmation of the teams that have gone through any moment now.

:46:17.:46:22.

Remember when Belarus fell, Australia just carried on as if

:46:23.:46:25.

nothing had happened and set their time. As they were perfectly

:46:26.:46:32.

entitled to do and Belarus had to wait until everybody hells finished

:46:33.:46:38.

before they got their ride. -- everybody else finished.

:46:39.:46:43.

To qualifying in the men's and women's team sprint. Here is the

:46:44.:46:48.

official result of the qualifying: Great Britain third-feastest They

:46:49.:46:53.

have a good draw, 43. # will be their opposition. Nearly three or

:46:54.:46:57.

four tenths of a second as a buffer. So it is good for them. They could

:46:58.:47:01.

be going for a medal. STUDIO: But it is a very, very tough

:47:02.:47:06.

schedule. Half an hour to warm-down and

:47:07.:47:11.

warm-up and 42 minutes between that and the medal races you can see Jack

:47:12.:47:17.

Truman shattered. Jack Carlin, less to do physically but when you are

:47:18.:47:20.

the third man, Chris, as you know, it is just, brutal It is brutal. I

:47:21.:47:26.

really feel sorry for Joe. Half an hour didn't seem like too bad a turn

:47:27.:47:30.

around but when you have been producing that amount of lactic acid

:47:31.:47:34.

the body is trying to flush it out, he will be hurting and thinking

:47:35.:47:39.

about getting back on his bike for the second ride and hopefully final

:47:40.:47:43.

round. Withdrew do you see the areas for improvement? The fist lap was

:47:44.:47:48.

exceptional. A 12.30. He has done that before. Ryan Owens, I think did

:47:49.:47:53.

a really exceptional ride here. 12.57, I think it was for the second

:47:54.:48:01.

lap. That's world class. Owe quiff tloent Jason Kenny at the Olympic

:48:02.:48:05.

Games. I think the fatigue was showing on Joe Truman having to soak

:48:06.:48:09.

up the quick start and second lap. He will be hoping to go quicker.

:48:10.:48:13.

Potentially he might be holding back a little bit subconsciously thinking

:48:14.:48:16.

- it is just the qualification round. Come the final I would like

:48:17.:48:21.

to see him do a 13.2 or quicker. Still scope to get into the gold

:48:22.:48:25.

medal race? I think so. They can't hold back now. There is only a tenth

:48:26.:48:30.

and a-and-a-half difference between first and fourth. They know the

:48:31.:48:34.

ballpark figures. They could win or be out of the medals, it could be

:48:35.:48:38.

that close. The first medals will be decided in the next race, the

:48:39.:48:42.

women's scratch race which features, Elinor Barker, 22 from Cardiff. She

:48:43.:48:47.

was part of the team pursuit that took gold in Rio but is focussing on

:48:48.:48:50.

different events. Let's hear from her. I think I will still be racing

:48:51.:48:56.

team pursuit but not the same build-up. I will not train for it

:48:57.:49:01.

every day, it'll be like a bit of a cycle or warm-up for the other

:49:02.:49:06.

races. It helps keeping you fresh. I don't think I could focus on it

:49:07.:49:10.

completely for four years which is why I'm taking time out. But I think

:49:11.:49:16.

it'll still be xet ti. The worlds are a little bit later this year and

:49:17.:49:19.

the qualification is more strict than it was four years ago, after

:49:20.:49:23.

London, approximate means people are having a solid track season and

:49:24.:49:27.

enough time to come back after a post-Rio break and get back up to

:49:28.:49:31.

fitness and be going well and have a lot of focus, so from what I've seen

:49:32.:49:35.

at World Cups, I think it'll be competitive. Let's centre on the

:49:36.:49:39.

focus, you mentioned a little less on the team pursuit. I can

:49:40.:49:42.

understand it, maybe the demands are a bit too much for that for our fo

:49:43.:49:46.

you are years, aren't they? I think so. I have been intrag with the

:49:47.:49:50.

girls for a couple of weeks now -- I've been training, I have been

:49:51.:49:54.

enjoying it. But, realistic clicks if I'm going to enjoy it in Tokyo,

:49:55.:49:59.

if I want to still be doing it in Tokyo, I can't have an entire block

:50:00.:50:05.

of focussing on team pursuit, it's a bit too precise and too numbers

:50:06.:50:08.

based to have that kind of mental space for eight years, so toll take

:50:09.:50:13.

time out is quite refreshing. Rob with the questions, speaking to

:50:14.:50:18.

Eleanor about a week ago about why she's facing herself. Jo Russell

:50:19.:50:24.

Shand watching here. 22 and her fifth major Championships She came

:50:25.:50:27.

into the team after the London Olympics and has been focussed on

:50:28.:50:30.

team pursuit almost solely since them. I can understand her comment

:50:31.:50:34.

about wanting to try other things. This is a scratch trace which isn't

:50:35.:50:38.

an Olympic event but part of the op nigh um, but people now would like

:50:39.:50:42.

to show they have potential for that event. It opens up a lot of

:50:43.:50:48.

opportunities. El is a very determined rider ie. ' Excited to

:50:49.:50:57.

see how she will get on. And this is a big bunch -- I'm excited to see

:50:58.:51:02.

how she will get on. This is a big bunch race, and it is all about race

:51:03.:51:05.

tactics. Let's join the commentators.

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COMMENTATOR: 40 laps of the track for the riders. 40 laps, Elinor

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Barker racing for Great Britain. She was third in Los Angeles. And

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giving herself a mental break, by riding other events. She said she

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needed to step back from the team pursuit for a bit. Maybe is if she

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decides to go back in a couple of years ahead of Tokyo she can gop and

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focus on it, remember than constantly doing the whole thing. A

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busman's who will day. It keeps them focussed on the racing. -- a bus

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man's who will day. It gives them a change of scene. There is Elinor.

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The Japanese rider, she is on the front. She gives way to the rider in

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the pale blue, with black, yellow and black band around the chest of

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Belgium. A big name in the race. A real star.

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I think she has been attracted by the Maddison as well as races on

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this one. She's on the front at the moment. She hands over to the

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Italian rider. And taking over is the Norwegian, who is dominating the

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Norwegian track Championships. She has seven national titles. Sarah

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Hammer swinging off the front. One of the most prolific riders in

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recent years. In the endurance event. We see an attack here. The

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21-year-old German there No-one following at the moment. Nobody

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wants to use up energy but if you can't sprint you've got to do

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something and going for the long one, you don't, it doesn't often

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come off but if it's the only chance you've got, it is the best

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opportunity and she's got a quarter of a lap now. There is a tempo Hynd

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which will stop anybody trying to join her when the pace is high, she

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has held out there. Gaining steadily at the moment. Slowly increasing the

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pace without leading the chase. Everyone playing poker, hoping

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somebody else will use up their energy. There is the front of the

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race. The German rider nearly has half a lap. You can see there now.

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Elinor Barker just peels off the front. Now coming through for

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Australia there, Christina Klonan. A first year elite rider, the

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Queenslander. Well, it is significant. Hard, hard work. It'll

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be starting to bite. She still has three-quarters of this race to go.

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Here is the counter from the Russian. She has decided to wait

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long enough and catapulted out and the rider from Hong Kong has decided

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to go with her. Hence a few cheers in the main stand here down below

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us. They are working well. Not sure if she will be able to make a lot of

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use of these two. We'll see if she can slot in. A dangerous move. Do

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you think she was waiting or do you think she's cooked? It was the right

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thing to do but you can see the fatigue now. It'll be tough to

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recover from that. I don't think they will be given opportunity to

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get themselves organised because the chase is on Hynd. I think we know

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the answer, she was tired she hasn't managed to hold the wheels and the

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rest of the field baring down from here. The rider from Hong Kong, who

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also rides on the roads, she got a decent placing in the overall in the

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Tour of Thailand last year, looks Hynd and leads them through, 26 laps

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to It makes you wonder, all this effort

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to get up front, I have company and then to stop is a Kaurous move. Why

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do it in the fist -- curious move. Why do it in the first place? It

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might have been an element of panic because Pala looked like she was

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gaining too much time. There is Pavlendova from Slovakia. 15 laps

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into this race. China represented up at the front.

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By Li, the national scratch race champion. Barker still in the pack.

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Moving forward now, following the wheel of a rider that we haven't

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mentioned yet. Kirsten from the Netth Netherlands. Here is Hamer

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coming from the back, a serious move. Sarah hammer going for it. The

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great rival of Laura Trott. Four times she's ended up with a silver

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medal. But she has a great record at the World Championships. She is

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going for it now. The danger has been spotted and Kirsten senses she

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has to follow otherwise they will not be seeing her again? A really

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big, committed move, for somebody who can sprint, Sarah Hammer. She'll

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try to bluff it to get somebody else do the chasing but decided she will

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have to close the track. Will they work toting? I'm not sure, actually.

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It is a classy she riders here. Yes, Jasmine Glazer from Canada. World

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silver medallist last year in London. She's up there too, twice

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she stood on the podium at the Olympic games. So the Canadian on

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the front, then the United States and Kirsten Velde. A hay-powered

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trio we have. And having a look to see Elinor Barker who is involved in

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the chase. They are losing the gap. Barker and Dura, part of a

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three-rider group, closing in rapidly at those on the front. They

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have help from the Italian rider as well. Barbieri from Italy. Now a

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leading group of six. Well, it is a big number to go up the road now,

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but it might be too big. You start to get a passenger, somebody who is

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not going through. Nobody else wants to expend energy and everybody

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intings U in an event like this, 15 laps to go, you need a group of

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three to four absolute maximum. But they are rolling through and you

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have to say when all the talent is up the road, who is going to do the

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chasing? Yes, real talent in the leading club. The Australian was

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trying to get something going but realises nobody is prepared to help

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her. Now the Polish rider tries to open up the gap and lead the chase

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and much more the Australian is on the front, using up a lot of energy

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in her fist World Championship race at elite level A closeable gap. The

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length of the straight at the moment. But you have to do it

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quickly and at the moment they are swunging up the track, you can see

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the judge be pointing at the front of the race, sometimes it breaks up

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so much, it is hard to know which is the pointed end. That's his job to

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point at the first rider all the time. Elinor Barker is tucked in

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rather neatly in the mid-ess backpack. I think of the riders

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there, certainly several others who have done far greater amount of work

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that she has. She has ridden cannily up to this point. Wild used up a lot

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of energy. Well, 12 laps to go and they themselves have the main group

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within their sights. A long and a straight away. The impetus has gone

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out of the chase. They don't believe they could make it and so they could

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end up catching now with 11 laps to g that could get really messy for

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this group because the winner, who's almost certainly going to come from

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this six now... It could get messy for us in the commentary box, Keegan

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eye for anybody if they're all mixed in together. -- keeping an eye.

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Ten laps to go but the gap is closing but thankfully hasn't closed

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yet. Kirsten Wild on the front They are ticking through now, waiting for

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the finish and it is going to be decision time, soon. I say it often

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when we watch this event, nine laps to go at about two-and-a-half

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minutes of racing. You have to choose and am I go to wait for the

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sprint or attack? And in that no-man's-land where people hesitate,

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often a lone attack can work. Much to the crowd's delight, she is

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off the main pack now. This could get very exciting. Euro may remember

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she forced that early breakaway, she has been lapped by the riders at the

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front. Elinor Barker at the front for Great Britain, Kirsten Wild of

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the Netherlands just behind her. Tucked in in third place from

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Italy,... Barker wants to get to the front here. She doesn't want to be

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stuck in traffic. Wilde also aware of the danger. This one is likely to

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come down to a sprint. Elinor Barker has risen this race really well so

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far, as Jasmin Duehring hits the front. Barker is nicely placed on

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the shoulder. She is just in the right place. Got to be careful not

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to get swamped. Hammer coming round the outside. She has had a little

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breather, in her terms anyway, and ready to go for it again. The rider

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from Hong Kong looking feisty, stuck in the middle of the track out on

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her own. Three laps to go and positioning is so important. Sarah

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Hammer is trying to up the pace but the others can sense that as well.

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Wild is not giving an inch there, as Elinor Barker comes around the

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outside. Kirsten Wild will not give way. Barbieri of Italy in third

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place. Elinor Barker in the business end of this one with two laps to go.

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She just got stuck on the shoulder. Barker, look at this ride! And now

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at the bell it is Elinor Barker from Great Britain, 150 metres away from

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World Championship gold. Can she hang on? Half a lap to go, they are

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closing in a bit, I don't know if Kirsten Wild has enough left! Barker

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has just got an bit more. Can she do it? Just pipped by Barbieri of Italy

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underlined! So, so close. What a dramatic race and what a superb

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effort from Elinor Barker of Great Britain. That so nearly led to her

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becoming the world's scratch race champion. He will finish with the

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silver medal. She could not have done any more. We barely mention her

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name in the first half of that race, which is exactly what you want. She

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positioned herself well and she use that energy very carefully. It was a

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good move, she came around the outside. See what duck on Kirsten

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Wild's shoulder, she had to go forward. She couldn't stay there,

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she couldn't be salaried and go back. She was committed with two and

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a half plus laps to go, to be honest. So the strength was there

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but the race was decided for her, really. She had to go just that

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little bit early. Elinor Barker just swaps there as they crossed the

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line, but Barbieri came second on this stage of the Tour down under on

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the road, beaten by Kirsten Wild to the line on that one. But she had

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the staying power here as they came up towards the line, and did Elinor

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Barker hang on for the silver medal? I thought she had... In the jihad.

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The computer was telling us otherwise. She gets the silver.

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STUDIO That was heartbreaking for Elinor

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Barker. What a terrifically brave ride that was in a gruelling ten

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kilometres around that velodrome. Having caught up and negotiated the

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traffic problems, she is caught just wide. That is a great performance

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first of all and then what she might be thinking after it... She might be

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initially disappointed because she thought she was going to get the

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gold medal, but when she reflects on it... You will be happy. When she

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got stuck on Kirsten Wild's hip. It is a long way to go on the outside.

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You either drop back or commit and go for it and get to the front. The

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Italian was quite canny and, to be fair, she had a great ride. Jo,

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let's have a look at the closing stages and see what Chris is talking

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about. Just being stuck in a little bit wide. The Dutch rider in the

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orange on the inside committee took the shortest line around the track.

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Elinor Barker is travelling further this whole time but trying to get

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herself at the front. She obviously wants to lead the race out for the

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spring, she thinks that is her best chance. But it's taking her a while

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to get round Kirsten Wild. In those six runners in the break you have

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got some world-class sprinters. Elinor Barker just runs away from

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them here. She's got so much power. Kirsten Wild, Sarah Hammer, Jolien

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D'Hoore, they are just all such strong sprinters but she has got a

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gap on them. She has got the speed going up the banking and coming into

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the home stride. -- the home straight. Frustrating for Elle.

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Elinor Barker making her way to the interview position. Let's hear from

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her. And in the Barker, a silver medal but so close to that gold

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medal. Just take us through that last couple of laps, there. Yeah, it

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all went pretty well, to be honest, I just guess not quite fast enough

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at the end. When I came round Kirsten Wild, I thought I had won

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the race committee is like the fastest sprinter there is, but it

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doesn't always stay the same bad as it? Congrats to her but I'm

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disappointed. It was brave to go to the front but the Italian had the

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benefit of seeing what was going on behind. Yet, it was a plan but it

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was ever so slightly too soon, which was possibly what cost me the race,

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I suppose. I wanted someone to take it on sooner. I thought she was

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going to and I was going to get a perfect lead out. A bit disappointed

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now but hopefully by tomorrow I will feel a bit more proud of it. I think

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you should do, it was a really well put together race just on the line

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there. Yeah. I already feel like I want to do it over. Thanks very

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much, Elinor Barker. Thank you. STUDIO

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More relaxing to -- more reaction to Elinor Barker's race later on. She

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has more races to come. But it is that women's themes print. -- the

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women's team sprint. COMMENTATOR: It is a veritable

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conveyor belt of bike racing here now and already we're getting under

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way with the women's team sprint. This is the first round. Remember,

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we're down to the last eight here. According to how these races go will

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sort out who goes through and races for the medals later on. China

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versus Spain. It is pretty close, this one. Hundreds of seconds in it

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at the moment. China leading the way but as Chris says, only by a

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fraction, as they come round towards the finish here. It is Eleanor can

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that is for Spain who has been pipped to the line. They improved on

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their lap in the first round. Half an hour between these rounds and for

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the sprint athletes, it is pretty brutal. Everything going into just

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driving that effort out. The first few pedal strokes critical in such a

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short event. So, China powering over the line

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with Lin Junhong, last year's Asian sprint champion, and Guo Shuang who

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has been at the top of her sport for a long time as well. The defending

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champions now, Russia, up against the Netherlands. Shanne

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Braspennincx, who also writes the more endurance -based races. Keira

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Lambert Inc as well. Actually, Laurine van Riessen has come in for

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this race. There should be half a second between these two on paper.

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If they are able to just keep repeating these performances, that

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is a very different thing to just posting a fast qualifier. No change

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for the Dutch but you just get the feeling this is going to be about

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Russia. I way they go, clean start. Just look at the power being put

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down their by Shmeleva of Russia. Voinova has got the little gap that

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will allow her to come powering through for the final lap. You can

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see the snap out of the gate was very sharp. The thick end of a

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second between them there, which is enormous at this level of

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competition. In fact it goes out to over a second. 32.456 is the time

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for Russia. They are warming up very nicely, as this competition goes on.

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The second fastest time in the competition so far.

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So, only Germany have gone faster in the qualifiers. They've got to be

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pleased with that. But Russia, with a ride like that, could change,

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hoping it will be enough to put them in the final. We won't have to wait

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too long, Australia and Canada will be on the track at any moment and

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then it will be Germany and Colombia. So about details, this

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event, as we've heard already interviews, if you're in the top

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five then you're in with a shout of a medal.

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At the highest level, it can be about who makes the least mistakes

:12:35.:12:42.

as well. Consistency is as important as physical ability.

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Kate O'Brien and Amelia Walsh for Canada. We are only 20 seconds away

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now from this race. This is where the riders need to put it all about

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them on the line. This will determine whether they are racing

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for medals later. Kaarle McCullogh is the rider for

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Australia. Away they go, Kaarle McCullogh is world champion in this

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event three times but not for a long time, 2009, 2010 and 2000 11. Can

:13:27.:13:30.

she get back to the summit this time with a new partner in Stephanie

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Morton? They will be looking to better their previous lap and they

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have done just that. 18.828, Australia, going just faster. And

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they maintain it? Stephanie Morton over halfway through their final

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lap, going towards the line, 32.570 the time for Australia. That was a

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good ride and a good finish by Morton. Not quite as quick as

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Russia. 32.456 for them, but Australia looking good too. It must

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be very difficult being in that second place and deciding how much

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to charge at the end. You will know, is your team-mate likely to die at

:14:28.:14:32.

the end and you just rely on them to kick out that last bend? All those

:14:33.:14:40.

subtleties. Stephanie Norton's career has progressed really well,

:14:41.:14:44.

she first came to prominence as a tandem pilot in the para- cycling in

:14:45.:14:49.

Australia. She won a gold medal in London in the Paralympics. Her dad

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is here taking photographs, believe it or not. My had a word with him

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earlier today. Proud as punch. Proud Yorkshire man. He got a few good

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shots there, I think LEXI will have time to get a view more as well. We

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will be seeing more of Stephanie Morton on the track in the next few

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days. Almost ready for this final ride. Colombia the lowest qualifiers

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of the eight. They are up against it, basically. The time is still

:15:17.:15:27.

important. It's not just about winning, it's about which medal

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you're going for. Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte, three times previously

:15:38.:15:42.

this team have it did the title. They look very good, they were the

:15:43.:15:46.

fastest qualifiers. I think I said Australia then, this German pair. So

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slick. They are so still but all the power is going forward. The control

:15:52.:15:58.

muscle, their timing pretty good actually. Just look at the speed.

:15:59.:16:07.

Kristina Vogel is the rider we want to see. Into the back straight for

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the last time. Kristina Vogel, world and Olympic champion, crosses the

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line with the fastest time. 32.668, not the quickest of those in the

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first round, but more than enough to see off Colombia but yellow the only

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team is actually seen so far down a little bit slower... Might be a

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little bit disappointed there. Gone quite considerably slower.

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Three tenths of a second. Still very fast, but at this level, you just

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can't afford to make mistakes. So, they could well not be in the final,

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Germany. They are not one of the fastest two teams.

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Well, as always, we had best wait for full confirmation. We've had a

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couple of glitches on our computer so far, so we hate to go ahead of

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the captions, but here we are. Russia against Australia for gold

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and silver, and as we thought, Germany just letting it slip after

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that great start they will have to race for bronze. Having finished in

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the Olympic and the well tended love it, given the way they start earlier

:17:25.:17:28.

today, that will be a disappointment, I think. Release a

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prized by that. They looked so slick. I didn't see anybody

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challenging them there, and their pedigree is such that they are good

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performers and you could expect them to deliver again and again. Slowing

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in that second ride quite considerably. They will be really

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disappointed. Men's team sprint coming up

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STUDIO Let's get a quick thought from Chris

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Hoy on what the British men have to do now in this round of the team

:17:58.:18:01.

sprint. It's not just about beating the Dutch, it's about recording a

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fast enough time to get the win in the gold medal race. They have to

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win a hit but they have to do it with a quick time. -- win a heat. He

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will still feel his legs from the first ride. But hopefully it will be

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the rider for the gold medal. At the moment Poland against China is on

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the track. COMMENTATOR: Well, a slight problem

:18:29.:18:36.

here, Claire, because China are powering around the track, still

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going, and the officials have been blowing whistles constantly telling

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them to stop! They just won't. We've had whistles, we've had guns! Well,

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that is going to cause a problem. We're not quite sure as yet, we will

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see on the replay what caused the false start. It's usually one of the

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riders overtaking rider won in the starting gate that causes the gun to

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be fired. They must lead off. You can see here, they have already

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anticipated the start quite badly, to be honest. And now the problem

:19:09.:19:16.

they've got, Chris, it causes problems themselves and they have

:19:17.:19:23.

spent a lot of their energy. You can't fault their commitment,

:19:24.:19:26.

though! They are determined to see it through. You can fault their

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hearing, though! What is interesting, we normally use a

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starter's pestle to fire a real gun and it is a very different sound to

:19:38.:19:41.

the electric one way using here. It is very different and it might just

:19:42.:19:46.

not being bedded in their psyche. I think we just need something that

:19:47.:19:49.

makes everybody jump, like we used to have. Because clearly what they

:19:50.:19:53.

are using their didn't work there, with China. He thought that his job

:19:54.:19:59.

was done for a little while but the news isn't good. For China.

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So they ride off on the inside of the track. We will have a minor

:20:08.:20:15.

delay but it won't last for long, because next up will be Great

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Britain and the Netherlands. Owens, Carlin and Joseph Truman the riders.

:20:30.:20:37.

This lovely space age velodrome has only been here for three or four

:20:38.:20:40.

years. They do have a fantastic facility. We are seven hours ahead

:20:41.:20:45.

of you here, so it is mid-evening in Hong Kong. One or two bleary eyed

:20:46.:20:50.

team staff in the centre of the track just getting used to it,

:20:51.:20:51.

working off the jet -- working off the jet lag from the

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last 48 hours or so. As the British trio head to the line. Performed

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well in their qualifying ride. They certainly did, they can be pleased

:21:10.:21:18.

with that. They wanted to finish top five in this competition, but

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they've got a very good chance here at ending up with much better than

:21:22.:21:27.

that. So fingers crossed. But as we've already seen, it is all about

:21:28.:21:30.

repetition and backing up, being able to do it not just once but

:21:31.:21:37.

again and again. A couple of changes for the Dutch because Neils van whom

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the ... There is no Theo Bos and no

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Jeffrey Hoogland either for this one. Off they go. Three laps of the

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track to decide whether Great Britain's young trio will race for a

:22:08.:22:10.

medal tonight in the men's team sprint. Nicely out of the blocks

:22:11.:22:14.

both teams, plenty of snap there. You can see the gap starting to

:22:15.:22:19.

form, it's intentional. The others accelerating into its. Yes, don't

:22:20.:22:23.

worry, that wasn't a problem there. Jack Carlin's job was done and now

:22:24.:22:29.

Ryan Owens, who was the reserve sprint of Great Britain in Rio last

:22:30.:22:32.

year, giving his team absolutely everything, as they take the bell. A

:22:33.:22:37.

bit of a lag there, not quite on the wheel, but that could cost in the

:22:38.:22:42.

closing stages. Joe Truman for Great Britain, booking a final -- Matthijs

:22:43.:22:50.

Buchli a final ride for the Netherlands. The Netherlands the

:22:51.:22:56.

fastest time. 43.481, still awaiting the time for Great Britain. 43.6

:22:57.:23:01.

exec has now come up. I think just not getting on the wheel there in

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that three might have just cost them at the back of that race. Both of

:23:08.:23:15.

them got off the mark nicely. The opening lap was absolutely

:23:16.:23:21.

world-class. According to the rule that they are laid down in front of

:23:22.:23:24.

us here, that means that Great Britain will not be racing for a

:23:25.:23:29.

medal and their place, it is the four winners who will race for the

:23:30.:23:34.

medals. The fastest two ride off for the gold. Disappointing, there. They

:23:35.:23:39.

got themselves the opportunity, but what a learning experience. They

:23:40.:23:43.

acquitted themselves well in qualifying. Won't it be frustrating

:23:44.:23:49.

if their time is quicker than teams that are actually racing pulled, but

:23:50.:23:53.

we will have to wait and see. Plenty to build on. Great Britain's time,

:23:54.:23:56.

43.6 -- 40 3.666, but the experience of

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the Dutch carrying them home in the end, as France come up towards the

:24:08.:24:15.

line now. Francois Pervis coming in for this one, who conquered all

:24:16.:24:21.

before him, swept the board at Columbia in the World Championships

:24:22.:24:25.

three-year is ago. Wasn't quite the same when he went to Rio last

:24:26.:24:32.

summer. A good few years, 14 and 15. They had a lot of upsets within the

:24:33.:24:36.

team, they had some coaching issues. They weren't all getting on terribly

:24:37.:24:40.

well in the French sprint Quad, were they? At the other side of the

:24:41.:24:53.

track, Australia. Nathan Hart, Matthew Glaetzer and Patrick

:24:54.:24:58.

Constable coming in. Oh! The French, terrible start. We will have to have

:24:59.:25:02.

a restart for France and Australia just ease up as well. This is going

:25:03.:25:06.

to be interesting. The did anticipate the gate and grabbed his

:25:07.:25:11.

wheel. The commerce heirs may decide to be lenient here because they had

:25:12.:25:14.

a litre to Matt mishap for that restart. There was a fall but it was

:25:15.:25:21.

clearly not an intentional fall, the days are gone when you could do

:25:22.:25:25.

that, that what the real problem. Did the gatekeeper hold of his

:25:26.:25:35.

wheel? Well, I think the connoisseurs should be generous

:25:36.:25:40.

there. We haven't had a problem on the other side of the track. That is

:25:41.:25:54.

Benjamin Edelin. Well, they will be looking closely at that. Do you

:25:55.:26:01.

think it's a sticky gate? Well, it could be anticipation or it could be

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the gate. We can't tell within hundreds of a second whether the

:26:05.:26:08.

gate is opening late or whether he went early. I just wonder whether

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Chris Hoy back in the studio has got any thoughts on what is happening

:26:15.:26:17.

out here? Yeah, it looks as though they are potentially going a little

:26:18.:26:21.

bit early but that has been entered -- been exaggerated by the fact that

:26:22.:26:25.

the person standing on the gate does not look particularly heavy. A way

:26:26.:26:31.

to try to stabilise it so if you go fractionally early, it is not going

:26:32.:26:32.

to an stabilise the rider. Well, there is an incredible amount

:26:33.:26:41.

of power going through the gate. Thanks for that, Chris. We will go

:26:42.:26:47.

back to the studio of course once we have concluded this first round in

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the men's team sprint, as the Australian rider Nathan Hart just

:26:53.:26:54.

sort himself out and gets ready to go back out there onto the track.

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Nathan Hart, Commonwealth bronze medallist in this event. In the won

:27:02.:27:07.

team sprint for a few years now. 2012 in Melbourne, a few months

:27:08.:27:09.

ahead of the London Olympics, that was the last time they ruled the

:27:10.:27:13.

roost in this particular event. Matthew Glaetzer, who is in their

:27:14.:27:18.

team today, he was one of their riders five years ago when they won.

:27:19.:27:24.

Benjamin Edelin, Francois Pervis and Louis Pijourlet for France in this

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one. Being doubly sure with the gates to make sure they have got it

:27:33.:27:36.

right. As soon as the bike is secure, the clock starts to count

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down from 50 seconds. Regardless of whether he is strapped in not...

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They are so used to doing this repetition of this starting

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procedure again and again in their training. They know that 50 seconds

:27:49.:27:52.

is a long time, actually when it's your day job, so to speak. The

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texture of the materials on these suits that the riders are wearing,

:27:59.:28:05.

it's all about manipulating airflow. Hoping to try to get that bit of

:28:06.:28:06.

extra speed. Smart new kit for the Australians.

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Unveiled for the first time at these World Championships. Away we go,

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clean start this time, Benjamin Edelin with no problem at the gate

:28:26.:28:31.

on the second time of asking. Both teams cleanly away and you would

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expect that at this level. Both of them going quick. Australia

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significantly faster than France at the moment, three tenths of a second

:28:42.:28:48.

ahead. Good start by Nathan Hartley. We often see him powering away in

:28:49.:28:52.

the individual match. Now, what sort of time will he pass over? 34 point

:28:53.:28:59.

X two. Dutifully tied change over. He got it spot on and gave nothing

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away. Constable and Francois Pervis, the two last riders on the track.

:29:09.:29:13.

Francois Pervis has turned it around for France on the third lap, what a

:29:14.:29:18.

ride! A remarkable comeback. There were three tenths of a second in

:29:19.:29:21.

arrears and in an event like this, that is absolutely enormous. A

:29:22.:29:25.

blistering finish, they just got their nose in front just there.

:29:26.:29:31.

Well, Francois Pervis looks as if he has got his act back together again,

:29:32.:29:34.

doesn't he come with a ride like that? Absolutely. Here comes the

:29:35.:29:50.

handover from man two the man three, Louis Pijourlet. Carrying Francois

:29:51.:30:00.

Pervis right on the wheel there. You're giving away a length really

:30:01.:30:05.

if you hit the line early, as long as you don't overlap, as long as you

:30:06.:30:09.

don't touch that line first you can gain almost a bike length. It takes

:30:10.:30:13.

some bottle and think at these speeds probably playing it safe and

:30:14.:30:15.

staying in the slipstream like that is potentially the way to go top

:30:16.:30:18.

white they kept him under wraps because he didn't ride in the

:30:19.:30:23.

qualifying race. So impressive stuff from France there.

:30:24.:30:28.

The strategy paid off. It certainly did as we prepare to watch the World

:30:29.:30:32.

Champions. New Zealand. Watanabe will be the third man for

:30:33.:31:04.

Japan, on the far side. 45 seconds to G New Zealand desperate to hold

:31:05.:31:08.

on to their crown. They were pipped by Great Britain in Rio. But this

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trio, two-time World Champions, including last year in London, 13

:31:14.:31:15.

months ago. They look keyed up for T this must

:31:16.:31:37.

be the hardest part. -- they looked keyed up for it. This must be the

:31:38.:31:41.

hardest part the last few seconds knowing you can't make a single

:31:42.:31:44.

mistake. Well getting out of the gate has been the hard part for a

:31:45.:31:48.

number of teams but New Zealand's riders coped with it well and

:31:49.:31:51.

getting a clean start, Ethan Mitchell. It is clean, you can see

:31:52.:31:55.

the energy going in there, you can't you? Impressive stuff. Well in the

:31:56.:32:03.

lead. 17.154. Ethan Mitchell. A great ride for him as Sam Webster

:32:04.:32:07.

takes up the running now. It's all about the time, though, which medal

:32:08.:32:11.

you are going for. You don't have to win, you have to post the fast time

:32:12.:32:15.

if you want a gold go for gold. How much speds has Dawkins got in his

:32:16.:32:20.

legs, he is half bay down the back straight. Up against Watanabe, but

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it is about the rider in black as Dawkins crosses the line 43.183.

:32:28.:32:33.

Fastest so far. I say so far bus we're in the quite sure who is going

:32:34.:32:37.

to get to ride again or not up to now. Well, remembered that Poland

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and China haven't posted a time even though China went around. Poland

:32:43.:32:45.

weren't at fault when the race was stopped so they are going to

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actually get to ride again, just outside of our pictures now they are

:32:50.:32:52.

going brought to the track. And chain ease riders coming out so

:32:53.:32:56.

everybody gets another go. The judges are obviously in a benevolent

:32:57.:32:59.

mood today for the start of these Championships. We watch once again

:33:00.:33:07.

the defending World Champions powering their way around the track.

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You can see why they hold that title. Coming into the back

:33:12.:33:15.

straight. Again, oh, really pushing it there. Cannot overlap before they

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cross that line. So, just think the speed they're travelling, well over

:33:23.:33:27.

60 kilometres an hour and this kind of judgment, amazing. Well look

:33:28.:33:31.

forward to Chris Hoy's analysis of their performance and everybody

:33:32.:33:35.

else's in a few minutes' time but they look impressive from start it

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if Iish New Zealand when they get out on the track, the way they ride.

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Very clean, sharp and fast. But this was went to be the first heat. It'll

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be the final one. Well, I think it's going to be

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fascinating to see the time that China post here, Chris because they

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actually thought they'd completed their ride the last time. They - for

:34:23.:34:27.

any viewers who have just joined a little late to our coverage, when it

:34:28.:34:31.

was stopped and given as a false start a few minutes ago, China's

:34:32.:34:39.

riders didn't hear the whistle and kept going, so they've used up a

:34:40.:34:54.

fair amount of their energy and not long to recover. Well there are gaps

:34:55.:34:58.

in the Polish riders. It is not ideal for the third man. It's pot

:34:59.:35:02.

and in the lead at the moment by nearly a second, so it hasn't cost

:35:03.:35:04.

the Chinese that xraf effort, I think. China have ended up doing two

:35:05.:35:08.

rounds for the price of one here in this first round. They cross the

:35:09.:35:11.

line 43.834. They were slower than Great Britain but it mattered now

:35:12.:35:13.

because they beat their opponent on the other side of the track. !

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Hopefully in a few moments we will get confirmation of what it all

:35:20.:35:22.

means but Poland there benefitting from the fact that the Chinese team

:35:23.:35:28.

certainly had continued to race when the false start was called the first

:35:29.:35:35.

time around. The Poles are going to get - they might have been a little

:35:36.:35:39.

bit ragged but they are going to get a shot at a medal here. So it should

:35:40.:35:44.

be new zae and the Netherlands, shouldn't it. -- New Zealand and the

:35:45.:35:47.

Netherlands? Yes, that's the way it is going to pan out. New Zealand go

:35:48.:35:54.

in as the hot favourites here and with 0.4 of a second between them

:35:55.:36:04.

and their opponents. So the men's team sprint finishing, just a little

:36:05.:36:08.

later than expected, given the false start in the race. And here is the

:36:09.:36:12.

confirmation: So new did he will be the favourites

:36:13.:36:30.

in the final. The French will be the favourites for the bronze.

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STUDIO: the frustration is were it on times, Great Britain would be in

:36:42.:36:44.

the bronze medal position. What could they have done differently?

:36:45.:36:49.

Well the first lap was a solid pearl'ance from Jack, Ryan Owens in

:36:50.:36:52.

the first round, the qual figures was exceptionally quick. 12. 5. He

:36:53.:36:57.

went a couple of tenth slower which was the real difference. Joe Truman

:36:58.:37:01.

he would've lined to have gone quicker but fatigue there in his

:37:02.:37:04.

legs, the Dutch had two fresh riders this brought n which was a smart

:37:05.:37:07.

strategy and looking back now with Calum Skinner watching on the

:37:08.:37:10.

sidelines, potentially we could have' brought in a fresh pair of

:37:11.:37:15.

legs for the second rounded or the first round and picked the quickest

:37:16.:37:17.

team for the final. With hindsight it is easy. The Dutch, the French

:37:18.:37:23.

and Aussies all changed their line-up but the Kiwis didn't and

:37:24.:37:26.

they were the quickest. There is not just one way to do but the Dutch

:37:27.:37:31.

excelled in the second ride and unforetoon ately, although they were

:37:32.:37:37.

the fourth quickest team, GB are out. It is a harsh position to be

:37:38.:37:42.

in. You can tell from looking at the guys down there. There is outer

:37:43.:37:45.

dejection there. On the left that's Joe Truman. I don't think they

:37:46.:37:48.

should be disappointed. It is frustrating. I think this is, if you

:37:49.:37:54.

look at it as the first step towards Tokyo they should be proud of the

:37:55.:37:59.

season they've H two gold medals at the world Cups a silver medal at the

:38:00.:38:02.

European Championships last year a fantastic breakthrough on to the

:38:03.:38:04.

international scene at elite level. It is not the medal they wanted but

:38:05.:38:09.

I don't think they should be overly critical and disappointed by the

:38:10.:38:12.

performance. They will feel it but you are right, I mean there's lots

:38:13.:38:16.

of compile and lots of scope and most importantly, lots of depth of

:38:17.:38:21.

talent and as I heard someone say the other day - I either win or you

:38:22.:38:27.

learn. Let's look and hear from Jill and sigh on and Chris Boardman out

:38:28.:38:30.

in Hong Kong about what they expect from these World Championships.

:38:31.:38:33.

It is the year after the Olympics, often we don't see some of the big

:38:34.:38:37.

names they take time off but we have four Olympic champions with the

:38:38.:38:41.

British team, Simon. A young team, average age of 22, 19 riders half of

:38:42.:38:45.

whom have never been to woorld Championships before. So it is a

:38:46.:38:48.

great opportunity for young, British talent to begin to make a mark. And

:38:49.:38:52.

also for one or two of the more established riders to maybe ride

:38:53.:38:56.

other events. It is a ream opportunity, isn't it, Chris, if you

:38:57.:39:01.

think back it minutesk the London Olympics we saw Becky James come to

:39:02.:39:08.

the fore and Sion Yates. -- if you look back to Minsk and we

:39:09.:39:16.

saw Becky James and Simon Yates come to the fore. They have that depth

:39:17.:39:22.

Hynd them. Calum Skinner will be interesting to watch the he was Man

:39:23.:39:26.

of the Match in Rio, the guy who got them the team sprint modesal. Here

:39:27.:39:29.

people expect the perforance for him. He is riding the sprint. It'll

:39:30.:39:33.

be interesting to see how he copes with that status. It is interesting,

:39:34.:39:37.

although the British team has a different strategy coming here w a

:39:38.:39:40.

lot of new faces, it is not necessarily the face with many of

:39:41.:39:43.

the other countries in so. Events. For example, in the women's team

:39:44.:39:48.

pursuit. The United States, led by Sarah Hammer. She's here. They have

:39:49.:39:52.

bought their A-Team. The men's team sprint. New Zealand, they have their

:39:53.:39:58.

best team medals here. And we have a rider who won two medals in London

:39:59.:40:04.

and Vogel, world and Olympic champion. So it'll be a good test.

:40:05.:40:08.

Not a case of everybody sending young riders here. Who are you

:40:09.:40:12.

looking forward to seeing, Chris? I think Katie Archibald riding the

:40:13.:40:15.

individual pursuit. She's known that for a while so she has been

:40:16.:40:18.

focussing that, out of the team events. A great interview, she is

:40:19.:40:23.

really articulate and can express what she is' doing, always good fun

:40:24.:40:27.

to watch. It'll be interesting to see what she can do. That's what I'm

:40:28.:40:36.

watching. What about the women's Maddison on to the schedule. And

:40:37.:40:43.

rumours we might get it back into the Olympics? Well it was a good

:40:44.:40:46.

event in Glasgow a fewp months ago, a great success. Britain have

:40:47.:40:48.

entered for it. It'll be interesting to see who turns up for the other

:40:49.:40:52.

countries. I know there is a Belgium rider who is very a,accomplished

:40:53.:40:55.

road and track rider so some of the top names targeting it. And there is

:40:56.:40:58.

some discussion as it whether this may appear as an additional event in

:40:59.:41:02.

Tokyo for men and women. It was a tragic loss from the Olympics. For

:41:03.:41:06.

me it is the best spectator event in the track. Nightmare as a

:41:07.:41:11.

commentator to work out what is going on, there is action everywhere

:41:12.:41:15.

and sometimes it is hard to know where the bunch is but it is great.

:41:16.:41:20.

It is great there is a woman's one as watch it is still irritating to

:41:21.:41:24.

me that the women's is 20 k shorter than the men's, but one step at a

:41:25.:41:28.

tienchts a good Maddison takes some beat, remember 12 months ago in

:41:29.:41:33.

London, Mark Cavendish and Bradley wiggics brougted the house down,

:41:34.:41:38.

winning the world title again, it is a fantastic race at its best but

:41:39.:41:41.

Chris is right, we kept take our eyes off, it is like a tight-rope

:41:42.:41:51.

workout for us for however long it takes. Do we know the British line

:41:52.:41:56.

up for this? I believe Elinor Barker with Emily Nelson. A lot of people

:41:57.:42:00.

suspected it was Katie Archibald but it is the same day in the programme

:42:01.:42:04.

as individual pursuit which is odd I would put it on the last day and

:42:05.:42:08.

make sure everyone is free so no Maddison for Katie but she has a

:42:09.:42:13.

really good chance in her event. It could be a good day. The first medal

:42:14.:42:18.

has come from Elinor Barker in the scratch race. Her medal ceremony is

:42:19.:42:21.

happening now. Over to Simon.

:42:22.:42:26.

COMMENTATOR: The The silver medal about to be presented to Elinor

:42:27.:42:30.

Barker. So, so close to gold. A fantastic ride. So the silver medal

:42:31.:42:38.

being presented to Elinor Barker. A hint of disappointment. More than a

:42:39.:42:43.

hint of it on her face but it was a superb effort from her. She was near

:42:44.:42:49.

the front for a long time there in that sprint towards the end Hynd

:42:50.:42:58.

Kirsten Wild and so nearly hung on but there is the woman who managed

:42:59.:43:06.

to get past her in the final few metres, Barbieri from Italy. Just

:43:07.:43:15.

23. Second on a stage of the Tour Down Under. Nirted Maddison in Los

:43:16.:43:21.

Angeles in the World Cup earlier this year. -- third in the Maddison.

:43:22.:43:28.

She has the jersey placed over her shoulder.

:43:29.:43:39.

I think she was as surprised as everybody there. She thought Wild

:43:40.:43:46.

was going to be the one to beat but it was Elinor Barker, the

:43:47.:43:49.

22-year-old from Cardiff who was the toughest to get past. A good race.

:43:50.:43:58.

Some big names in it, too, drawn in for the endurance races here at this

:43:59.:44:06.

World Championship. Some interesting souvenirs to take home as well.

:44:07.:44:14.

Eleanor marker not riding in the team pursuit earlier today,

:44:15.:44:17.

concentrating on this one, the women's scratch race, 40 laps of the

:44:18.:44:22.

track which soar nearly yielded a gold medal for Great Britain and for

:44:23.:44:27.

her. The crowd now stand for the Italian National Anthem.

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APPLAUSE As the Italians celebrate. Eleanor

:45:37.:45:40.

break had her on the edge of our seat. Out of our Saturdays. --

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Elinor Barker. Out of our seats. But it wasn't her today but Great

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Britain on the board on the very first day of the World Track Chipts

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thanks to Elinor Barker in the women's scratch race.

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STUDIO: Tears for the woman who got the rainbow jersey in Germany.

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I love that National Anthem. It is great. In the event of a great

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Briton not winning, I don't mind that. Jo, the Canadian team crashed

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out in qualifying for this next event. You know some of these guys

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Yes, so qualification for team pursuit used to happen on your own,

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you were the only team on the track but now to save time they do two at

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the same time. New Zealand were quicker than Canada, caught them,

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passed them and a New Zealander caught front wheel of a rider here

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to brings them all down and race over for them. New Zealand did an

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incredible time so well done for them but for the Canadian guys they

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didn't qualify for Rio. They haven't been up oven the world stage until

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this season until they got bronze at the World Cup in Glasgow and won the

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World Cup in November so they were hoping for a good performance today

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but that was all ended in just in seconds there by that crash and

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personally, I don't think you should have two teams on the track at the

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same time for qualification, because, it's difficult to rank the

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teams, especially if people have new names coming in, like we did. It can

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make it unfair, it can affect your race if you have to overtake

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somebody t can slow you down and similarly you can be slowed down if

:47:20.:47:23.

people are overtaking you and it used to be purely on your own, on

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the track, set your qualification time, now to save time they've done

:47:28.:47:30.

this, which resulted in an accident which is a real shame. I think the

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GB guys may have been slowed down slightly. They weren't able it fan

:47:36.:47:39.

out for the finish because they had been overtaken and they sat up and

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finished racing but we had half a lap to go. A reaction from Chris

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Boardman out in Hong Kong. Ye, I watched the qualification earlier

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today and Ian Dyer and I the British coach had a good look at the footage

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of that earlier today. We are not convinced they got it ride because

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the New Zealand fourth man, in his absolute desperation to stay on the

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wheel, actually touched the Canadians shoulder and caused the

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inability to caused him to bounce into the wheel. At first you think

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it was insult and injury. I totally agree with Jo, by putting two teams

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on the track you are kind of asking for dhivend trouble. So the event is

:48:25.:48:29.

almost designed to cause a problem but it was that unusual touch that

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caused the instability. One thing that interested me and maybe Jo will

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have a word on this, Australia were close to the World Record with their

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time. Did this stop them from breaking the World Record

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potentially? I think really all that comes into the mix, about

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qualification times, when you get catches like, that I don't think

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we'll see that again. They knew they were going after t really, weren't

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they? They knew it was an opportunity for them. For gnaws that

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qualification, as well, normally the qualification times are slower than

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final times because you are there on the track, if you don't have the

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circulating air for another team for circulating air for the same power

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output you go faster, that lends itself to now, faster times in

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qualifying but Australia would've got a big game for chasing GB but

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having to get over them that would've slowed them down, yes they

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were close to the World Record but I don't think they would've been that

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close if they were on their own, so a slight advantage for them but

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overall I think it is a bad idea personally.

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Well what you gain with one hand, you lose with the other It made for

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interesting viewers It certainly was spectacular. We are now in the

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second round. They were stacked up on the track all four of them. Here

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we are with Russia and Belgium. W this should be the closest of

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matches, between these two. A full second between them with Russia

:50:28.:50:30.

getting the advantage in the previous round on time. They've

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moved into the needs now. The slenderest of leads. The width of a

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Thai. That's as small as it gets, I remember Chris Hoy winning a

:50:44.:50:47.

Championship by that margin, may have been the Commonwealth Games.

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Well one of his big titles was by 1,000th of a second but it doesn't

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matter if it is by 10 m or 1,000th of a second you still get the med A

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Russia increasing their lead. They are very consistent, Russia.

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Slightly slower than their previous round in this opening kilometre. But

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they might be cautious. Both teams technically riding very, very well.

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It took them a while to get into their stride but they both look neat

:51:19.:51:21.

at the moment. Often this event is decided by the

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people who make the least mistakes. You see a change where a rider goes

:51:25.:51:28.

up and comes down late and has to drive to get back into the

:51:29.:51:32.

slipstream. Or comes down earlier as we have seen with Russia and that

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energy they expend readjusting their speed, recalibrating into the team,

:51:39.:51:40.

that can really hurt you later on and they are down to three already.

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It's really early for the Russians to be down to three riders. Yes,

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they have a long, long way to go. It'll feel a whole lot longer as W

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Both teams made late changes to their line-ups ahead of this. Not

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quite as the start sheet is suggesting here. But Russia down to

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their core group of three. These three have to stick together. It

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looks like they are finding it tough Being stretched. When you change to

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three it alters the change completely. You have to be sharper,

:52:15.:52:17.

shallower and those small ditcheses can really make a dimplts they are

:52:18.:52:21.

going well, though. They have a good buffer. -- make a difference.

:52:22.:52:29.

They have 1.6 seconds. Going away. Belgium still look organised. We are

:52:30.:52:40.

seeing a lot of Russian trio but Belgium doing well About a minute of

:52:41.:52:43.

racing left. A So with pretty much even pacing now

:52:44.:52:55.

but Russia did the work early now and they can sniff the finish line

:52:56.:52:59.

now. They are pushing away. A big turn on the front. Well they got it

:53:00.:53:03.

wrong, they finished on the wrong lap. All of them just straightened

:53:04.:53:07.

up with a lap to go and have had to get back on to the bottom of the

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track. You don't see that very often. Now they are coming up and

:53:12.:53:21.

sprinting for the line. And Belgium, crossing the line in 4. -- 4.017223.

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Well we'll wait for confirmation. It is such a shame. The Russians

:53:40.:53:43.

actually finished a lap early. I hope we get this in replay. On board

:53:44.:53:50.

camera showing you what it is like to be in the seat at these speeds as

:53:51.:53:55.

they lead into the 45 degree banking. They all came around with a

:53:56.:54:01.

lap to go and were convinced it was the finish line and just blew their

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advantage and they were so lucky to have that buffer to play with,

:54:08.:54:15.

weren't they? Russia hanging in there, despite the fact they lost

:54:16.:54:21.

one rider fairly early on. Ye, and the mishap. They made a mistake but

:54:22.:54:26.

they quickly got back on the game there. Great Britain coming up on to

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the track. Andy Tennant there, nearest the camera. They've made a

:54:33.:54:38.

couple of changes. Steven Burke and Kian Emadi dropped out from the

:54:39.:54:41.

qualifying round. Chris Latham coming in. Latham won a silver medal

:54:42.:54:46.

in the World Cup earlier last winter. Mark Stewart, the Scotsman

:54:47.:54:52.

coming in as W Andy Tennant, remember the World Champion a few

:54:53.:54:59.

years ago in 2012. Ollie Woods who races for the Wiggins' team is the

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other rider makingp the quartet for Great Britain. They were the fifth

:55:04.:55:08.

fastest qualifiers earlier today: It'll be interesting to see what

:55:09.:55:12.

this change is going to mavenlingt changing two men is quite unusual.

:55:13.:55:21.

Away they go. Andy Tennant will lead off for the first lap or so for

:55:22.:55:28.

Great Britain A very different look to the Great Britain team to what

:55:29.:55:32.

which we saw in the Olympic Games last year. It is a tough job to get

:55:33.:55:43.

this team going. Steven Burke has historically been man 1 in the team

:55:44.:55:46.

pursuit. Well that really falling to Andy Tennant. The winners

:55:47.:56:00.

of heat three and four, this is heat 2, they will go for gold and silver.

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The remaining 16, which includes Great Britain, will be ranked by

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their time in the first round and will be paired as follow. The two

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fastest teams will ride for the bronze. So unlike the other event.

:56:14.:56:17.

It is all to play for here Yes the time all important. All these

:56:18.:56:23.

produced so that they produce strategic riding making sure they

:56:24.:56:26.

have to fight for every step of the way. That's what the British team

:56:27.:56:32.

are doing now. The very, very successful coach of the British team

:56:33.:56:37.

in the track centre now indicating they are slightly away of schedule.

:56:38.:56:40.

They are happy with the way this is going. Here we are with the on board

:56:41.:56:49.

camera taking you into the thick of the racing. All of the teams have to

:56:50.:56:57.

agree to carry these cameras. So it is an aerodynamic disadvantage but

:56:58.:56:59.

it is evenly spread amongst the teams. And it certainly gives you be

:57:00.:57:04.

an insight into what this racing is all about. Nine laps to go as they

:57:05.:57:13.

cross the line this time. Riding on the front is Ollie Wood. Great

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Britain team pursuit winners in the Glasgow round of the World Cup last

:57:19.:57:22.

winter. He was one of the riders in that. It was a big turn. Yes, a big

:57:23.:57:28.

turn as you say from Ollie Wood, the 21-year-old. Still very much on

:57:29.:57:31.

schedule here. Going through two kilometres in two minutes. Slightly

:57:32.:57:34.

slower than they were this morning. But good enough to put them

:57:35.:57:43.

one-and-a-half seconds in front of the Swiss but the time, so, so

:57:44.:57:47.

important in this one. I think they are measuring their effort W they're

:57:48.:57:50.

being shown that they are bang on schedule now. And still hurting

:57:51.:57:55.

around the bottom of the track, at the front mark, Stewart. He peels

:57:56.:57:59.

away. A high change There the benefit of going that high up the

:58:00.:58:03.

track is even if you do come down a little bit late, you can carry that

:58:04.:58:08.

extra bit of speed down and close up quickly, which is exactly what he

:58:09.:58:11.

did. Chris Latham there, just joining on the back Hynd Stewart.

:58:12.:58:25.

And be-Hynd Stewart. Andy Tennant has dropped off the

:58:26.:58:29.

back for Great Britain. He put the effort in to get them under way.

:58:30.:58:33.

They are two and a third seconds ahead now. It is' really starting to

:58:34.:58:38.

hurt now but all it play for, for Great Britain. They can see the

:58:39.:58:42.

Swiss ahead of them at the other end of the straight as they move into

:58:43.:58:47.

the last few seconds. Mark Stewart leading the way for Great Britain

:58:48.:58:51.

now. ' Probably peel off as they GP around the banking next time. He

:58:52.:58:55.

does that. Indeed now. Chris Latham takes up the running and he has

:58:56.:59:00.

Ollie Wood right on his wheel. They'll take the bell as they cross

:59:01.:59:05.

the line, this time just 250 m to G it is all about the time. Well, they

:59:06.:59:10.

are riding well and finishing very strongly. That steady and middle

:59:11.:59:14.

section I think is paying dividends now, driving for the line. Here come

:59:15.:59:20.

the British trio over the line. 3. 56. 796, quicker than the qualifying

:59:21.:59:28.

round earlier. A much smoother performance from them. A really good

:59:29.:59:32.

use of efforts. Long and short-term getting the best out of the team,

:59:33.:59:36.

rather than everybody trying to do even two seconds faster. They are

:59:37.:59:39.

going to have to be pleased with that. It is a world class time and a

:59:40.:59:45.

World Championship. Andy Tennant, a different effort to what we have

:59:46.:59:49.

seen in the team sprint so far. Once you get this started, you've got

:59:50.:59:53.

nearly four minutes of riding you have to contend with afterwards and

:59:54.:59:57.

of course, Andy Tennant when he's done that start, he has to get on to

:59:58.:00:01.

the back and into shelter, having had that effort, whilst the team is

:00:02.:00:06.

still trying to accelerate. It is a tough job. Certainly a decent ride

:00:07.:00:10.

from Great Britain in that first round. Well, many World

:00:11.:00:15.

Championships have been won with times slower than that. The real

:00:16.:00:18.

difference here is the way that nations like Australia were riding

:00:19.:00:21.

when we saw them a little while ago in that qualifying ride. We'll see

:00:22.:00:24.

them out on the track again. It will 's be interesting to see how they

:00:25.:00:29.

back up that first performance where they very nearly broke the World

:00:30.:00:33.

Record. We talked about them getting a catch, didn't we? They had the

:00:34.:00:37.

benefit of the slipstreaming but then had to go around the traffic

:00:38.:00:41.

for extra distance now they are going so quick it is possible they

:00:42.:00:46.

could get another catch or a close catch, your absolute ideal, you

:00:47.:00:49.

don't quite meet the team in front, they just carry you through that

:00:50.:00:52.

last kilometre. I will be surprised if they don't try to do the same

:00:53.:00:55.

thing again but probably assuming they will go all the way through

:00:56.:00:58.

they'll be saving that for the final.

:00:59.:01:03.

Just to remind you, the winners of this heat coming up and the next

:01:04.:01:10.

will race for the world title a little bit later on. New Zealand and

:01:11.:01:14.

Italy now and then after that you have Australia and France. It will

:01:15.:01:16.

be a battle royale between those two. I think New Zealand -- I'm

:01:17.:01:25.

surprised New Zealand are still in the competition to be honest. I know

:01:26.:01:29.

it wasn't intentional but that touch of shoulders caused the crash with

:01:30.:01:33.

the Canadians. Do you think the Canadians pulled off the top of the

:01:34.:01:37.

track because he thought the gap was there? He had just been tapped on

:01:38.:01:41.

the shoulder. You lean against it to counterbalance and then suddenly

:01:42.:01:44.

there is a wheel in front of you and there is nowhere to go. As Joe Rawal

:01:45.:01:50.

-- as Joanna Rowsell said earlier on, think it is a fault with the

:01:51.:01:56.

format in the qualifying which means that that kind of thing is going to

:01:57.:02:06.

happen. Away they go, plenty of experience in the Netherlands's

:02:07.:02:12.

line-up. Filippo Ganna, he is still just 20 years of age for Italy, but

:02:13.:02:17.

he blasted his way around to win the individual pursuit title, so what a

:02:18.:02:23.

fantastic young talent he is. Francesco Lamon is the final young

:02:24.:02:33.

rider for the Italians. Fantastic time in qualifying, 3.55, very

:02:34.:02:37.

respectable. I mention Filippo Ganna and in that context I should have

:02:38.:02:41.

mentioned Simoni, Sony in the context of good young riders. He won

:02:42.:02:48.

the under 20 Three Rd race championship in 2015. The New

:02:49.:02:53.

Zealanders should have the edge here and they have certainly got the

:02:54.:03:01.

experience. The coach at the start of the track using a difference

:03:02.:03:03.

Chatterjee and showing them their lap speed. -- different strategy.

:03:04.:03:10.

Not much in it after the opening kilometre. Very close but pacing

:03:11.:03:16.

your ride is so important here. New Zealand behind at the minute but

:03:17.:03:21.

there is nothing in it at all. Have the Italians got the staying power

:03:22.:03:25.

to hang in there with New Zealand? They are the underdogs here but they

:03:26.:03:29.

are putting the pressure on. Two seconds between the previous round

:03:30.:03:32.

but we have said time and again it's about backing that up and being able

:03:33.:03:37.

to repeat that performance. It could come down to who it is that makes

:03:38.:03:45.

the mistakes. It is Liam Bertazzo, who wrote the Giro d'Italia last

:03:46.:03:50.

year, who leads the way. They have got plenty of writers and endurance

:03:51.:03:54.

and staying power in this squad. It's actually the New Zealanders

:03:55.:03:57.

that are going slightly slower in this round, the Italians raising

:03:58.:04:00.

their game to chase for a medal opportunity. New Zealand have got

:04:01.:04:12.

themselves in front by nearly a second now. Very interesting

:04:13.:04:18.

handlebar design, sometimes limbs put in place at the front of the

:04:19.:04:24.

bike to deflect air around the body. Everything counts when you're going

:04:25.:04:31.

this fast. First technical observation of this championship.

:04:32.:04:37.

It's taken longer than usual! New Zealand with their interesting

:04:38.:04:39.

design, looking very impressive here. 1.73 seconds their advantage

:04:40.:04:45.

with five laps to go. New Zealand sailing along serenely here, heading

:04:46.:04:52.

for the World Championship final. Still with the four riders. Both of

:04:53.:04:58.

these squads still with their full comes on out there on the track.

:04:59.:05:02.

Well done to the Italians for fighting hard all the way through

:05:03.:05:07.

this. They looked like they were really pushing on but they are

:05:08.:05:11.

paying the price now. They tried to take it to New Zealand for as long

:05:12.:05:14.

as they could, to try to hang in there. New Zealand so good, hard to

:05:15.:05:19.

live within this sort of situation. New Zealand are actually going to

:05:20.:05:24.

post a very similar time to this morning, round about 3.53. The only

:05:25.:05:29.

team at the moment who I think challenge Australia. Down to three

:05:30.:05:36.

as they come round to take the bell. They take the bell, 215 metres to

:05:37.:05:41.

go. The New Zealanders are cracking and the Italians are not 1 million

:05:42.:05:47.

miles away, you know. This is a really spirited effort from the

:05:48.:05:50.

Italians. They are sticking together well here. Remember, it is a

:05:51.:05:58.

third... Well, they had enough in the bag but they fought all the way,

:05:59.:06:05.

didn't they. Italy are 3.55 .945, the Italians have gone quicker than

:06:06.:06:10.

Great Britain. It was a good ride by them. New Zealand too have moved

:06:11.:06:14.

themselves forward, so they can be pleased with that. I beg your

:06:15.:06:17.

pardon, they've gone slightly backwards. But those times quick

:06:18.:06:22.

enough to do the job. So, New Zealand, as a winner of heat three,

:06:23.:06:28.

according to our sheets, that means they will go through to race for

:06:29.:06:30.

gold and silver a little bit later on. New Zealand only going down to

:06:31.:06:45.

three riders fairly late in the day. Trying to push to make sure they got

:06:46.:06:50.

in the final, but keeping a little bit in reserve, if that's possible,

:06:51.:06:53.

in a situation like this, with races coming back to back. Looked smooth

:06:54.:06:58.

until the last couple of laps and then cracks just starting to show.

:06:59.:07:01.

They've been put under pressure, they had to fight for that one. It

:07:02.:07:05.

wasn't a given by any means, they had to fight for an easy around. But

:07:06.:07:09.

they knew they had to post a good time as well. The men's team pursuit

:07:10.:07:19.

finals tomorrow night at 12:53pm lunch time UK time, we are seven

:07:20.:07:24.

hours ahead here. They will have a bit of recovery time overnight ahead

:07:25.:07:26.

of those finals. But here come Australia now. Up against France.

:07:27.:07:35.

Sam Welsford, the 21-year-old from Western Australia, Cameron Meyer,

:07:36.:07:40.

vast Lee experienced, he is in this quartet as well. Kelland O'Brien at

:07:41.:07:46.

18, at the opposite end of his career. And Porter as well for

:07:47.:07:56.

Australia. Away they go. This is a very young team for France. They

:07:57.:08:01.

were second in Glasgow in the World Cup last winter. These four riders,

:08:02.:08:07.

the four riders in the blue of France, are the European Champions

:08:08.:08:10.

Cup they won that last year. We've been talking about the Australians

:08:11.:08:15.

going to the final and they are certainly the quickest by far in the

:08:16.:08:20.

previous round, but you've got to actually do it again and they have

:08:21.:08:22.

certainly started blisteringly quickly. They have the French, to be

:08:23.:08:28.

fair. But the Australians are on top of it. They are trailing a little

:08:29.:08:33.

bit but they will be happy. There was a confident out of the blocks.

:08:34.:08:39.

Such depth of experience amongst them here. I will be waiting to see

:08:40.:08:45.

how they back up their ride from earlier in the day. They were so

:08:46.:08:49.

impressive in the league qualifiers. They are real fighters. We've just

:08:50.:08:53.

seen a little bit of a sloppy change but that is the way they write, on

:08:54.:08:59.

the ragged edge. They may pay a little bit for that opening time and

:09:00.:09:03.

I will be surprised if they get near that again. But I don't think

:09:04.:09:07.

they're going to mind. They just now need to do enough. They've got all

:09:08.:09:11.

the times in front of them, they know what they need to do. Still ten

:09:12.:09:16.

and a half laps to go. Australia with a distinct slower opening...

:09:17.:09:25.

Well, it's not a distinct advantage for Australia at all, France going

:09:26.:09:28.

well here. But it's close enough and they will be riding to a schedule

:09:29.:09:37.

here, you feel. The French are really excelling. I think they might

:09:38.:09:42.

be paying for this one but like Italy, they're just going to take it

:09:43.:09:46.

to them and why not? Sam Welsford on the front for Australia at the

:09:47.:09:51.

moment. The French are in bits already, I'm afraid. They've lost a

:09:52.:09:54.

man more than halfway through the race. Thomas was struggling to hold

:09:55.:10:03.

onto the wheel there. It's all over for them now. It's a long way to go

:10:04.:10:08.

when you've lost 25% of your engine power. Alex Porter on the front for

:10:09.:10:14.

Australia. They look very comfortable, very impressive and is

:10:15.:10:19.

vertically -- is vertically ... This event looks great. It looks

:10:20.:10:28.

like they're almost not trying. Very fluid. You see what has been going

:10:29.:10:35.

on in the wheels... We're talking around 800 watts of power on the

:10:36.:10:38.

front here and they barely get a rest on the back before they've got

:10:39.:10:42.

to do it again. It's a series of sprints now, so fast. We're talking

:10:43.:10:46.

about what it must look -- what it looks like but not how it must feel

:10:47.:10:55.

like, it will be... Not quite looking like France are riding

:10:56.:10:57.

through treacle but Australia started to reel them in. They are

:10:58.:11:01.

almost in the same straight. Australia have three laps to go and

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they are heading for a World Championship final, which will be a

:11:05.:11:08.

good race against New Zealand, by the looks of it. Two and a half

:11:09.:11:12.

seconds slower at this point than their previous round but that's OK,

:11:13.:11:15.

they are getting information from their previous round. France

:11:16.:11:22.

collapsing fast now in these closing stages. Less than half a minute of

:11:23.:11:28.

racing to go now and they will be happy when it's over. One lap to go

:11:29.:11:33.

for Australia. All still together, looking really good here in pursuit

:11:34.:11:37.

of a world title that has eluded them since 2012, the last time the

:11:38.:11:42.

championships were held down under in Melbourne, Australia coming up

:11:43.:11:48.

and over the line. That is the time that they could have beaten if they

:11:49.:11:53.

had needed to do so. They didn't even need to qualify fastest but

:11:54.:11:56.

they did it anyway. They are relieved that one is out of the way,

:11:57.:12:01.

I think. They did enough. They've not show you what else they've got.

:12:02.:12:09.

They did it comfortably. Good rides from Australia and New Zealand in

:12:10.:12:12.

those last two heats. STUDIO

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The gold medal race will be Australia against New Zealand and

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the good news for Great Britain is that they are into a bronze medal

:12:18.:12:21.

race and that will be against Italy. For the men's team sprint, a time

:12:22.:12:24.

that was fast enough that would have put them into a bronze medal race

:12:25.:12:28.

but because they lost to the Netherlands they couldn't get there,

:12:29.:12:31.

the way the format works. Let's get the reaction of Jack Carlin, Ryan

:12:32.:12:33.

Owens and Joe Truman. Well, Jack, your first ever time on

:12:34.:12:44.

the World Championship 's stage, so disappointing to miss out on a gold

:12:45.:12:46.

medal race but how pleased are you with the way you've been able to

:12:47.:12:50.

perform here? I think as a team we came here with not much expectation.

:12:51.:12:54.

We obviously are all disappointed because we wanted to be in the gold

:12:55.:13:01.

medal ride off, any gold medal ride offs in general. It's just

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disappointing. But it just didn't happen, there were better teams

:13:06.:13:08.

there today and it just didn't come together well for us. I think it

:13:09.:13:12.

does show the depth in this British sprint team. You had an incredibly

:13:13.:13:15.

blistering start you have been able to give this team. Yeah, there were

:13:16.:13:22.

positives and negatives in the race. You're right, there's a lot of depth

:13:23.:13:26.

with us and a lot of positives to take from today. Ryan, I must say,

:13:27.:13:32.

hugely impressive ride from you again. Just how pleased are you with

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the way that this season has gone? Picking up a couple of gold medals

:13:37.:13:41.

in World Cups and that European silver. Obviously we've had a dream

:13:42.:13:47.

run up till now really. We are still pretty close to our best time ever

:13:48.:13:52.

today. Still really disappointed. We've come here with the form of our

:13:53.:13:57.

lives and a few little technical things could have done differently

:13:58.:14:00.

and it would have been a very different story. It's encouraging

:14:01.:14:03.

for us to know going forward that we can polish that up in the next few

:14:04.:14:08.

rights and then we could be onto a real winner and hopefully next time

:14:09.:14:12.

the result will be different. I certainly think the rest of the

:14:13.:14:15.

world will be looking at this young team and thinking where do they keep

:14:16.:14:18.

producing these young maiden sprinters from, Joe? We've got a

:14:19.:14:24.

good group of guys working at the velodrome and we have got a

:14:25.:14:27.

fantastic support team around us. I can't thank them enough for having

:14:28.:14:32.

progressed as well. We haven't really been fully able to execute

:14:33.:14:36.

today but as I say, we win as a team, lose as a team. We work

:14:37.:14:40.

together as a team. Not just the rest of the world that will be

:14:41.:14:44.

watching on with interest, Jason Kenny, Callum, Philip Heintz will be

:14:45.:14:47.

looking at the times you've been able to put in and hoping they can

:14:48.:14:52.

still hold onto a place! Of course, we're all battling for those

:14:53.:14:56.

positions and they have been helping a sale of building towards today.

:14:57.:14:59.

Even this morning I spoke to Callum about something in my own right.

:15:00.:15:04.

They've all been a big help for us to be able to get to this point

:15:05.:15:08.

really. Just a shame when not going to be fully able to execute what

:15:09.:15:12.

we're capable of today. A top five finish, for fastest on the day, you

:15:13.:15:15.

should be very proud of that. Cheers.

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A case of what might have been, Chris, but they're being very mature

:15:18.:15:23.

about it. I think it's good to see disappointment, it showed ambition

:15:24.:15:27.

and hunger. You got to take the positives. The cat Jack Carlin come

:15:28.:15:30.

his first lap was the quickest of any team. A 12.53 was truly world

:15:31.:15:39.

class. When they get it right on the day they are as good as any team. It

:15:40.:15:42.

didn't quite work out for them today. We've got a great squad, not

:15:43.:15:49.

just those three, Phil and Callum and Jason. It's a formidable squad.

:15:50.:15:54.

Real strength in depth, as they say. Back to Hong Kong for the women's

:15:55.:15:59.

team sprint final, starting with the bronze medal race, Germany against

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China. COMMENTATOR: And away they go, it is

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Germany against China here in this race for the bronze medal, with

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Miriam Welte and Kristina Vogel against the Chinese pair. It is with

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Kristina Vogel and it is her job now to bring home the bronze for

:16:30.:16:36.

Germany. She is up against an Jim Leighton -- Jim Hong

:16:37.:16:41.

. They led from start to finish. It wasn't the colour medal they were

:16:42.:16:47.

hoping for, it wasn't the colour they thought they had the potential

:16:48.:16:50.

to get after the final round but at least they are on the podium. They

:16:51.:16:54.

underperformed in the previous round and they will be bitterly

:16:55.:16:56.

disappointed because I thought they were the team to beat hereafter that

:16:57.:17:01.

strong opening performance in the middle and you can't have an off

:17:02.:17:04.

moment in something as explosive as this. So it looks like they're going

:17:05.:17:09.

to salvage something from this. But it's not the medal they wanted. So,

:17:10.:17:16.

another one for Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte to add to their

:17:17.:17:21.

collection. STUDIO

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Yes, but as Simon said, not the colour they would have wanted. We

:17:25.:17:30.

got the gold medal race, Australia against Russia. Jo, who wins it?

:17:31.:17:38.

Australia. Russia. Just to make it exciting! Just to mix it up a bit.

:17:39.:17:40.

Back to Simon. COMMENTATOR: Kaarle McCullogh on the

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right floristry Leah. Defending champions rusher up against the

:17:57.:18:02.

Australians. The confidence of the Australian too. You can see that the

:18:03.:18:05.

gap and that is not about fatigue, it's just winding up for the

:18:06.:18:08.

changeover and what a beautiful change it was. And now it is

:18:09.:18:19.

Voionova against Stephanie Morton! Who is it going to be? It is gold

:18:20.:18:22.

for Russia! 32.5 -- 30 2.500 and 20. It is gold once

:18:23.:18:40.

more for the Russian pair, Shmeleva and Voinova. Kaarle McCullogh had to

:18:41.:18:47.

settle for silver this time around with Stephanie Morton. You can see

:18:48.:18:52.

the pace there, that was what did it for them. They might not have been

:18:53.:18:55.

as fluid as the Australians but such a powerful start gave them an

:18:56.:19:00.

enormous lead. Three tenths of a second in the first lap in an event

:19:01.:19:05.

like this is an awful lot. It was an great change and finish from

:19:06.:19:13.

Australia. It is Voinova who brought it home, she is now a four time

:19:14.:19:18.

world champion and Shmeleva, at 22, the younger rider in the duo, she

:19:19.:19:23.

was a star as a junior and won five world titles as a junior and now she

:19:24.:19:26.

is on the top of the podium in this elite event. Rusher too good for

:19:27.:19:34.

Australia, they take gold and Australia finish with the silver

:19:35.:19:36.

medal. -- Russia were too good. STUDIO

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And here we go now with the men's team sprint. We're going live now,

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we were just a fraction delayed for the bronze medal race. Here is

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Simon. COMMENTATOR: And it's France against

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Poland here. Remember, France looked really good in that first round but

:20:00.:20:03.

the Polish coaching crew going absolutely mad on the inside of the

:20:04.:20:07.

track. And the French are looking a little bit ragged but I think that

:20:08.:20:12.

is because of the pace. Strong start from them, 17.7, not the fastest

:20:13.:20:15.

that we've seen but it doesn't need to be the fastest at this stage, it

:20:16.:20:19.

just needs to be enough. Work to do at the moment but they are so, so

:20:20.:20:23.

close. A hundredth of a second in it here. This is really close, it will

:20:24.:20:28.

be the blinking of an eye and it is France who get it by less than two

:20:29.:20:31.

tenths of a second! Great finish from them. Great finish. Poland off

:20:32.:20:39.

the mark. Two tenths of a second faster. France, not a great start

:20:40.:20:44.

but what a fantastic finish by them. There is Edelin, a who had that

:20:45.:21:00.

false start in the last round. He got away cleanly this time. It

:21:01.:21:06.

wasn't his best work but boy, what a finish here. Just laying off the

:21:07.:21:18.

wheel, coming at it now. And he spent a lot of time in the wind.

:21:19.:21:24.

Paid off for most of that race. I'm not sure what that was intentional

:21:25.:21:28.

or not but boy, he certainly had the endurance to keep it going.

:21:29.:21:33.

Absolutely delighted there. Great result for France. Pervis coming in

:21:34.:21:43.

for what was effectively the semifinal, he was the man who made

:21:44.:21:48.

the difference in getting them that ride and then Quentin Lafargue

:21:49.:21:55.

coming in for the final itself. It was a big risk after seeing how

:21:56.:22:02.

Pervis performed. Here we go now for the final itself, with New Zealand,

:22:03.:22:05.

no surprise to see them where they are. A slight problem at the moment

:22:06.:22:09.

just getting the bike fitted in the gate. It's all part of this event,

:22:10.:22:13.

being able to deal with the pressure and everything that is going on

:22:14.:22:18.

around you. Some of your competitors have already finished and are

:22:19.:22:21.

celebrating and you've got the big one all still ahead of you, staying

:22:22.:22:25.

focused on your own ride. But they are absolutely delighted, always

:22:26.:22:31.

good to see. Interesting to see who the Dutch are going to go within the

:22:32.:22:36.

final as well. Their line-up is much changed between the qualifying round

:22:37.:22:44.

and the final round. Well, we've seen if you 80 performances so far

:22:45.:22:47.

and slight upsets. New Zealand should be the fastest starter. But

:22:48.:22:55.

let's see if they can roll it out again. Can they back it up? Just

:22:56.:23:01.

over 20 seconds away from this final. So, they've changed it yet

:23:02.:23:10.

again. There are going to be tough to beat.

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Three laps of the track to determine who will be the world champion. And

:23:21.:23:29.

leading the way now, Mitchell, and the gun has gone and New Zealand

:23:30.:23:34.

have heard it as well and sat up. Well, let's have a look. A hush over

:23:35.:23:43.

the velodrome. As the riders just slowly circled the track. It will

:23:44.:23:48.

have to go through that process of preparing themselves for the final

:23:49.:23:54.

all over again. It's nail-biting stuff. Let's have a look and see

:23:55.:24:03.

what happened here. Well, it looks like it might have been... Well,

:24:04.:24:10.

there were certainly -- there was certainly body movement but I'm not

:24:11.:24:13.

sure there was physical movement there. I think that's more the case,

:24:14.:24:19.

it was New Zealand who cause that one, I think. It looked like Sam

:24:20.:24:24.

Webster, maybe. They know it is so, so important to get off the mark

:24:25.:24:28.

fast. They're just pushing it and pushing it to the absolute limit, to

:24:29.:24:34.

gain every possible advantage. Start gates go back out as they have to do

:24:35.:24:41.

all that again. At least both teams heard it this time. Early on, China

:24:42.:24:45.

didn't hear it at all and they completed their three laps! Then

:24:46.:24:52.

looked around nonplussed when people were wondering why they were still

:24:53.:24:58.

waiting. As McChrystal racing. They haven't stopped yet. You keep your

:24:59.:25:06.

legs moving. Being held when you've got hot muscles ready to release

:25:07.:25:10.

power, being held in the gate attic for too long is not ideal will stop

:25:11.:25:15.

no team wants to be the first to go in -- go on line themselves up.

:25:16.:25:21.

Brinkmanship at work. The crowd enjoying their evening

:25:22.:25:33.

out. A little out of town, this velodrome. But it is in the centre

:25:34.:25:46.

of the city, surrounded by parklands. Beautiful parklands and

:25:47.:25:51.

there is and other stadium right next to it. Completely surrounded by

:25:52.:25:56.

tower blocks as well, almost as far as you can see. Still just a few

:25:57.:26:01.

moments for these two teams to adjust the bikes and get ready to go

:26:02.:26:02.

in this World Championship final. STUDIO

:26:03.:26:08.

And the good news for cycling fans watching is that we're not coming

:26:09.:26:12.

off air at half-past, obviously, we want to see the conclusion of this

:26:13.:26:16.

and have various conversations about what has happened on the first day

:26:17.:26:22.

of these championships, so we will be staying on air until quarter to

:26:23.:26:23.

three. COMMENTATOR: So, just a minute or

:26:24.:26:34.

two away from this final race of the day. Unfortunately, neither team had

:26:35.:26:41.

got too far before they were called back in. Certainly had some

:26:42.:26:45.

challenges with the apparatus this evening. Another gate issue. Having

:26:46.:26:48.

some trouble with the other one on the other side of the track.

:26:49.:27:02.

Being able to deal with all of these different issues, being able to deal

:27:03.:27:08.

with the pressure, it is all part of the event. I wouldn't like to be in

:27:09.:27:14.

their shoes. The countdown very much on now. Carefully textured clothing

:27:15.:27:26.

to turn the air flow turbulence around the outside of the arms.

:27:27.:27:31.

Three laps of the track. New Zealand, two times the three riders

:27:32.:27:42.

for New Zealand have won the world title including last year in London.

:27:43.:27:46.

They had to settle for silver in Rio, won by Great Britain, the gold.

:27:47.:27:54.

Both teams are well spread out. I think it might be intentional in the

:27:55.:27:59.

case of New Zealand. But certainly not the Netherlands. A bit

:28:00.:28:03.

disastrous for them. They didn't hold onto the pressure well. And New

:28:04.:28:08.

Zealand now should be world champions again in just a few

:28:09.:28:12.

seconds time. Dawkins has only got to go around the banking one more

:28:13.:28:16.

time and into the finishing we go coming comes the Finnish! And

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Dawkins takes it. 44.409 but it wasn't about the time, it was about

:28:23.:28:25.

getting your nose over the line first and that is what New Zealand

:28:26.:28:28.

have done and three times these riders together have been champions

:28:29.:28:34.

of the world and they are once more. Great ride for New Zealand. The

:28:35.:28:37.

class in the field. They take the world title. Least ragged I think is

:28:38.:28:43.

the way I would describe that one! What a fightback by the Netherlands,

:28:44.:28:47.

though. It was an absolute disaster after the first lap. But they kept

:28:48.:28:52.

their heads and kept on fighting. They held their own. Pulled back a

:28:53.:28:59.

tenth or so but New Zealand already got themselves enough on the margin

:29:00.:29:02.

that they could afford to make a mistake. A little bit ragged but

:29:03.:29:07.

they dealt with the pressure better in the end. The Dutch looked as in

:29:08.:29:12.

they were two separate races on that first lap. It was -- the gap was

:29:13.:29:19.

absolutely enormous between rider one and two. New Zealand 43.1 in

:29:20.:29:24.

their previous round, 43.2. Nearly a tenth of a second

:29:25.:29:33.

difference. But as you say, it doesn't matter, they won the race.

:29:34.:29:39.

Yeah, it wasn't their best effort but they had done the hard working

:29:40.:29:42.

getting to the final and they were able to it home. Gold for New

:29:43.:29:46.

Zealand on this first night of racing in Hong Kong and another gold

:29:47.:29:50.

medal. When the and his team-mates. What a trio they are. Commonwealth

:29:51.:29:55.

champions as well. They won that in Glasgow. And that brings the racing

:29:56.:30:01.

to its conclusion for this first day. We're just waiting for the

:30:02.:30:07.

official results to come in, to confirm.

:30:08.:30:10.

As the celebrations begin for New Zealand.

:30:11.:30:17.

That's the grandparent of one of the riders I bumped into earlier on in

:30:18.:30:22.

the stands. A great ride by New Zealand in the

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end. They take the world title. Netherlands finish with a silver

:30:27.:30:32.

medal and bronze for France. STUDIO: And all guys there, Chris

:30:33.:30:36.

you used to raise against. New Zealand team have been around for a

:30:37.:30:39.

long time. Dawkins I felt for him in the third and final lap. Three rides

:30:40.:30:42.

in the space of a an hour-and-a-half. The fatigue that

:30:43.:30:46.

creates is immense. You see the damage that did to him. That was a

:30:47.:30:51.

slower ride than the bronze medal ride off but enough to beat the

:30:52.:30:54.

Dutch team who had their own problems of the the second rider

:30:55.:30:58.

there lost a wheel at the start. Created a huge opening which meant

:30:59.:31:02.

he wasn't following the air of the first rider, he was pushing his own

:31:03.:31:03.

air, which is a compromise. first rider, he was pushing his own

:31:04.:31:06.

air, which is a compromise. It can make a massive difference.

:31:07.:31:09.

The New Zealanders have taken home the gold medal. In terms of British

:31:10.:31:15.

performances, silver medal forElinor Barker. Head coach Ian Dyer has been

:31:16.:31:21.

reflecting on the first day's races with Jill Douglas. Ian, a good start

:31:22.:31:26.

to the World Championships but let's talk about the team pursuit. It is

:31:27.:31:29.

the team into the bronze medal race, you must be happy to see that. It is

:31:30.:31:36.

nice to get that group of guys into the medal race. I think it'll be a

:31:37.:31:41.

tight battle against Italy tomorrow. They've come up well for this event.

:31:42.:31:44.

I this till' be close. It is likely there will be another team change

:31:45.:31:47.

before tomorrow. You made a team change after qualifying but you have

:31:48.:31:53.

a few cards to play, haven't you? Yes, good depth there. We came up

:31:54.:31:59.

short in qualifying, so we made a decision to change two guys right

:32:00.:32:02.

away. We had a much better first rounded there this evening. So we've

:32:03.:32:07.

got to do a bit of number crunching before tomorrow. We know we're going

:32:08.:32:10.

to make a change but we don't know where the data will lead us just

:32:11.:32:18.

yet. The Australian looking good. So close to the World Record. A great

:32:19.:32:21.

ride. We are all getting to grips with the new qualifying format. Two

:32:22.:32:25.

teams per heat is a difference for us. And I think if you hit that

:32:26.:32:31.

qualifying pretty fresh, depending on your draw and what your catch

:32:32.:32:35.

looks like, there is a lot of variabilities to play with, as we

:32:36.:32:41.

have seen can skew qualifying a bit. Talk about fast times, what about

:32:42.:32:47.

the team sprint. The young team from Great Britain finishing for the

:32:48.:32:53.

fourth fastest time. They don't get to ride a medal race but they've

:32:54.:32:56.

sent out a strong message. They have done well. Done well all winter. In

:32:57.:33:03.

the European Championships and delivering fast times. Today's

:33:04.:33:07.

qualifying, a few little details in there but again we saw really strong

:33:08.:33:11.

times from them. It didn't quite go our way in the first round, in the

:33:12.:33:15.

semifinal round, so like you say, just the way the draw works out, you

:33:16.:33:19.

can be the fourth fastest time but still not get a medal chance so

:33:20.:33:23.

they'll be disappointed with that. They were hoping for more but that's

:33:24.:33:27.

just a sign of how far they've come this past year and I'm sure there is

:33:28.:33:31.

plenty more to come. You weren't tempted to pop Calum Skinner into

:33:32.:33:36.

that race? We did talk about it but in fairness he has only really

:33:37.:33:38.

prepared for the sprint here. We need to respect that. Calum had a

:33:39.:33:43.

great year last year. I think that might have been a little bit unfair

:33:44.:33:48.

on him, having not really done a lot of team sprint prep to throw him in

:33:49.:33:53.

and because he has been foe cousin on the individual event we couldn't

:33:54.:33:56.

be certain what he had. -- focussing.

:33:57.:33:59.

And Joe held up his end of the deal in the qualifying. I don't think the

:34:00.:34:04.

need was there. What about Elinor Barker, your podium place on the

:34:05.:34:08.

opening day, a virl medA close to get the gold. We were all urging her

:34:09.:34:18.

around. -- a silver medal. She did a super job and in the in recent weeks

:34:19.:34:27.

with the selection, we talked Katie Archibald and Calum and having the

:34:28.:34:32.

opportunity to take part in other events. A super ride. The way the

:34:33.:34:37.

break worked I think the Italian got a great run to the finish but Elinor

:34:38.:34:43.

did everything she could. A good start. Yes one on the board so let's

:34:44.:34:47.

hope for more this week. So sensible. He has been part of the

:34:48.:34:52.

team since 2002. He knows never to panic on day one but he mentioned

:34:53.:34:58.

thelight. Eleanor bark he isser's silver -- Elinor Barker's silver med

:34:59.:35:02.

A talk us through the final two lap abouts where she gets in an

:35:03.:35:05.

unfortunate position and gets collared from behind. Six riders

:35:06.:35:11.

gained a lap and all vying for position. She is in second now. Just

:35:12.:35:14.

on the outside of the Dutch rider, trying to get around but it is a

:35:15.:35:19.

long way around but she wants it lead out this sprint and Kirsten

:35:20.:35:24.

Wild the Dutch rider is an incredible sprinter. Previous World

:35:25.:35:29.

Champion. El is probably thinking right now she's nailed it, got

:35:30.:35:32.

around probably the favourite of the race but it's now just a quarter of

:35:33.:35:37.

a lap too far, maybe and the Italian rider sits in nice and takes a nice

:35:38.:35:42.

run-up coming out of turn 4 and that finishing straight just pips on her

:35:43.:35:47.

on the line, it is incredibly frustrating but I think El looked so

:35:48.:35:51.

strong and I think there is so much more to come for her this week. She

:35:52.:35:56.

has potentially three more eevents. She might race in the team pursuit

:35:57.:36:00.

tomorrow. Even though she told us in her interview she wasn't. Yes. And

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Barbieri, the last two laps she was sat behind Kirsten Wild, correctites

:36:08.:36:11.

a huge pocket air to ride behind. A perfect run to the finish for the

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Italian and the worst-case scenario for etch linor who is been on the

:36:18.:36:20.

outside. A great turn of speed but not enough. And Elinor Barker we

:36:21.:36:24.

might see her in the team pursuit tomorrow. What are the other two

:36:25.:36:29.

events? The madison on Saturday with Emily Nelson and the points race on

:36:30.:36:33.

Sunday. All events are up for change but that's what she is anticipate

:36:34.:36:37.

currently down for. Starting off with a silver will only make her

:36:38.:36:41.

hungrier for more, for wins. So a lot more to come for her and indeed

:36:42.:36:43.

British cycling. hungrier for more, for wins. So a

:36:44.:36:43.

lot more to come for her and indeed British cycling.

:36:44.:36:47.

It has been a turbulent time. It there has been an independent review

:36:48.:36:51.

commissioned to look at the set up with allegations of bullying. That

:36:52.:36:56.

review hasn't been made public. Various things leaked but British

:36:57.:37:00.

cycling has come up with a plan it has published to move the sport

:37:01.:37:04.

forward. Part of that new culture is a new Performance Director. He has

:37:05.:37:08.

come from sailing, his name is Stephen Park he has been speaking to

:37:09.:37:11.

Jill Douglas. Congratulations on the new job. You

:37:12.:37:15.

have enjoyed enormous success with the British sailing team but what

:37:16.:37:20.

attracted you to the cycling job? I think opportunity it perhaps bring

:37:21.:37:23.

some of the skills I have learned through my time at sailing into

:37:24.:37:28.

cycling. You know cycling is still the biggest British Olympic sport.

:37:29.:37:33.

There was an opportunity to perhaps step up and to take the opportunity.

:37:34.:37:37.

They don't come around very often. Ultimately I've started getting

:37:38.:37:40.

involved more in cycling my se. It has become a little bit of a passion

:37:41.:37:46.

at a personal level. Headlines like - bullying, sexism in British

:37:47.:37:49.

cycling, these have dogged the sport in recent months. When you applied

:37:50.:37:55.

for this role, do you feel as though now you've been happeneded something

:37:56.:37:59.

of a poisoned chalice? You could look at it like that but from my

:38:00.:38:03.

perspective, it is the opportunity to be part of the next generation of

:38:04.:38:10.

British cycling without trying to dismiss any of the allegations that

:38:11.:38:13.

have been made or any of the issues made, many of which British cycling

:38:14.:38:17.

have taken on board and are working hard to deal with. We are seeing

:38:18.:38:22.

more and more cyclists coming forward, pointing out that perhaps

:38:23.:38:25.

some of the things that have made it to the press don't necessarilip

:38:26.:38:29.

represent their experiences. D necessarily represent. And certainly

:38:30.:38:34.

in the experiences I have had, and more importantly in the last 24-48

:38:35.:38:37.

hours here, they don't represent what I see. What I see is a group of

:38:38.:38:44.

athletes that are know cowed on their game -- that are focussed on

:38:45.:38:48.

their game. A group of support staff who are passionate about delivering

:38:49.:38:51.

the best performance. Everyone is very conscious about that. They are

:38:52.:38:54.

conscious about some of the issue that is have gone on in the past but

:38:55.:38:57.

more importantly they are focussed on what they need to do here in

:38:58.:39:01.

terms of their own roles and getting stuck into that and, so, it'll be a

:39:02.:39:06.

great opportunity, as I say, to regain that public confidence and

:39:07.:39:10.

hopefully give the British public pride in the performances that we

:39:11.:39:17.

are used to, in terms of those fantastic medal-winning

:39:18.:39:18.

performances, like World Championships and Olympic Games and

:39:19.:39:22.

Paralympic Games and also the confidence in how we're achieving

:39:23.:39:26.

those performances. Previous income bants have all come from a cycling

:39:27.:39:30.

background, you have come in completely left field with no

:39:31.:39:35.

experience as a coach in cycling, or as a cyclist yourself. Can you

:39:36.:39:39.

achieve success without that background in the sport? Yes, I'm

:39:40.:39:43.

absolutely confident of that. I wouldn't be here if I didn't feel I

:39:44.:39:47.

was confident in being able to do that. I'm in the here trying to

:39:48.:39:50.

replace the people that have gone before me. They have done a

:39:51.:39:54.

fantastic job. I suppose I'm bringing a different type of

:39:55.:39:56.

knowledge but the same level of passion and I would hope the same

:39:57.:40:02.

level of application. We have got some fantastic technical brains

:40:03.:40:05.

within the sport so hopefully it's really not so much -- I'm not

:40:06.:40:10.

looking at telling them what needs to happen I'm looking at providing

:40:11.:40:14.

Chalabi en, direction, support and leadership to the team as a whole

:40:15.:40:24.

and I think -- at providing a challenge, direction support and

:40:25.:40:27.

leadership to the team and I hope we can' deliver those performances to

:40:28.:40:31.

get to Tokyo 2020. It is not the first time that somebody has moved

:40:32.:40:43.

from one sport to a completely different one but it is the first

:40:44.:40:47.

time in cycling, what is your reaction to this appointment? Well I

:40:48.:40:50.

think he's level headed. He has shown he can lead a team that's very

:40:51.:40:53.

competitive and can deliver at the highest level at the Olympic Games

:40:54.:40:56.

and he is not underestimating the challenge. It'll be a huge challenge

:40:57.:40:59.

for him but I think a great opportunity for him to come in and

:41:00.:41:03.

really try to look forward. A lot of negativity in the press for the last

:41:04.:41:06.

year surrounding the team but I think it is about focussing on the

:41:07.:41:09.

good side of the sport. The good side of the things we have been

:41:10.:41:13.

doing as a team and look to the future. It gives a a chance as well

:41:14.:41:16.

for a completely new perspective. I think it is really exciting. I think

:41:17.:41:20.

it's very easy for anybody in any walk of life to get set of noe your

:41:21.:41:24.

ways. And always do things the same way but to have a new person come in

:41:25.:41:28.

with a very different perspective of things, from a very successful sport

:41:29.:41:30.

but a different sport, I think it's a really exciting time, to be part

:41:31.:41:33.

of British psychingling. I really hope he makes some good chance

:41:34.:41:37.

changes and I'm excited about the future. As I mentioned the

:41:38.:41:42.

independent review isn't public but cycling have come up with a

:41:43.:41:49.

response, pre-empting it. They've created a new role, an HR-type role,

:41:50.:41:56.

really trying to focus not just on performance but also on supporting

:41:57.:41:59.

the athletes during their career and when they time comes to retire or

:42:00.:42:06.

not make the grade or team. I think it's a really positive,

:42:07.:42:08.

forward-thinking way to approach it. So we have a new CEO Julie

:42:09.:42:15.

Harrington. We've got Stephen Park obviously and a new team management

:42:16.:42:19.

set-up but it is recognising that there were areas, where they had

:42:20.:42:22.

fallen short and hadn't given support to the athletes that they

:42:23.:42:25.

might have done but I would say for all there has been negativity about

:42:26.:42:28.

the team, there's still a lot of positivity. A lot of people

:42:29.:42:32.

supporting them, saying that that isn't necessarily the #1350er7bs

:42:33.:42:40.

they've had in their - the experience they've had within their

:42:41.:42:45.

time within the team. I it is not that that makes the papers. I think

:42:46.:42:50.

you think that's not been balanced Well, the problem is, the people who

:42:51.:42:54.

are motivated to complain and have rights to complain, but the people

:42:55.:42:58.

motivated to complain go forward to give their side in the independent

:42:59.:43:02.

review whereas a lot of the athletes who've had a neutral or positive

:43:03.:43:04.

experience haven't gone and given their side of the story. So it can

:43:05.:43:09.

seem skewed, so that isn't to say that the opinions of those people

:43:10.:43:12.

who have come forward aren't valid, they are, but I think perhaps it can

:43:13.:43:16.

be a skewed perspective. British cycling trying to get back on the

:43:17.:43:20.

front foot and a performance at these World Championships could be

:43:21.:43:24.

ignited. More to come tomorrow. A fantastic silver medal today for

:43:25.:43:28.

Elinor Barker in the scratch race. Tomorrow we have Katy Marchant In

:43:29.:43:37.

the sprint. Goodbye for now. I have never known

:43:38.:43:44.

an atmosphere like this.

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