Previous Track Cycling World Championships Coverage

After the first two events that the US has competed in at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships they have yet to medal but they do have two top five finishes. Starting things off on Wednesday was Jennifer Valente. The 19-year old competed in the women’s scratch race (just a simple 10km race) and placed 4th in the field of 20.

On Thursday the women’s team pursuit event was held with the American team of Cari Higgins, Lauren Tamayo, Ruth Winder, and Jennifer Valente taking part. The top two teams from the qualifying round would be in the gold medal race with the third and fourth teams racing for bronze. Unfortunately the US team placed fifth, over ten seconds behind the top team and a little over a second behind the fourth place team.

Friday sees the start of the 18-man men’s omnium and the first three parts of the event. Jake Duehring will represent the US in the event. Friday is also when the women’s individual pursuit is contested. Sarah Hammer and Ruth Winder will both be in the 15-woman field for the qualifying portion of the individual pursuit and hoping to make the gold or bronze medal races. The events will be going on all afternoon so I’ll have coverage of the results on Saturday morning.

Schedule:

• 12:35-1:05 PM – Men’s Omnium I – Flying Lap
  • Jake Duehring
• 1:35-2:35 PM – Women’s Individual Pursuit – Qualifying
  • Sarah Hammer
  • Ruth Winder
• 3:05-3:45 PM – Men’s Omnium II – Points Race 30km
  • Jake Duehring
• 8:35-8:50 PM – Women’s Individual Pursuit – Finals
  • Sarah Hammer
  • Ruth Winder
• 9:45-10 PM – Men’s Omnium III – Elimination
  • Jake Duehring