Pendleton faced Simona Krupeckaite in the final, the latter having disposed of the powerful Shulika in her semi final. Pendleton beat the Lithuanian in the opening match - heat two came and Krupeckaite responded, outgunning Pendleton in the final straight to set up a nerve jangling decider. However, a few minutes later, commissaires ajudged Krupeckaite to have moved out of the sprinters line, disqualifying her from the contest and crowning a tearful Pendleton world champion.
However, Pendleton’s road to the final was even more dramatic. Pendleton reached the sprint final follwing a dramatic semi final clash with Australian Anna Meares. Pendleton fell heavily in the final straight in the first heat after the two riders touched shoulders. Pendleton was shaken but was up on her feet quickly and deemed fit to contest heat two. In the second heat Meares took the front and didn’t look back, Pendleton baulked by Meares as the sprint opened up. However, Meares was relegated a few minutes later, deemed to have left the sprinters line. In the decider, the two riders pushed and flicked each other all over the track, Pendleton clearly in fighting mood. At the bell Meares was still ahead but Pendleton was on her wheel and gaining, eventually just pipping the Australian on the line.
Meares eventually claimed bronze in the rideoff against Ukranian Shulika, the latter rider looking strong in the opening rounds but buckling in the latter stages.
Following her victory, Pendleton, who confirmed that this will be her last world championships, said "To be perfectly honest I didn’t think it was possible coming into today - beating Anna Meares in the semi-final, I thought I’d be riding for the bronze medal. She’s such a fantastic opponent, she was so strong last year and in London I thought she had the upper hand so to make it thought that felt like a really amazing achievement."
Women's Sprint Finals
GOLD PENDLETON Victoria GBR beat KRUPECKAITE Simona LTU BRONZE MEARES Anna AUS beat SHULIKA Lyubov UKR
Women’s Sprint Semi Final
PENDLETON Victoria GBR beat MEARES Anna AUS 2-1 KRUPECKAITE Simona LTU beat SHULIKA Lyubov UKR 2-0
Great Britain’s Laura Trott, fresh from victory in the Team Pursuit, opened her Omnium account with a strong 2nd place in the Flying Lap, posting a 14.391 for the 250 metres, just a few hundredths behind Annette Edmondson of Australia.
Trott went on to place eighth in the Omnium points, by her own admission one of her weaker events. Trott languished mid table for much of the race, which saw a lap gain from Brennauer (GER), Kase (JPN), Gonzalez (VEN) and Machacova (CZE). Trebaite fell mid race, the event neutralised while the rider was treated at trackside. When action resumed with two sprints to go, Trott responded, pointing in the penultimate sprint and winning the final gallop to limit her losses, remaining in second place behind Annette Edmondson after two events.
Day three concluded with the elimination race and a fine win for Laura Trott, leaving her equal first on points with rival Annette Edmondson of Australia, who finished the 'devil' in 5th, the GB rider lying in 2nd overall on count-back at the halway point in the omnium.
Women’s Omnium Flying Lap
1 EDMONDSON Annette AUS 14.377 2 TROTT Laura GBR 14.391 3 HUANG Li CHN 14.427 4 HAMMER Sarah USA 14.433 5 OLABERRIA DORRONSORO Leire ESP 14.543 6 WHITTEN Tara CAN 14.550 7 SHARAKOVA Tatsiana BLR 14.608 8 MENG Zhao Juan HKG 14.649 9 TREBAITE Ausrine LTU 14.715 10 D'HOORE Jolien BEL 14.724 11 GALYUK Svitlana UKR 14.748 12 HSIAO Mei Yu TPE 14.772 13 ROMANYUTA Evgenia RUS 14.774 14 WOJTYRA Malgorzata POL 14.883 15 BRENNAUER Lisa GER 14.931 16 KIESANOWSKI Joanne NZL 14.940 17 JEULAND Pascale FRA 14.983 18 LEE Min Hye KOR 14.991 19 GARCIA ORREGO Diana Maria COL 15.030 20 GONZALEZ GARCIA Angie Sabrina VEN 15.050 21 ARREOLA NAVARRO Sofia MEX 15.064 22 MEJIAS GARCIA Marlies CUB 15.148 23 KASE Kanako JPN 15.179 24 MACHACOVA Jarmila CZE 15.715
Women's Omnium Points Race
1 BRENNAUER Lisa GER 23 pts 2 MACHACOVA Jarmila CZE 22 pts 3 GONZALEZ GARCIA Angie VEN 21 pts 4 KASE Kanako JPN 20 pts 5 EDMONDSON Annette AUS 13 pts 6 KIESANOWSKI Joanne NZL 10 pts 7 WOJTYRA Malgorzata POL 10 pts 8 TROTT Laura GBR 9 pts 9 ROMANYUTA Evgenia RUS 6 pts 10 HAMMER Sarah USA 6 pts 11 WHITTEN Tara CAN 5 pts 12 HUANG Li CHN 5 pts 13 GALYUK Svitlana UKR 5 pts 14 SHARAKOVA Tatsiana BLR 3 pts 15 OLABERRIA DORRONSORO ESP 2 pts 16 HSIAO Mei Yu TPE 1 pts 17 JEULAND Pascale FRA 1 pts 18 D'HOORE Jolien BEL 0 pts 19 MENG Zhao Juan HKG 0 pts 20 MEJIAS GARCIA Marlies CUB 0 pts 21 ARREOLA NAVARRO Sofia MEX 0 pts 22 LEE Min Hye KOR 0 pts 23 TREBAITE Ausrine LTU DNF 24 GARCIA ORREGO Diana Maria COL DNF
Women’s Omnium Overall Standings after 2 events
1 EDMONDSON Annette AUS 6 pts 2 TROTT Laura GBR 10 pts 3 HAMMER Sarah USA 14 pts 4 HUANG Li CHN 15 pts 5 BRENNAUER Lisa GER 16 pts 6 WHITTEN Tara CAN 17 pts 7 OLABERRIA DORRONSORO Leire ESP 20 pts 8 SHARAKOVA Tatsiana BLR 21 pts 9 WOJTYRA Malgorzata POL 21 pts 10 ROMANYUTA Evgenia RUS 22 pts 11 KIESANOWSKI Joanne NZL 22 pts 12 GONZALEZ GARCIA Angie Sabrina VEN 23 pts 13 GALYUK Svitlana UKR 24 pts 14 MACHACOVA Jarmila CZE 26 pts 15 MENG Zhao Juan HKG 27 pts 16 KASE Kanako JPN 27 pts 17 D'HOORE Jolien BEL 28 pts 18 HSIAO Mei Yu TPE 28 pts 19 JEULAND Pascale FRA 34 pts 20 LEE Min Hye KOR 40 pts 21 ARREOLA NAVARRO Sofia MEX 42 pts 22 MEJIAS GARCIA Marlies CUB 42 pts 23 TREBAITE Ausrine LTU 56 pts 24 GARCIA ORREGO Diana Maria COL 67 pts
Women’s Omnium Elimination
1 TROTT Laura GBR 2 ROMANYUTA Evgenia RUS 3 WOJTYRA Malgorzata POL 4 WHITTEN Tara CAN 5 EDMONDSON Annette AUS 6 KIESANOWSKI Joanne NZL 7 HAMMER Sarah USA 8 HSIAO Mei Yu TPE 9 MENG Zhao Juan HKG 10 BRENNAUER Lisa GER 11 ARREOLA NAVARRO Sofia MEX 12 D'HOORE Jolien BEL 13 JEULAND Pascale FRA 14 GONZALEZ GARCIA Angie Sabrina VEN 15 SHARAKOVA Tatsiana BLR 16 MEJIAS GARCIA Marlies CUB 17 MACHACOVA Jarmila CZE 18 HUANG Li CHN 19 LEE Min Hye KOR 20 GALYUK Svitlana UKR 21 OLABERRIA DORRONSORO Leire ESP 22 KASE Kanako JPN 23 GARCIA ORREGO Diana Maria COL TREBAITE Ausrine LTU DNS
Women’s Omnium Overall Standings after 3 events
1 EDMONDSON Annette AUS 11 pts 2 TROTT Laura GBR 11 pts 3 HAMMER Sarah USA 21 pts 4 WHITTEN Tara CAN 21 pts 5 ROMANYUTA Evgenia RUS 24 pts 6 WOJTYRA Malgorzata POL 24 pts 7 BRENNAUER Lisa GER 26 pts 8 KIESANOWSKI Joanne NZL 28 pts 9 HUANG Li CHN 33 pts 10 SHARAKOVA Tatsiana BLR 36 pts 11 MENG Zhao Juan HKG 36 pts 12 HSIAO Mei Yu TPE 36 pts 13 GONZALEZ GARCIA Angie Sabrina VEN 37 pts 14 D'HOORE Jolien BEL 40 pts 15 OLABERRIA DORRONSORO Leire ESP 41 pts 16 MACHACOVA Jarmila CZE 43 pts 17 GALYUK Svitlana UKR 44 pts 18 JEULAND Pascale FRA 47 pts 19 KASE Kanako JPN 49 pts 20 ARREOLA NAVARRO Sofia MEX 53 pts 21 MEJIAS GARCIA Marlies CUB 58 pts 22 LEE Min Hye KOR 59 pts 23 GARCIA ORREGO Diana Maria COL 90 pts 24 TREBAITE Ausrine LTU DNF
Women’s Scratch Race Final
Dani King was back in action on the Scratch race following her gold medal in the Team Pursuit. King was active throughout the 40 lap race, policing repeated moves by Dutch rider Koedooder and German Becker. A move from Machacova with four laps to go looked decisive but the field, headed by Mexican Arreola, closed the gap at the bell. King was well placed and look on for a medal, but was overcome in the final half lap, with Polish rider Pawlowska coming around the outside to take the scratch title, King eventually placing just outside the medals.
1 PAWLOWSKA Katarzyna POL 2 HOSKINS Melissa AUS 3 DRUYTS Kelly BEL 4 KING Danielle GBR 5 HIGGINS Cari USA 6 ARREOLA NAVARRO Sofia MEX 7 CASAS ROIGE Helena ESP 8 MACHACOVA Jarmila CZE 9 TABATA Maki JPN 10 CECCHINI Elena ITA 11 DIAO Xiao Juan HKG 12 MCCURLEY Shannon IRL 13 BECKER Charlotte GER 14 DUDLEY Gemma NZL 15 KOEDOODER Vera NED 16 KALITOVSKA Lesya UKR 17 GONZALEZ VALDIVIESO Yumari CUB REL
