The world championships were held in the Hisense Arena (formerly: Vodafone Arena), a multifunctional arena in Melbourne that was the site of the 2004 rail world championships . They were the last track cycling competition before the Olympic Games in London , the results of which were included in the UCI track cycling nations ranking, which is used to award the nation quotas for the Olympic competitions. The world championships thus formed the end of the international qualification.
Numerous records were set on the arena's fast track: the two German drivers Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte set a new world record in qualifying for the team sprint with 32.630 seconds, which they quickly achieved in the final race for first place with a new time of 32.549 Seconds. This was the first World Championship gold medal for the Association of German Cyclists in this discipline. The British team also won the gold medal in the team pursuit with a world record time of 3: 53.295 minutes.
The Australian Anna Meares set a new world record over 500 m.
Anna Meares
The Australian Anna Meares set two new world records, in the qualification for the sprint over 200 meters with 10.782 seconds and in the 500 meter time trial with 33.010 seconds, which she won her fourth world title in this discipline. At the same time, she was the most successful female driver in this world championship, winning a medal in all four short-term disciplines, including two golds (Keirin and 500 m).
In the women's team pursuit, the Australian team set a new best time of 3: 17.053 minutes in qualifying with Annette Edmondson , Melissa Hoskins and Josephine Tomic , which was set a little later by the British team with Danielle King , Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell to 3: 16.850 Minutes has been improved again. The British riders managed to beat their own record in the final, this time with 3: 15.720 minutes, so that the world record in this discipline was improved by three seconds within a few hours. In his victory in the 1000-meter time trial, Stefan Nimke set not only a German, but an unofficial lowland record with 1: 00.082 minutes, as the Frenchman Arnaud Tournant had set the existing world record in 2001 at the altitude of La Paz at 3600 meters . Miriam Welte also improved her own German record in the time trial to 33.626 seconds and was the first German to stay under 34 seconds in this discipline over 500 meters.
The men's German team sprint with René Enders , Maximilian Levy and Stefan Nimke drove the second-best time in qualification, but was relegated due to a substitute error, as was the fastest team from Great Britain with Chris Hoy , Philip Hindes and Jason Kenny . Otherwise, these two teams would have contested the final race for the gold medal.
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