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World Track Championships - CM
Copenhagen, Denmark, September 25 - 29, 2002
Event program and results Men's Keirin Women's Keirin
Keirin
Dajka makes it an Australian double
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Australian Jobie Dajka won a fast and frantic final in the men's keirin to land Australia's second gold medal of these world track championships, beating Jose Antonio Villanueva (Spa) by two bike lengths. Ren� Wolff (Ger) took the bronze.
Twice a junior world champion, 21-year-old Dajka rode a tactically canny final to outpace and outfox his older and more experienced rivals. Dajka bided his time until two laps to go, staying at the back of the group, out of trouble. Catching Laurent gane's wheel as the Frenchman came past him, Dajka positioned himself for an attack and unleashed a blistering display of speed to power around the outside of the field and cruise to the line. Dajka's only hindrance was an elbow the from Germany's Jens Fiedler, who was given a warning by the race officials after the final.
But unlike team-mate Brad McGee's dream run in the pursuit, Dajka had a harder time to reach the keirin final, failing to make it through the qualifying round and reaching the semi-final via a win in the repechage.
"I felt pretty flat this morning and I had wanted to change my gearing but the coach [Martin Barras] said no, 'go with what we planned'," said Dajka. "He was definitely right because when I changed it for tonight's semi and final I could handle it and I don't think I would have this morning."
"This is my night and I had that in mind when I lined up for the gold medal ride," he added.
"I sat at the back, out of trouble, until two laps to go when Laurent Gane came around me," he said. "Then I jumped on his wheel and followed him through but I knew he would go too early so I didn't panic. I just kept an eye on everybody and waited until I was ready to attack."
Women
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Li Na of China won the final of the women's keirin by a bike length, surging past Clara Sanchez (Fra) on the final turn. Rosealee Hubbard added to Australia's medal tally by taking the bronze.
Li Na took out a final four-up contest for the win, with Sanchez and Hubbard making the most of their chance to grab podium places. Sanchez told the Reuters news agency that her goal had simply been to make the final of this first-ever women's keirin world championships, "but in my heart I hoped for the podium because in the keirin anything can happen."
"This was the second kerin of my career," said Sanchez, "and my first world championships and here I am with a medal. It's terrific!"
Bronze medallist Hubbard, the reigning Australian keirin champion is a graduate of a mid-90's talent identification program in Adelaide, South Australia."I was so pleased to be in the Australian team because it's so hard to get into but once you're in you can be rightfully proud when you line up in the national team jersey," said Hubbard. "I surprised myself by getting into the final and then to get a medal is just great."
Photos
Images by AFP
- Florian Rousseau (Fra) rides ahead of Viesturs Berzins (l) during the men's keirin qualifiers
- Celine Nivert (Fra) on the ground after falling during the women's keirin qualifiers
- Ryan Bayley of Australia rides during the men's keirin qualifiers
- China's Li Na and France's Clara Sanchez celebrate after the final of the women's Keirin
- Jobie Dajka raises his hands after winning gold in the keirin
- China's gold medallist Na Li smiles on the podium
- Silver medallist Clara Sanchez poses during the award ceremony of the women's Keirin
- Now smile for the camera
- All lined up and waiting for the break
- Jobie Dajka (AUS) is congratulated after his win in the Keirin
Images by Mike Gladu/www.velodrome.com
- Felicia Ballanger on the other side of results
- Jose Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (ESP) made the final six
- Jose Antonio Villanueva Trinidad (ESP) joined him in the final
- Jobie Dajka (AUS) awaits the Keirin start
- Laurent Gane (FRA) in the Keirin staging pen
- Jens Fiedler (GER) concentrates
- Fiedler drew the obligation to lead it all out with his teammate Rene Wolff at the top
- Escuredo (ESP) moves to the front with two to go
- Dajka (AUS) gives the full Elvis throw at the line even thought the field lags behind.
- Dajka gets one more for Australia
- Two laps to go and Grankovskaia, Yanovych and Gonzales are all lined up.
- Nothing slowed China's Li Na as she moved to the front for the win.
- Meet Li Na - Chinas' first gold medalist at Worlds.
- The women's keirin podium.
- Jobie Dajka (AUS), men's keirin champ.
- Men's keirin podium
Men
Results
Qualifying (First two riders per heat qualify) Heat 1 1 Florian Rousseau (Fra) 2 Viesturs Berzins (Lat) 3 Theo Bos (Ned) 4 Ryan Bayley (Aus) 5 Garth Blackburn (USA) 6 Kleanthis Bargas (Gre) Heat 2 1 Laurent Gane (Fra) 2 Ainars Kiksis (Lat) 3 Vladimir Kiriltsev (Rus) 4 Jobie Dajka (Aus) 5 Jonathan Marin Cermeno (Col) 6 Jaroslav Jerabek (Svk) Heat 3 1 Jens Fiedler (Ger) 2 Jos� Antoni Escuredo Raimondez (Spa) 3 Hiroschi Tsutsumi (Jpn) 4 Peter Bazalik (Svk) 5 Roberto Chiappa (Ita) 6 Teun Mulder (Ned) REL Danny Day (Aus) Heat 4 1 Rene Wolff (Ger) 2 Ross Edgar (GBr) 3 Jos� Anton Villanueva Trinidad (Spa) 4 Andriy Vynokurov (Ukr) 5 Pavel Buran (Cze) 6 Lampros Vasilopoulos (Gre) DNS Arnaud Duble (Fra) Repechages (Winner of heat qualifies) Heat 1 1 Andriy Vynokurov (Ukr) 2 Roberto Chiappa (Ita) 3 Jaroslav Jerabek (Svk) REL Theo Bos (Ned) Heat 2 1 Peter Bazalik (Svk) 2 Jonathan Marin Cermeno (Col) 3 Kleanthis Bargas (Gre) 4 Vladimir Kiriltsev (Rus) Heat 3 1 Jobie Dajka (Aus) 2 Danny Day (Aus) 3 Garth Blackburn (USA) 4 Hiroschi Tsutsumi (Jpn) 5 Lampros Vasilopoulos (Gre) Heat 4 1 Jos� Anton Villanueva Trinidad (Spa) 2 Teun Mulder (Ned) 3 Ryan Bayley (Aus) 4 Pavel Buran (Cze) Semi Finals (top 3 to finals) Heat 1 1 Ren� Wolff (Ger) 10.856 2 Jose Antonio Escuredo (Spa) 3 Jose Antonio Villanueva (Spa) 4 Ainars Kiksis (Lat) 5 Andriy Vynokurov (Ukr) 6 Florian Rousseau (Fra) Heat 2 1 Jobie Dajka (Aus) 11.275 2 Laurent Gan� (Fra) 3 Jens Fiedler (Ger) 4 Ross Edgar (GBR) 5 Peter Bazalik (Svk) 6 Viesturs Berzins (Lat) Final 1 Jobie Dajka (Aus) 10.8 2 Jose Antonio Villanueva (Spa) 3 Ren� Wolff (Ger)
Women
Results
Qualifying (First two riders per heat qualify) Heat 1 1 Rosealee Hubbard (Aus) 2 Svetlana Grankovskaia (Rus) 3 Nancy Contreras Reyes (Mex) 4 Li Na (Chn) 5 Laura Yoisten (Can) REL Susan Panzer (Ger) DNF C�line Nivert (Fra) DNF Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned) Heat 2 1 Yumari Gonzalez (Cub) 2 Iryna Yanovych (Ukr) 3 Daniela Larreal (Ven) 4 Clara Sanchez (Fra) 5 Jennie Reed (USA) 6 Anna Meares (Aus) 7 Oxana Grichina (Rus) Repechages (Winner of heat qualifies) Heat 1 1 Clara Sanchez (Fra) 2 Anna Meares (Aus) 3 C�line Nivert (Fra) 4 Nancy Contreras Reyes (Mex) 5 Laura Yoisten (Can) Heat 2 1 Li Na (Chn) 2 Daniela Larreal (Ven) 3 Oxana Grichina (Rus) 4 Jennie Reed (USA) 5 Susan Panzer (Ger) 6 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned) Final 1 Li Na (Chn) 2 Clara Sanchez (Fra) 3 Rosealee Hubbard (Aus)
