Australia upset France in shock gold medal ride-off

Australia caused a huge upset by beating France to the men's team sprint gold, the host nation’s first world title in the event since 1996.

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Team Sprint Qualifying
1France0:00:43.247
Row 1 - Cell 0 Gregory Bauge (France)Row 1 - Cell 2
Row 2 - Cell 0 Kevin Sireau (France)Row 2 - Cell 2
Row 3 - Cell 0 Michael D'Almeida (France)Row 3 - Cell 2
2Australia0:00:43.512
Row 5 - Cell 0 Shane Perkins (Australia)Row 5 - Cell 2
Row 6 - Cell 0 Scott Sunderland (Australia)Row 6 - Cell 2
Row 7 - Cell 0 Matthew Glaetzer (Australia)Row 7 - Cell 2
3New  Zealand0:00:43.742
Row 9 - Cell 0 Ethan Mitchell (New Zealand)Row 9 - Cell 2
Row 10 - Cell 0 Sam Webster (New Zealand)Row 10 - Cell 2
Row 11 - Cell 0 Edward Dawkins (New Zealand)Row 11 - Cell 2
4Japan0:00:44.039
Row 13 - Cell 0 Kazuki Amagai (Japan)Row 13 - Cell 2
Row 14 - Cell 0 Kazunari Watanabe (Japan)Row 14 - Cell 2
Row 15 - Cell 0 Seiichiro Nakagawa (Japan)Row 15 - Cell 2
5China0:00:44.049
Row 17 - Cell 0 Changsong Cheng (People's Republic of China)Row 17 - Cell 2
Row 18 - Cell 0 Lei Zhang (People's Republic of China)Row 18 - Cell 2
Row 19 - Cell 0 Miao Zhang (People's Republic of China)Row 19 - Cell 2
6Russia0:00:44.215
Row 21 - Cell 0 Sergei Kucherov (Russian Federation)Row 21 - Cell 2
Row 22 - Cell 0 Denis Dmitriev (Russian Federation)Row 22 - Cell 2
Row 23 - Cell 0 Sergey Borisov (Russian Federation)Row 23 - Cell 2
7Netherlands0:00:44.282
Row 25 - Cell 0 Roy Van Den Berg (Netherlands)Row 25 - Cell 2
Row 26 - Cell 0 Teun Mulder (Netherlands)Row 26 - Cell 2
Row 27 - Cell 0 Hugo Haak (Netherlands)Row 27 - Cell 2
8Venezuela0:00:44.399
Row 29 - Cell 0 Cesar Mervin Marcano Sanchez (Venezuela)Row 29 - Cell 2
Row 30 - Cell 0 Hersony Canelon (Venezuela)Row 30 - Cell 2
Row 31 - Cell 0 Angel Ramiro Pulgar Araujo (Venezuela)Row 31 - Cell 2
9Poland0:00:44.819
Row 33 - Cell 0 Maciej Bielecki (Poland)Row 33 - Cell 2
Row 34 - Cell 0 Damian Zielinski (Poland)Row 34 - Cell 2
Row 35 - Cell 0 Kamil Kuczynski (Poland)Row 35 - Cell 2
10Czech  Republic0:00:45.179
Row 37 - Cell 0 Adam Ptacnik (Czech Republic)Row 37 - Cell 2
Row 38 - Cell 0 Denis Spicka (Czech Republic)Row 38 - Cell 2
Row 39 - Cell 0 Filip Ditzel (Czech Republic)Row 39 - Cell 2
11Canada0:00:45.192
Row 41 - Cell 0 Hugo Barrette (Canada)Row 41 - Cell 2
Row 42 - Cell 0 Joseph Veloce (Canada)Row 42 - Cell 2
Row 43 - Cell 0 Travis Smith (Canada)Row 43 - Cell 2
12Malaysia0:00:45.529
Row 45 - Cell 0 Mohd Fattah Amri Zaid (Malaysia)Row 45 - Cell 2
Row 46 - Cell 0 Muhammad Edrus Md Yunos (Malaysia)Row 46 - Cell 2
Row 47 - Cell 0 Josiah Ng Onn Lam (Malaysia)Row 47 - Cell 2
13India0:00:51.042
Row 49 - Cell 0 Amarjeet Singh (India)Row 49 - Cell 2
Row 50 - Cell 0 Bikram Singh O. (India)Row 50 - Cell 2
Row 51 - Cell 0 Amrit Singh (India)Row 51 - Cell 2
RELGermanyRow 52 - Cell 2
Row 53 - Cell 0 Rene Enders (Germany)Row 53 - Cell 2
Row 54 - Cell 0 Maximilian Levy (Germany)Row 54 - Cell 2
Row 55 - Cell 0 Stefan Nimke (Germany)Row 55 - Cell 2
RELGreat  BritainRow 56 - Cell 2
Row 57 - Cell 0 Philip Hindes (Great Britain)Row 57 - Cell 2
Row 58 - Cell 0 Jason Kenny (Great Britain)Row 58 - Cell 2
Row 59 - Cell 0 Chris Hoy (Great Britain)Row 59 - Cell 2
RELUnited  StatesRow 60 - Cell 2
Row 61 - Cell 0 Michael Blatchford (United States of America)Row 61 - Cell 2
Row 62 - Cell 0 Jimmy Watkins (United States of America)Row 62 - Cell 2
Row 63 - Cell 0 Kevin Mansker (United States of America)Row 63 - Cell 2
RELGreeceRow 64 - Cell 2
Row 65 - Cell 0 Christos Tserentzoulias (Greece)Row 65 - Cell 2
Row 66 - Cell 0 Zafeirios Volikakis (Greece)Row 66 - Cell 2
Row 67 - Cell 0 Christos Volikakis (Greece)Row 67 - Cell 2
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Team Sprint Finals - Gold medal round
1Australia0:00:43.266
Row 1 - Cell 0 Shane Perkins (Australia)Row 1 - Cell 2
Row 2 - Cell 0 Scott Sunderland (Australia)Row 2 - Cell 2
Row 3 - Cell 0 Matthew Glaetzer (Australia)Row 3 - Cell 2
2France0:00:43.267
Row 5 - Cell 0 Gregory Bauge (France)Row 5 - Cell 2
Row 6 - Cell 0 Kevin Sireau (France)Row 6 - Cell 2
Row 7 - Cell 0 Michael D'Almeida (France)Row 7 - Cell 2
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Team Sprint Finals - Bronze medal round
3New  Zealand0:00:43.812
Row 1 - Cell 0 Ethan Mitchell (New Zealand)Row 1 - Cell 2
Row 2 - Cell 0 Sam Webster (New Zealand)Row 2 - Cell 2
Row 3 - Cell 0 Edward Dawkins (New Zealand)Row 3 - Cell 2
4Japan0:00:43.896
Row 5 - Cell 0 Kazuki Amagai (Japan)Row 5 - Cell 2
Row 6 - Cell 0 Kazunari Watanabe (Japan)Row 6 - Cell 2
Row 7 - Cell 0 Seiichiro Nakagawa (Japan)Row 7 - Cell 2

 

As a sports journalist and producer since 1997, Jane has covered Olympic and Commonwealth Games, rugby league, motorsport, cricket, surfing, triathlon, rugby union, and golf for print, radio, television and online. However her enduring passion has been cycling.

 

Jane is a former Australian Editor of Cyclingnews from 2011 to 2013 and continues to freelance within the cycling industry.

 

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