2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint

The women's team sprint competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 28 February 2018 at the Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.^[1][2]

Women's team sprint at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Venue	Omnisport Apeldoorn
Location	Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Dates	28 February
Competitors	33 from 14 nations
Teams	14
Winning time	32.605
Medalists
Miriam Welte Kristina Vogel Pauline Grabosch    Germany   Kyra Lamberink Shanne Braspennincx Laurine van Riessen Hetty van de Wouw    Netherlands   Daria Shmeleva Anastasia Voynova    Russia
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Results

Qualifying

The eight fastest teams advance to the first round.^[3]

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1	Germany Miriam Welte Pauline Grabosch	32.640		Q
2	Russia Daria Shmeleva Anastasia Voynova	32.739	+0.099	Q
3	China Song Chaorui Zhong Tianshi	33.210	+0.570	Q
4	Netherlands Laurine van Riessen Hetty van de Wouw	33.415	+0.775	Q
5	Mexico Jessica Salazar Yuli Verdugo	33.604	+0.964	Q
6	Great Britain Lauren Bate Katy Marchant	33.624	+0.984	Q
7	New Zealand Emma Cumming Natasha Hansen	33.666	+1.026	Q
8	Poland Marlena Karwacka Urszula Łoś	33.867	+1.227	Q
9	Spain Tania Calvo Helena Casas	33.939	+1.299
10	United States Madalyn Godby Mandy Marquardt	34.022	+1.382
11	Italy Miriam Vece Elena Bissolati	34.373	+1.733
12	South Korea Kim Won-gyeong Lee Hye-jin	34.443	+1.803
13	Hong Kong Hoi Yan Jessica Ma Wing Yu	35.791	+3.151
14	India Deborah Herold Alena Reji	36.086	+3.446

First round

First round heats were held as follows:
Heat 1: 4th v 5th fastest
Heat 2: 3rd v 6th fastest
Heat 3: 2nd v 7th fastest
Heat 4: 1st v 8th fastest

The heat winners were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceeded to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceeded to the bronze medal final.^[4]

Rank	Overall rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1 vs 8
1	1	Germany Miriam Welte Pauline Grabosch	32.652		QG
2	8	Poland Marlena Karwacka Julita Jagodzińska	34.100	+1.448
2 vs 7
1	3	Russia Daria Shmeleva Anastasia Voynova	32.987		QB
2	5	New Zealand Emma Cumming Natasha Hansen	33.453	+0.534
3 vs 6
1	4	China Song Chaorui Zhong Tianshi	33.295		QB
2	6	Great Britain Lauren Bate Katy Marchant	33.623	+0.328
4 vs 5
1	2	Netherlands Kyra Lamberink Shanne Braspennincx	32.958		QG
2	7	Mexico Jessica Salazar Daniela Gaxiola	33.881	+0.923

• QG = qualified for gold medal final
• QB = qualified for bronze medal final

Finals

The final classification was decided in the medal finals.^[5]

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
Gold medal race
	Germany Miriam Welte Kristina Vogel	32.605
	Netherlands Kyra Lamberink Shanne Braspennincx	33.124	+0.519
Bronze medal race
	Russia Daria Shmeleva Anastasia Voynova	32.990
4	China Song Chaorui Zhong Tianshi	33.282	+0.292