2021 UEC European Track Championships – Women's sprint

The women's sprint competition at the 2021 UEC European Track Championships was held on 6 and 7 October 2021.^[1]

Women's sprint at the 2021 UEC European Track Championships
Venue	Tissot Velodrome, Grenchen
Date	6–7 October
Competitors	17 from 11 nations
Medalists
Shanne Braspennincx    Netherlands   Lea Friedrich    Germany   Mathilde Gros    France
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Results

Qualifying

The top 16 riders qualified for the 1/8 finals.^[2]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1	Lea Friedrich	Germany	10.464		Q
2	Mathilde Gros	France	10.487	+0.023	Q
3	Shanne Braspennincx	Netherlands	10.601	+0.137	Q
4	Olena Starikova	Ukraine	10.603	+0.139	Q
5	Sophie Capewell	Great Britain	10.734	+0.270	Q
6	Hetty van de Wouw	Netherlands	10.736	+0.272	Q
7	Anastasia Voynova	Russia	10.764	+0.300	Q
8	Pauline Grabosch	Germany	10.785	+0.321	Q
9	Daria Shmeleva	Russia	10.880	+0.416	Q
10	Miriam Vece	Italy	10.894	+0.430	Q
11	Blaine Ridge-Davis	Great Britain	11.025	+0.561	Q
12	Nicky Degrendele	Belgium	11.157	+0.693	Q
13	Veronika Jaborníková	Czech Republic	11.248	+0.784	Q
14	Elena Bissolati	Italy	11.278	+0.814	Q
15	Nikola Sibiak	Poland	11.285	+0.821	Q
16	Helena Casas	Spain	11.308	+0.844	Q
17	Oleksandra Lohviniuk	Ukraine	11.322	+0.858

1/8 finals

Heat winners advanced to the quarterfinals.^[3]

Heat	Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	1	Lea Friedrich	Germany	X	Q
1	2	Helena Casas	Spain	+0.152
2	1	Mathilde Gros	France	X	Q
2	2	Nikola Sibiak	Poland	+0.931
3	1	Shanne Braspennincx	Netherlands	X	Q
3	2	Elena Bissolati	Italy	+1.445
4	1	Olena Starikova	Ukraine	X	Q
4	2	Veronika Jaborníková	Czech Republic	+0.105
5	1	Sophie Capewell	Great Britain	X	Q
5	2	Nicky Degrendele	Belgium	+0.031
6	1	Hetty van de Wouw	Netherlands	X	Q
6	2	Blaine Ridge-Davis	Great Britain	+0.435
7	1	Anastasia Voynova	Russia	X	Q
7	2	Miriam Vece	Italy	+0.105
8	1	Daria Shmeleva	Russia	X	Q
8	2	Pauline Grabosch	Germany	+0.005

Quarterfinals

Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceed to the semifinals.^[4]

Heat	Rank	Name	Nation	Race 1	Race 2	Decider (i.r.)	Notes
1	1	Lea Friedrich	Germany	X	X		Q
1	2	Daria Shmeleva	Russia	+0.227	+0.095
2	1	Mathilde Gros	France	X	+0.300	X	Q
2	2	Anastasia Voynova	Russia	+0.032	X	+0.147
3	1	Shanne Braspennincx	Netherlands	X	X		Q
3	2	Hetty van de Wouw	Netherlands	+0.096	+0.097
4	1	Olena Starikova	Ukraine	+0.019	X	X	Q
4	2	Sophie Capewell	Great Britain	X	+0.092	+0.119

Semifinals

Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.^[5]

Heat	Rank	Name	Nation	Race 1	Race 2	Decider (i.r.)	Notes
1	1	Lea Friedrich	Germany	+0.012	X	X	QG
1	2	Olena Starikova	Ukraine	X	+0.079	+0.028	QB
2	1	Shanne Braspennincx	Netherlands	X	X		QG
2	2	Mathilde Gros	France	+0.118	+0.068		QB

Finals

Rank[6]	Name	Nation	Race 1	Race 2	Decider (i.r.)
Gold medal final
	Shanne Braspennincx	Netherlands	X	X
	Lea Friedrich	Germany	+0.092	+0.024
Bronze medal final
	Mathilde Gros	France	X	X
4	Olena Starikova	Ukraine	+0.040	+0.045