Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's team sprint

The women's team sprint at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was part of the cycling programme, which took place on 5 April 2018.

Cycling Track – Women's team sprint at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Anna Meares Velodrome
Dates	5 April
Competitors	14 from 7 nations
Winning time	32.488 GR
Medalists
Kaarle McCulloch Stephanie Morton    Australia   Natasha Hansen Emma Cumming    New Zealand   Lauren Bate Katy Marchant    England
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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record[a]	China (Gong Jinjie, Zhong Tianshi)	32.034	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France	18 February 2015
Games record	Australia (Kaarle McCulloch, Anna Meares)	33.811	Delhi, India	6 October 2010

1. The mark of 31.928 set by China (Gong Jinjie, Zhong Tianshi) in the 2016 Olympic Games^[1] was not ratified.

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:^[2]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 5 April 2018	16:24	Qualifying
	20:51 / 20:58	Finals

Results

Qualifying

The two fastest teams advance to the gold medal final. The next two fastest teams advance to the bronze medal final.^[3]

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1	Australia Kaarle McCulloch Stephanie Morton	32.578	–	QG, GR
2	New Zealand Emma Cumming Natasha Hansen	33.321	+0.743	QG
3	England Lauren Bate Katy Marchant	33.739	+1.161	QB
4	Wales Rachel James Eleanor Coster	34.413	+1.835	QB
5	Malaysia Farina Shawati Mohd Adnan Fatehah Mustapa	34.826	+2.248
6	India Aleena Reji Deborah Herold	35.309	+2.731
	Canada Amelia Walsh Lauriane Genest	DSQ

Finals

The final classification is determined in the medal finals.^[4]

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
Bronze medal final
	England Lauren Bate Katy Marchant	33.893	–
4	Wales Rachel James Eleanor Coster	34.415	+0.522
Gold medal final
	Australia Kaarle McCulloch Stephanie Morton	32.488	–	GR
	New Zealand Natasha Hansen Emma Cumming	33.115	+0.627