NILAI: Yuan Liying continued her stunning rise to the top of elite sprinting by leading China to a clean sweep of the women’s team sprint discipline in the Track World Cup at the National Velodrome in Nilai on Friday (April 24).
The 21-year-old combined with Luo Xuehuang and Zhu Yuxuan to claim the women’s team sprint gold medal, stopping the clock at 46.042s to beat Holland’s trio of Kimberly Kalee, Hetty Van De Wouw and Steffie Van Der Peet, who posted 46.535s.
China thus completed a clean sweep of the women’s team sprint discipline at the World Cup, having also won in Perth, Australia last month and in Hong Kong last week.
Liying earned a shock win in the keirin in Hong Kong last week and will thus start as a strong contender to repeat her feat in Nilai on Sunday.
China missed out on a double sweep in Nilai when their men’s team sprint trio settled for silver, clocking 43.347s behind Italy (43.116s).
RESULTS
Team sprint finals
Men
For gold: Italy (43.116) bt China (43.347).
For bronze: Holland (42.446) bt France (43.183). Women
For gold: China (46.042) bt Holland (46.535).
For bronze: Mexico (47.404) bt Poland (47.635).
Elimination race
Men: 1. Ilya Savekin (Rus), 2. Alvaro Navas Marchal (Spa), 3. Matteo Fiorin (Ita). Selected: 18. Mohd Hafiq Jafri (Mas).
Women: 1. Anita Yvonne Stenberg (Nor), 2.
Selected: 21. Nur Aisyah Zubir (Mas).
