Olympic Women's Individual Pursuit

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Sunday August 16 is the third day of action from the Laoshan Velodrome. On the first day Team GB won the Team sprint gold medal, and followed this on day two with gold and silver in the Kieran, gold and bronze in the men's individual pursuit and bronze in the points race.

Day three offers a sure gold and silver for Great Britain in the women's individual pursuit when Wendy Houvenaghel and Rebecca Romero go head to head.. Victoria Pendleton lines up for the women's sprint qualifying, and Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny do the same in the men's sprint. Also the men's teams begin the process of winning the team pursuit gold- see Track Medals

Final
World Champion Rebecca Romero was never headed by Wendy Houvenaghel.

Gold 1 89 Rebecca Romero GBR 1:11.919(1) 2:19.534(1) 03:28.3 51.843 kph
Silver 2 87 Wendy Houvenaghel GBR 1:13.032(2) 2:22.045(2) 03:30.4 51.332

Bronze
Lesya Kalitovska led throughout.

3 181 Lesya Kalitovska UKR 1:11.964(1) 2:21.156(1) 03:31.4 51.084
150 Alison Shanks NZL 1:13.827(2) 2:22.264(2) 03:34.2 50.43

First round (August 16)
After the first round Brit's Rebecca Romero and Wendy Houvenaghel will race for gold in the final to be held on Sunday.

Lesya Kalitovska (Ukraine) lines up against Aison Shanks of New Zealnd for bronze.

Heat 1
150 Alison Shanks NZL 03:32.5 50.828
190 Sarah Hammer USA 03:34.2 50.411

Heat 2
181 Lesya Kalitovska UKR 03:31.8 50.995
122 Vilija Sereikaite LTU 03:36.8 49.813

Heat 3
89 Rebecca Romero GBR 03:27.7 51.997
15 Katie Mactier AUS 03:37.3 -

Heat 4
87 Wendy Houvenaghel GBR 03:27.8 51.965
44 Lada Kozlikova CZE DNF

Qualifying (August 15)
Wendy Houvenaghel and Rebecca Romero of Great Britain sit at the head of the time sheets after the women's individual pursuit.

Fastest 8 riders qualify for the first round on 16 Aug at 17:05 (China Time)

1 87 Wendy Houvenaghel GBR 03:28.4 51.812
2 89 Rebecca Romero GBR 03:28.6 51.763
3 181 Lesya Kalitovska Ukraine 03:31.9 50.957
4 150 Alison Shanks New Zealand 03:34.3 50.393
5 190 Sarah Hammer USA 03:35.5 50.122
6 122 Vilija Sereikaite Lithuania 03:36.1 49.985
7 15 Katie Mactier Australia 03:38.2 49.5
8 44 Lada Kozlikova Czech Republic 03:39.6 49.189
9 170 Karin Thurig Switzerland 03:40.9 48.899
10 36 Maria Calle Colombia 03:41.2 48.83
11 97 Verena Jooss Germany 03:44.5 48.111
12 121 Svetlana Pauliukaite Lithuania 03:45.7 47.853
13 52 Evelyn Garcia El-Salvador 03:56.8 45.598