Mkbw50 381 Posted August 3, 2023 #1 Share Posted August 3, 2023 A major event in the Olympic qualification calendar coming up, with spots available in Mountain Bike, BMX Cycling, and Road Cycling, plus ranking points available in Track and BMX Freestyle. Best of all, its on home soil, in Glasgow/Scotland. Day 1 was yesterday, with Para Track preliminary events. In the Women's B Individual Pursuit, Lora Fachie/Corrine Hall qualified for the gold final with Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl 0.204 seconds behind. In sixth were Elizabeth Jordan and Amy Cole, 10.975 back. After this was the Women's C5 Individual Pursuit, with Morgan Newberry in 4th, qualifying for the bronze final against Italy's Claudia Cretti, 8.467s back. No joy in the C4 event, Kadeena Cox 9th (28.953 back), Hannah Moore 12th (30.684 back). In the C2 event, Daphne Schrager qualified for the gold final against Switzerland's Flurina Rigling in 3:51.721, while Amelia Cass was 7th, 30.581 behind. On the Men's side, in the C1 Individual Pursuit Sam Ruddock qualified for the bronze final against China's Weicong Liang. No joy in the C5 event, with William Bjergfelt ninth, 7.866 back, and Blaine Hunt 12th, 13.079 back. In the C4 event, Archie Atkinson was in 7th, 9.968 back, and Jody Cundy was 16th, 23.523 behind. In the B event, Stephen Bate and Christopher Latham were third by 9.750, and will go for bronze against Chris McDonald and Adam Duggleby, who were 9.816 behind. In the Women's C1, Frances Brown won qualifying with 4:12.316 and will go for gold against China's Wangwei Qian, and Katie Toft was fourth, 33.897 behind and will go for bronze against Jiafan Yang, also of China. In the Men's C2, Ryan Taylor qualified for the bronze final in fourth, 10.318 back, and will face Japan's Shota Kawamoto. Matthew Robertson was fifth, 12.532 back. The C3 will see two Brits go for gold, with Finlay Graham ahead with 3:18.662, and Jaco van Gass second, 3.410 back. Martin Hailstone was 13th, 22.485 behind, and Jacob Smith was 15th, 27.562 back. Today there are the first able-bodied events, and the first medals. 0930 Men's Elite Team Pursuit Qualification 1103 Women's Elite Team Sprint Qualification 1147 Men's Elite Team Sprint Qualification 1243 Women's Elite Individual Pursuit Qualification - Jessica Roberts and Neah Evans 1352 Women's B 1km Time Trial - Lora Fachie/Corrine Hall and Sophie Unwin/Jenny Holl 1424 Women's C5 500m Time Trial Qualification - Morgan Newberry 1442 Men's C4 Omnium 200m Time Trial - Jody Cundy and Archie Atkinson 1630 Women's Junior Mountain Bike Qualification 1700 Men's Junior Mountain Bike Qualification 1813 Women's C5 500m Time Trial Final - Morgan Newberry 1828 Men's C1 Individual Pursuit Final - Sam Ruddock 1842 Women's B 1km Time Trial Final - Lora Fachie/Corrine Hall and Sophie Unwin/Jenny Holl 1903 Women's Elite Team Sprint Round 1 1916 Men B Individual Pursuit Final - Stephen Bate/Christopher Latham and Chris McDonald/Adam Duggleby 1930 Men's C5 Scratch Race - Blaine Hunt and William Bjergfelt 1950 Women's Elite Individual Pursuit Finals - Jessica Roberts and Neah Evans 2005 Men's C2 Individual Pursuit Finals - Ryan Taylor 2019 Women's Elite Team Sprint Finals 2027 Men's Elite Scratch Race - William Tidball As now we come across the world To share these Games of old Let all the flags of every land In brotherhood unfold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,759 Posted August 3, 2023 #2 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Of course, for this Championships paralympic medals are just as important for the overall medals table as able-bodied ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mkbw50 381 Posted August 3, 2023 Author #3 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Yes, a growing trend... seen with the Commonwealth Games, European Championships, European Games too As now we come across the world To share these Games of old Let all the flags of every land In brotherhood unfold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,759 Posted August 3, 2023 #4 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Damn, they’re not doing a combined medal table. Still, good start in both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,759 Posted August 7, 2023 #5 Share Posted August 7, 2023 (edited) Let’s just have a peep at the Official Medals Table, shall we? Seems the Gran Fondo is an innovation which must continue. https://www.uci.org/event-hub/2023-uci-cycling-world-championships/6WHHqfuGeCiM5MZXd8a6sZ?tab=medals3 Edited August 7, 2023 by Grassmarket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpjmcevoy 202 Posted August 8, 2023 #6 Share Posted August 8, 2023 6 hours ago, Grassmarket said: Let’s just have a peep at the Official Medals Table, shall we? Seems the Gran Fondo is an innovation which must continue. https://www.uci.org/event-hub/2023-uci-cycling-world-championships/6WHHqfuGeCiM5MZXd8a6sZ?tab=medals3 A Gran Fondo set up will, of its nature, inflate the hosts medal table - it could be suggested that's not terrible for the host - although in this case GB are having a cracking event anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,759 Posted August 8, 2023 #7 Share Posted August 8, 2023 3 hours ago, mpjmcevoy said: A Gran Fondo set up will, of its nature, inflate the hosts medal table - it could be suggested that's not terrible for the host - although in this case GB are having a cracking event anyway Yeah, but quite a few medals, even golds, won by other nations as well so people were travelling to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,759 Posted August 13, 2023 #8 Share Posted August 13, 2023 So overall a great event for us. First place in both Elite & Para. Official totals for the Elite Cyclists are 23G 12S 21B - 56 Total For Para Cycling 24G 11S 9B - 44 Total https://www.uci.org/event-hub/2023-uci-cycling-world-championships/6WHHqfuGeCiM5MZXd8a6sZ?tab=medals3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpjmcevoy 202 Posted August 13, 2023 #9 Share Posted August 13, 2023 5 hours ago, Grassmarket said: So overall a great event for us. First place in both Elite & Para. Official totals for the Elite Cyclists are 23G 12S 21B - 56 Total For Para Cycling 24G 11S 9B - 44 Total https://www.uci.org/event-hub/2023-uci-cycling-world-championships/6WHHqfuGeCiM5MZXd8a6sZ?tab=medals3 Ridiculously good; and not even all that inflated by the Gran Fondo. Presumably Zoe Backstadt and Ethan Hayter will be back for next year too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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