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