March 28, 2009 (Pruszkow, Poland) – Canada’s Tara Whitten has won silver in the women’s Omnium. Whitten was tied for the lead heading into the final event the 500m TT where she finished 8th while Josephine Tomic (Australia) who she was tied with placed 7th.

Following the 40-lap (10km) Points race won by Tomic where Canada’s Whitten placed 11th, Whitten was tied for the lead with the Australian both with 19 points going into the final Omnium event the 500m TT. Lesya Kalitovska (Ukraine) was 3rd with 20 points while Elisa Frisoni (Italy) was 4th at 25 points, followed by Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) in 5th with 26 points. Read more here.

In the women’s Sprint Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) won the gold over Willy Kanis (Netherlands) in three rounds while Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) won the bronze defeating Olga Panarina (Belarus) in two straight rides.

Denmark (Michael Morkov, Alex Rasmussen) has won gold in the Madison with Australia (Leigh Howard, Cameron Meyer) in 2nd and the Czech Republic (Martin Blaha, Jiri Hochmann) taking the bronze. The USA ­(Daniel Holloway, Colby Pearce) finished 8th – Canada did not compete.

Results

Omnium

Points Race

1. Josephine Tomic (Australia) 10 points
2. Dalila Rodriguez Hernandez (Cuba) 6
3. Elisa Frisoni (Italy) 6
4. Charlotte Becker (Germany) 5
5. Xiao Juan Diao (Hong Kong, China) 4
6. Lesya Kalitovska (Ukraine) 4
7. Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spain) 3
8. Renata Dabrowska (Poland) 3
9. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) 2
10. Olga Slyusareva (Russian Federation) 1
11. Tara Whitten (Canada) 0
12. Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania)
13. Lada Kozlikova (Czech Republic)
14. Anna Blyth (Great Britain)
15. Andrea Botero Coy (Colombia)
DNF Kaytee Boyd (New Zealand)

500m TT

1. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) 35.242 (51.075km/hr)
2. Anna Blyth (Great Britain) 35.377
3. Elisa Frisoni (Italy) 35.458
4. Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania) 35.660
5. Lada Kozlikova (Czech Republic) 35.981
6. Renata Dabrowska (Poland) 36.326
7. Josephine Tomic (Australia) 36.650
8. Tara Whitten (Canada) 37.451
9. Lesya Kalitovska (Ukraine) 37.483
10. Charlotte Becker (Germany) 37.524
11. Dalila Rodriguez Hernandez (Cuba) 37.696
12. Kaytee Boyd (New Zealand) 37.907
13. Olga Slyusareva (Russian Federation) 37.992
14. Xiao Juan Diao (Hong Kong, China) 38.896
15. Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spain) 38.924
16. Andrea Botero Coy (Colombia) 39.126

Final Omnium Standings

1. Josephine Tomic (Australia) 26 pts
2. Tara Whitten (Canada) 27
3. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) 27
4. Elisa Frisoni (Italy) 28
5. Lesya Kalitovska (Ukraine) 29
6. Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania) 34
7. Dalila Rodriguez Hernandez (Cuba) 39
8. Renata Dabrowska (Poland) 40
9. Lada Kozlikova (Czech Republic) 44
10. Anna Blyth (Great Britain) 44
11. Charlotte Becker (Germany) 44
12. Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spain) 52
13. Olga Slyusareva (Russian Federation) 56
14. Kaytee Boyd (New Zealand) 61
15. Xiao Juan Diao (Hong Kong, China) 61
16. Andrea Botero Coy (Colombia) 68

Women’s Sprint

Semi Finals

Heat #1
1. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 11.8131 11.942
2. Olga Panarina (Belarus)

Heat #2
1. Willy Kanis (Netherlands) 12.3051 11.594
2. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)

Finals

For Gold

1. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 11.8971 11.714
2. Willy Kanis (Netherlands) 11.665

For Bronze

1. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)11.277 11.524
2. Olga Panarina (Belarus)

Men’s Sprint

Quarterfinals

Heat #1
1. Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia) 10.406 10.871
2. Ross Edgar (Great Britain) 10.995

Heat #2
1. Grégory Bauge (France) 10.353 10.664
2. Jason Kenny (Great Britain)

Heat #3
1. Kévin Sireau (France) 10.487 10.506
2. Matthew Crampton (Great Britain)

Heat #4
1. Shane Perkins (Australia) 10.513 10.487
2. Mickaël Bourgain (France)

5-8th Final

5. Jason Kenny (Great Britain) 11.013
6. Matthew Crampton (Great Britain)
7. Mickaël Bourgain (France)
8. Ross Edgar (Great Britain)

Madison

Final

1. Denmark 22 pts
Michael Morkov
Alex Rasmussen
2. Australia 2 pts
Leigh Howard
Cameron Meyer
3. Czech Republic
Martin Blaha
Jiri Hochmann

1 Lap Behind

4. Belgium 17 pts
Kenny De Ketele
Tim Mertens
5. Germany 15 pts
Roger Kluge
Olaf Pollack
6. Great Britain 13 pts
Mark Cavendish
Peter Kennaugh
7. Italy 10 pts
Angelo Ciccone
Elia Viviani
8. United States 7 pts
Daniel Holloway
Colby Pearce
9. Ukraine
Sergiy Lagkuti
Mykhaylo Radionov
10. Switzerland
Alexander Aeschbach
Franco Marvulli
11. Netherlands
Pim Ligthart
Wim Stroetinga

2 Laps Behind

12. Spain 7 pts
Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur
David Muntaner Juaneda
13. Poland 7 pts
Lukasz Bujko
Rafal Ratajczyk
14. Argentina 6 pts
Sebastian Donadio
Martin Garrido Mayorga
15. Russia 3 pts
Mikhail Ignatiev
Alexei Markov
16. France 1
Julien Duval
Morgan Kneisky
17. Austria
Andreas Graf
Andreas Mueller
18. Colombia
Juan Arango Carvajal
Carlos Alberto Uran Arroyabe