March 28, 2009 (Pruszkow, Poland) – Canada’s Tara Whitten is leading the Women’s Omnium after three events following her 5th place in the 200m TT, followed by a win in the Scratch race, and then a second place finish in the 2km individual pursuit. Whitten is in front with 8 points, Lesya Kalitovska (Ukraine) is second with 14 points, and 200m TT winner Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) sit in third with 17 points.

The women’s Omnium consists of five events – 200m TT, 5km Scratch race, 2km individual pursuit, Points race and 500m TT. The remaining two events will held at Saturday’s afternoon session.

In the men’s 200m Sprint Canada’s Travis Smith qualified 30th and did not advance. Grégory Bauge (France) topped the field followed by Jason Kenny (Great Britain) in second and Kévin Sireau (France) in third.

Results

Women’s Omnium

200m TT

1. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) 11.400 (63.157 km/h)
2. Anna Blyth (Great Britain) 11.552
3. Elisa Frisoni (Italy) 11.622
4. Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania) 11.800
5. Tara Whitten (Canada) 11.882
6. Josephine Tomic (Australia) 11.942
7. Lada Kozlikova (Czech Republic) 11.981
8. Renata Dabrowska (Poland) 12.015
9. Lesya Kalitovska (Ukraine) 12.139
10. Olga Slyusareva (Russian Federation) 12.214
11. Xiao Juan Diao (Hong Kong, China) 12.344
12. Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spain) 12.376
13. Dalila Rodriguez Hernandez (Cuba) 12.381
14. Charlotte Becker (Germany) 12.390
15. Kaytee Boyd (New Zealand) 12.769
16. Andrea Botero Coy (Colombia) 12.828

5km Scratch Race

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

Individual Pursuit (brief)

1. Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania) 2:20.682 (51.179 km/hr)
2. Tara Whitten (Canada) 2:23.950 (50.017 km/hr)
3. Lesya Kalitovska (Ukraine) 2:24.094 (49.967 km/hr)
4. Josephine Tomic (Australia) 2:25.841
5. Lada Kozlikova (Czech Republic) 2:26.037
6. Charlotte Becker (Germany) 2:27.078
7. Kaytee Boyd (New Zealand) 2:27.283
8. Dalila Hernandez Rodriguez (Cuba) 2:27.450
9. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)2:27.757
10. Anna Blyth (Great Britain) 2:27.918
11. Olga Slyusareva (Russian Federation) 2:29.295
12. Andrea Botero Coy (Colombia) 2:30.419
13. Elisa Frisoni (Italy) 2:30.815
14. Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spain) 2:31.658
15. Renata Dabrowska (Poland) 2:32.060
16. Xiao Juan Diao (Hong Kong, China) 2:44.123

Men’s 200m Sprint

Qualifications

1. Grégory Bauge (France) 9.930 (72.507 km/h)
2. Jason Kenny (Great Britain) 10.002
3. Kévin Sireau (France) 10.010
4. Mickaël Bourgain (France) 10.040
5. Shane Perkins (Australia) 10.074
6. Matthew Crampton (Great Britain) 10.105
7. Lei Zhang (People’s Republic of China) 10.116
8. Maximilian Levy (Germany) 10.175
9. Michaël d’Almeida (France) 10.184
10. Stefan Nimke (Germany) 10.198
11. Ross Edgar (Great Britain) 10.202
12. Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia) 10.210
13. Mohd Rizal Tisin (Malaysia) 10.232
14. Robert Forstemann (Germany) 10.270
14. Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
16. Teun Mulder (Netherlands) 10.294
17. Scott Sunderland (Australia) 10.314
18. Andrii Vynokurov (Ukraine) 10.407
19. Josiah Ng Onn Lam (Malaysia) 10.439
20. Valentin Savitskiy (Russian Federation) 10.453
21. Christos Volikakis (Greece) 10.464
22. Kazunari Watanabe (Japan) 10.488
23. Daniel Ellis (Australia) 10.489
24. Miao Zhang (People’s Republic of China) 10.496
25. Denis Dmitriev (Russian Federation) 10.513
26. Jason Niblett (Australia) 10.534
27. Adam Ptacnik (Czech Republic) 10.565
28. Sergey Ruban (Russian Federation) 10.584
29. Christopher Sellier (Trinidad and Tobago) 10.601
30. Travis Smith (Canada) 10.603
31. Leonardo Alfredo Narvaez Romero (Colombia) 10.608
32. Wen Hao Li (People’s Republic of China) 10.644
33. Edward Dawkins (New Zealand) 10.654
34. Tomas Babek (Czech Republic) 10.658
35. Simon Van Velthooven (New Zealand) 10.666
36. Filip Ditzel (Czech Republic) 10.709
37. Alfredo Moreno Cano (Spain) 10.728
38. Clemens Selzer (Austria) 10.747
39. Hernan Sanchez Castillo (Colombia) 10.805
40. Jonathan Marin Cermeno (Colombia) 10.826
41. Kazuya Narita (Japan) 10.829
42. Juan Peralta Gascon (Spain) 10.837
43. Yondi Schmidt (Netherlands) 10.869
44. Itmar Esteban Herraiz (Spain) 11.141

1/16 Heats

Heat #1
1. Grégory Bauge (France) 10.959
2. Miao Zhang (People’s Republic of China)

Heat #2
1. Jason Kenny (Great Britain) 11.095
2. Daniel Ellis (Australia)

Heat #3
1. Kévin Sireau (France) 10.945
2. Kazunari Watanabe (Japan)

Heat #4
1. Mickaël Bourgain (France) 10.500
2. Christos Volikakis (Greece)

Heat #5
1. Shane Perkins (Australia) 10.943
2. Valentin Savitskiy (Russian Federation)

Heat #6
1. Matthew Crampton (Great Britain) 10.615
2. Josiah Ng Onn Lam (Malaysia)

Heat #7
1. Lei Zhang (People’s Republic of China) 10.536
2. Andrii Vynokurov (Ukraine)

Heat #8
1. Maximilian Levy (Germany) 11.138
2. Scott Sunderland (Australia)

Heat #9
1. Michaël d’Almeida (France) 10.744
2. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)

Heat #10
1. Stefan Nimke (Germany) 10.737
2. Robert Forstemann (Germany)

Heat #11
1. Ross Edgar (Great Britain) 10.671
2. Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)

Heat #12
1. Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia) 11.167
2. Mohd Rizal Tisin (Malaysia)

1/8 Heats

Heat #1
1. Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia) 10.535
2. Grégory Bauge (France)

Heat #2
1. Jason Kenny (Great Britain) 10.406
2. Ross Edgar (Great Britain)

Heat #3
1. Kévin Sireau (France) 10.622
2. Stefan Nimke (Germany)

Heat #4
1. Mickaël Bourgain (France) 10.787
2. Michaël d’Almeida (France)

Heat #5
1. Shane Perkins (Australia) 10.732
2. Maximilian Levy (Germany)

Heat #6
1. Matthew Crampton (Great Britain) 10.726
2. Lei Zhang (People’s Republic of China)