March 27, 2010 (Copenhagen, Denmark) – Canada’s Tara Whitten has won gold in the women’s Omnium following the final two events where she was 6th in the Points Race and 3rd in the 500m TT. Whitten topped the field to take home the gold with Elizabeth Armistead (Great Britain) in second and Spain’s Leire Olaberria in third. Last year at the Track Worlds in Poland Whitten won Omnium silver.

Women’s Omnium

Final (brief)

1. Tara Whitten (Canada) 23 points
2. Elizabeth Armistead (Great Britain) 29
3. Leire Olaberria (Spain) 30

10km Points Race

1. Tatsiana Sharakova (Belarus) 15 pts
2. Sarah Hammer (United States Of America) 9
3. Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain) 7
4. Barbara Guarischi (Italy) 3
5. Charlotte Becker (Germany) 3
6. Tara Whitten (Canada) 2
7. Gemma Dudley (New Zealand) 1
8. Xiao Juan Diao (Hong Kong, China)
9. Yumari Gonzalez Valdivieso (Cuba)
10. Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain)
11. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) -17
12. Lada Kozlikova (Czech Republic) -19
13. Renata Dabrowska (Poland) -20
14. Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania) -20
15. Chaomei Wu (People’s Republic of China) -20

500m Time Trial

1. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) 35.0
2. Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania) 35.2
3. Tara Whitten (Canada) 35.8
4. Renata Dabrowska (Poland) 36.1
5. Lada Kozlikova (Czech Republic) 36.2
6. Sarah Hammer (United States Of America) 36.3
7. Gemma Dudley (New Zealand) 36.4
8. Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain) 36.5
9. Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain) 36.9
10. Tatsiana Sharakova (Belarus) 37.0
11. Yumari Gonzalez Valdivieso (Cuba) 37.6
12. Charlotte Becker (Germany) 37.6
13. Chaomei Wu (People’s Republic of China) 37.9
14. Xiao Juan Diao (Hong Kong, China) 38.1
15. Barbara Guarischi (Italy) 39.1