February 20, 2013 (Minsk, Belarus) – Canada’s Laura Brown finished a fantastic 4th in the Women’s Individual Pursuit today, losing in the bronze medal round to Australian Annette Edmondson. American Sarah Hammer won ahead of Australian Amy Cure.  Cure lead for the first half before fading in the final kilometer. Australia regained the men’s Team Pursuit title by a wide margin over perenial rivals Great Britain. Canada’s Women’s Team Pursuit team races tomorrow.

Results

Women’s Individual Pursuit

Qualifications

1. Sarah Hammer (United States of America) 03:30.2
2. Amy Cure (Australia) 03:33.4
3. Annette Edmondson (Australia) 03:34.3
4. Laura Brown (Canada) 03:37.7
5. Caroline Ryan (Ireland) 03:38.3
6. Lisa Brennauer (Germany) 03:38.7
7. Anna Nagirnaya (Ukraine) 03:38.8
8. Yudelmis Dominguez Masague (Cuba) 03:42.5
9. Eugenia Bujak (Poland) 03:43.0
10. Lucie Zaleska (Czech Republic) 03:43.1
11. Anastasiya Chulkova (Russian Federation) 03:44.2
12. Mieke Kroger (Germany) 03:46.0
13. Els Belmans (Belgium) 03:47.0
14. Amy Pieters (Netherlands) 03:49.2
15. Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Italy) 03:49.2

Final for Gold
1. Sarah Hammer (United States of America)
2. Amy Cure (Australia)

Final for Bronze
3. Annette Edmondson (Australia)
4. Laura Brown (Canada)

Men’s Team Pursuit

Qualifications

1. Australia 03:59.3
Glenn O’Shea
Alexander Edmonson
Michael Hepburn
Alexander Morgan

2. Great Britain 03:59.8
Steven Burke
Edward Clancy
Samuel Harrison
Andrew Tennant

3. Denmark 04:00.8
Lasse Norman Hansen
Casper Folsach
Mathias Moller
Rasmus Christian Quaade

4. Spain 04:04.6
Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur
Eloy Teruel Rovira
Asier Maeztu Billelabeitia
Sebastian Mora Vedri

5. Russian Federation 04:04.8
Artur Ershov
Evgeny Kovalev
Ivan Kovalev
Alexander Serov

6. Germany 04:05.2
Lucas Liss
Henning Bommel
Maximilian Beyer
Theo Reinhardt

7. Belgium 04:05.3
Jasper De Buyst
Kenny De Ketele
Dominique Cornu
Gijs Van Hoecke

8. Switzerland 04:05.8
Loic Perizzolo
Stefan Kueng
Silvan Dillier
Tristan Marguet

9. Italy 04:07.8
Liam Bertazzo
Marco Coledan
Ignazio Moser
Michele Scartezzini

10. People’s Republic of China 04:10.0
Cao Bo
Shi Tao
Wu Wenguo
Zhao Kang

11. Czech Republic 04:11.6
Ondrej Rybin
Roman Furst
Frantisek Sisr
Ondrej Vendolsky

12. Hong Kong, China 04:11.6
Kwok Ho Ting
Cheung King Lok
Cheung King Wai
Leung Chun Wing

13. Kazakhstan 04:13.7
Artyom Zakharov
Dmitriy Lukyanov
Dias Omirzakov
Ivan Tsissaruk

14. Ukraine 04:13.9
Volodymyr Kogut
Sergiy Lagkuti
Oleksandr Lobov
Vitaliy Shchedov

15. Belarus 04:16.3
Aleh Ahiyevich
Aliaksandr Lisouski
Yauheni Shamsonau
Andrei Snitko

Final for Gold

1. Australia
Glenn O’Shea
Alexander Edmonson
Michael Hepburn
Alexander Morgan

2. Great Britain
Steven Burke
Edward Clancy
Samuel Harrison
Andrew Tennant