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 Rebecca Wiasak of Australia The 31-year-old was never threatened, leading the 3,000m event from start to finish as she claimed the first gold medal of the event, nearly eight seconds ahead of Wojtyra. In the women's team sprint final, reigning champions Jinjie Gong and Tianshi Zhong of China were disqualified having finished ahead of Russia. Anastasia Voinova and Daria Shmeleva were handed the title after judges ruled that one of China's changes illegal. Australia's 11-times world champion Anna Meares failed to add to her medal collection as she and Stephanie Morton were edged out for the bronze medal by German duo Miriam Welte and Kristina Vogel. New Zealand beat the Netherlands in a closely-fought men's team sprint final. Spain's Mora Vedri powered away from the leading bunch late on in the 15km scratch race, 60 laps of the track, to take the gold medal ahead Ignacio Prado of Mexico and Switzerland's Claudio Imhof. | |||||
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Australian Wiasak retains world pursuit title
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