The highest profile occasion of the Olympic Games observe biking is the group pursuit, which girls have competed in since 2012. Great Britain received the primary two Olympic golds in London and Rio de Janeiro.
Ten nations will race for the medals within the girls’s group pursuit. The competitors begins with a qualifying spherical with every group attempting to set the quickest time towards the primary spherical. However, solely the highest 4 groups can compete for the medals.
In the primary spherical, two groups go face to face, beginning on reverse sides of the observe. The quickest qualifying group faces fourth greatest, second towards third. The winners of those two heats go onto the gold medal closing.
There remains to be hope for a medal if a group lands outdoors of the highest 4, nevertheless. The two groups with the quickest time aside from the groups making the gold medal spherical will compete for the bronze medal.
The different groups compete for the minor placings primarily based upon their first spherical outcomes. The subsequent two quickest groups will race for fifth and sixth place and the final two groups for seventh and eighth.
Women’s Team Pursuit opponents
- Australia: Georgia Baker, Sophie Edwards, Alexandra Manly, Chloe Moran, Maeve Plouffe
- Canada: Erin Attwell, Ariane Bonhomme, Maggie Coles-Lyster, Sarah van Dam,
- France: Victoire Berteau, Marion Borras, Clara Copponi, Valentine Fortin, Marie le Net
- Germany: Franziska Brausse, Lisa Klein, Mieke Kroeger, Laura Süßemilch
- Great Britain: Elinor Barker, Neah Evans, Josie Knight, Anna Morris, Jessica Roberts
- Ireland: Lara Gillespie, Mia Griffin, Kelly Murphy, Alice Sharpe
- Italy: Elisa Balsamo, Chiara Consonni, Martina Fidanza, Vittoria Guazzini, Letizia Paternoster
- Japan: Mizuki Ikeda, Yumi Kajihara, Maho Kakita, Tsuyaka Uchino,
- New Zealand: Bryony Botha, Emily Shearman, Nicole Shields, Ally Wollaston
- United States: Olivia Cummins, Chloe Dygert, Kristen Faulkner, Jennifer Valente, Lily Williams
Women’s Team Pursuit Contenders
Since their early domination within the group pursuit, Great Britain have needed to rebuild because the retirement of motors Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell. They got here second to Germany within the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 however returned to the highest spot on the World Championships in Glasgow final 12 months.
Germany, who received the final Olympics group pursuit in Tokyo and the World title in 2021 are again in constructing mode after Lisa Brennauer retired, and have not had the identical stage of outcomes on the worldwide stage in over a 12 months.
The construct as much as the Paris Olympics for Great Britain got here off the rails a bit when Katie Archibald injured her leg in a freak accident earlier this 12 months. She was key to the group’s current titles however won’t be competing within the group pursuit. The British group are nonetheless among the many favourites, having gone toe-to-toe with their rivals with out Archibald within the preliminary spherical at Worlds.
New Zealand, Italy, France and Australia are the highest rivals for Great Britain, however keep watch over the USA, who’ve been constructing a brand new quartet with incoming energy rider Kristin Faulkner.
Women’s Team Pursuit schedule
- August 6: Women’s Team Pursuit Qualifying – 11:30 CET
- August 7: Women’s Team Pursuit First Round – 7:52 CET
- August 7: Women’s Team Pursuit Finals – 12:57 CET
