Dating again greater than 125 years, the Madison was named for the venue at which the self-discipline originated, Madison Square Garden in New York. However, the historical past of the ladies’s Madison on the Olympic Games could be very younger, making a debut on the Tokyo Olympic Games simply three years in the past.
Great Britain’s Katie Archibald and Laura Kenny etched their names within the historical past books as the primary girls to win the gold within the Madison.
The podium may have a brand new take a look at this Olympiad, because the legendary Great Britain duo of Archibald and Kenny should not in Paris. Archibald, who would have taken half in her third Games, suffered two fractures to 1 leg in a fall in her backyard at house in late June. Kenny retired from biking this spring. She had gained 5 gold medals and one silver throughout three Olympic Games, plus seven observe world titles.
The sling-shot exchanges by every two-rider staff make the orchestrated chaos of the Madison a fan favorite. The staff with essentially the most factors wins after 120 laps (30 kilometres) for the ladies. Points are earned in intermediate sprints all through the race and by lapping the sphere.
Each rider takes a flip being “energetic” on the observe. The “inactive” rider coasts at a slower tempo on the higher financial institution of the observe till a relay swap is made. Typically, this thrilling trade is made by teammates gripping fingers after which launching the one rider ahead. This trade can occur anyplace on the observe and as typically as they need.
Women’s Madison opponents
- Georgia Baker (Australia)
- Aleandra Manly (Australia)
- Chloe Moran (Australia)
- Katrijn de Clercq (Belgium)
- Helene Hesters (Belgium)
- Lotte Kopecky (Belgium)
- Ariane Bonhomme (Canada)
- Maggie Coles-Lyster (Canada)
- Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark)
- Julie Norman Leth (Denmark)
- Marion Borras (France)
- Clara Copponi (France)
- Valentine Fortin (France)
- Franziska Brausse (Germany)
- Lisa Klein (Germany)
- Laura Suessemilch (Germany)
- Elinor Barker (Great Britain)
- Neah Evans (Great Britain)
- Lara Gillespie (Ireland)
- Mia Griffin (Ireland)
- Alice Sharpe (Ireland)
- Elisa Balsamo (Italy)
- Vittoria Guazzini (Italy)
- Chiara Consonni (Italy)
- Maho Kakita (Japan)
- Mizuki Ikeda (Japan)
- Tsuyaka Uchino (Japan)
- Lisa van Belle (Netherlands)
- Maike van der Duin (Netherlands)
- Bryony Botha (New Zealand)
- Emily Shearman (New Zealand)
- Daria Pikulik (Poland)
- Wiktoria Pikulik (Poland)
- Michelle Andres (Switzerland)
- Aline Seitz (Switzerland)
- Jennifer Valente (United States of America)
- Lily Williams (United States of America)
Women’s Madison contenders
Great Britain remains to be the staff to beat within the girls’s Madison, as Team GB will encompass reigning world champions Neah Evans alongside Elinor Barker. Both gained silver medals in Tokyo in Team Pursuit, whereas Barker additionally has a gold from Team Pursuit within the Rio Games. The two simply gained the newest Madison contest on the Nation’s Cup contest in Milton, Ontario.
The house staff has been on high kind this 12 months, with Valentine Fortin and Marion Borras main France to silver medals on the final two Nations Cup competitions, each instances ending behind Great Britain.
Australia might be a contender, with Georgia Baker and Alexandra Manly deliver firepower. The two rode to silver on the Glasgow World Championships final 12 months, and on the opening Nations Cup race in Adelaide, they completed second. Baker makes her third Olympic look whereas Manly a second. In the Madison finals in Tokyo, Baker rode with Annette Edmondson for seventh place.
Denmark brings their silver medallists from the Tokyo Games for an opportunity to safe one other medal – Amalie Dideriksen and Julie Leth. Two years in the past, on the World Championships in France, they completed third.
Women’s Madison schedule
- August 9: Women’s Madison – 18:09 CET
