Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's tandem sprint B

The Women's tandem sprint B at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, was part of the cycling programme, which took place on 5 April 2018. This event was for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot.

Cycling Track – Women's tandem sprint B at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Anna Meares Velodrome
Dates	5 April 2018
Competitors	3 from 3 nations
Medalists
Sophie Thornhill Helen Scott (pilot)    England

As only three nations entered the event, per Commonwealth Games regulations, no silver or bronze medal was available.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record[lower-alpha 1]	Jessica Gallagher (AUS)	11.045	Montichiari, Italy	20 March 2016
Games record	Sophie Thornhill (ENG)	11.277	Glasgow, Scotland	24 July 2014

1. The mark of 10.891 set by Sophie Thornhill in the 2018 World Championships[1] was not ratified at the time.

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:[2]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 5 April 2018	14:32	Qualifying
	19:02	Final

Results

Qualifying

The two fastest tandems advance to the gold medal final.[3]

Rank	Nation	Riders	Time	Behind	Average speed (km/h)	Notes
1	England	Sophie Thornhill Helen Scott (pilot)	10.609	—	67.867	WR
2	Australia	Jessica Gallagher Madison Janssen (pilot)	10.954	+0.345	65.729
3	Scotland	Aileen McGlynn Louise Haston (pilot)	11.157	+0.548	64.533

Gold medal final

[4]

Rank	Nation	Riders	Race 1	Race 2	Decider (i.r.)
	England	Sophie Thornhill Helen Scott (pilot)	X	X
2	Australia	Jessica Gallagher Madison Janssen (pilot)	+0.167	+0.207

References

1. "Women's B Sprint Qualification" (PDF). UCI / Veloresults. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
2. "Cycling Track - Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
3. Qualifying results
4. Final results