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

Cycling Track – Men's tandem sprint B
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueAnna Meares Velodrome
Dates7 April
Competitors5 from 5 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Scotland
silver medal    Wales
bronze medal    Australia
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The Men's tandem sprint B at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was part of the cycling programme, taking place on 7 April 2018. This event was for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot.

Records

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

World record  Neil Fachie (GBR) 9.711 Aguascalientes, Mexico 13 April 2014
Games record  Kieran Modra (AUS) 10.050 Glasgow, Scotland 26 July 2014

Schedule

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The schedule was as follows:[1]

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

Date Time Round
Saturday 7 April 2018 14:08 Qualifying
14:47 Semifinals
18:32/18:35 Finals

Results

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Qualifying

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4 riders will be qualified and seeded for the semifinals according to their times in qualification.[2]

Rank Nations Riders Time Behind Average speed
(km/h)
Notes
1  Scotland Neil Fachie
Matt Rotherham (pilot)
9.568 75.251 Q, WR, GR
2  Wales James Ball
Peter Mitchell (pilot)
10.022 +0.454 71.842 Q
3  Malaysia Muhammad Afiq Afify Rizan
Muhammad Khairul Adha Rasol (pilot)
10.037 +0.469 71.735 Q
4  Australia Brad Henderson
Tom Clarke (pilot)
10.124 +0.556 71.118 Q
5  Ghana Frederick Assor
Rudolf Mensah (pilot)
12.816 +3.248 56.180

Semifinals

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Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon. Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.[3]

Heat Rank Nations Riders Race 1 Race 2 Decider (i.r.) Notes
1 1  Scotland Neil Fachie
Matt Rotherham (pilot)
X X QG
1 2  Australia Brad Henderson
Tom Clarke (pilot)
+0.144 +1.625 QB
2 1  Wales James Ball
Peter Mitchell (pilot)
X X QG
2 2  Malaysia Muhammad Afiq Afify Rizan
Muhammad Khairul Adha Rasol (pilot)
+0.276 +0.273 QB

Finals

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The final classification is determined in the medal finals.[4]

Rank Nations Riders Race 1 Race 2 Decider (i.r.)
Bronze medal final
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Australia Brad Henderson
Tom Clarke (pilot)
X X
4  Malaysia Muhammad Afiq Afify Rizan
Muhammad Khairul Adha Rasol (pilot)
+0.034 +1.459
Gold medal final
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Scotland Neil Fachie
Matt Rotherham (pilot)
X X
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Wales James Ball
Peter Mitchell (pilot)
+0.147 +0.361

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling Track - Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  2. ^ Qualifying results
  3. ^ Semifinals results
  4. ^ Finals results