Bao, Zhong retain China鈥檚 women team sprint title
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China successfully defended its Olympic women鈥檚 team sprint title by defeating Germany in the final as the track cycling program got under way at the Izu Velodrome in Shizuoka yesterday.
Bao Shanju and Zhong Tianshi, who broke China鈥檚 own world record in the first round, finished in 31.895 seconds, edging the German pairing of Lea Friedrich and Emma Hinze by 0.085 seconds.
The result marked a second straight Olympic gold for Zhong, who took the Rio title with Gong Jinjie five years ago.
鈥淕oing into the final we thought, 鈥楯ust do it鈥. Don鈥檛 think of the result,鈥 said Zhong, who has battled with a knee injury and fractured ribs over the past two years.
鈥淚t (victory) feels very good because for the last few years I鈥檝e been feeling very bad, and I鈥檝e had a lot of problems.鈥
In the race for third place, the Russian Olympic Committee鈥檚 Daria Shmeleva and Anastasiia Voinova beat the Dutch duo of Laurine van Riessen and Shanne Braspennincx to add a bronze to their name, after winning silver five years ago in Rio.
Earlier, Bao and Zhong trimmed off over a tenth of a second to improve China鈥檚 world record with a time of 31.804 in their first-round victory over Lithuania.
Both China鈥檚 Olympic cycling golds have come in the women鈥檚 team sprint event.
At the 2012 London Games, the Chinese team of Gong and Guo Shuang broke the world record twice but lost out in the final as Germany claimed the event鈥檚 first gold medal.
There were no mistakes this time around, however, as Bao and Zhong stormed out of the blocks and led by 0.325 seconds at the halfway mark.
Friedrich and Hinze recovered on the second lap but the Chinese duo held on to secure the first gold medal of the track cycling program the Games.
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