Sarah Hammer wins omnium gold on final day of Track World Cup
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Hammer had a stellar day of racing on Sunday and ended up with the gold medal in the women's omnium.
Hammer was ranked fourth going into day two of omnium racing after Saturday saw her garner third-place in the flying lap, 9th in the points race, and 8th in the elimination race. On Sunday, the four-time world champ posted a third-place result in the individual pursuit, second in the scratch race, and a fifth-place finish in the 500-meter time trial to move her up to the number one spot.
"I am really, really happy with the performance considering I am just getting over a pretty bad sickness from about 2 weeks ago of overdoing it a bit at our last training camp," said Hammer afterward. "Winning here was not easy and I needed a little bit of luck as the level now is so high with the enitire women's field getting better and better each race. It seems like it was meant to be though. I am walking away with a great experience at the Olympic test event and lots of lessons learned."
Joining Sarah on the omnium podium was Annette Edmondson (AUS) with the silver medal and Laura Trott (GBR) with the bronze.
With her win on Sunday, Hammer is ranked second overall in the final omnium World Cup standings.
FIRST EVENT IN NEW OLYMPIC VELODROME
The fourth and final round of the World Cup served as an Olympic test event and was the first competition ever to be held in the new London Olympic Velodrome. USA Cycling sent a roster of twelve to race over the four days.
U.S. TEAM RESULTS
Earlier in the weekend, Hammer teamed up with Jennie Reed (Seattle, Wash./OUCH Pro Cycling), and Lauren Tamayo (Asheville, N.C./Exergy Twenty12) for the women’s team pursuit. The trio barely missed out on the medal rounds when they posted the fifth fastest time in Thursday’s qualification. Reed also competed in the individual pursuit for the U.S. and posted 12th-place in the event on Saturday. Bobby Lea (Topton, Pa./Pure Energy Cycling-ProAirHFA) was 16th overall in the men’s omnium after posting his top result of 10th-place in the flying lap.
Giddeon Massie (Cypress, Calif./Bike Religion), Michael Blatchford (Cypress, Calif./Project London 2012), and Kevin Mansker (Long Beach, Calif./Project London 2012) were 12th in the final men’s team sprint results with Massie following up with a 19th-place result in the men’s keirin. In the women’s team sprint, Madalyn Godby (Louisville, Colo./enCompass Racing) and Cristin Walker (Houston, Texas/Momentum Coaching Group p/b Atomic) teamed up for 17th place. Godby then rode to 34th place in the women’s sprint and Walker to 25th in the women’s keirin.
For more information on the Track World Cup in London, please visit the event website. For complete results, visit www.tissottiming.com.
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