With the Olympics only five months away, the Olympic
Velodrome was set alight with World Records.
All the riders were eager to show their form, at the test
event, and it was Australia and Great Britain leading the way. Australia were
the first team to win gold, when Melissa Hoskins went with 2km to go in the
women’s scratch race. Hoskins managed to leave the rest of the field behind and
take a great solo victory.
Women’s Team Sprint
Great Britain were next up and have changed their Women’s
Team Sprint line-up, since the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, but they are no
less a force to be reckoned with. Jess Varnish has been solely focused on
training for the opening lap and it showed when she set a British record in the
heats. All the pressure was put on the five time Individual Sprint champion,
Victoria Pendleton, to fight back.
