Anna Meares’ Olympic campaign has come to a disappointing end after she finished 10th in the women’s sprint event.
Meares finished second to China’s Tianshi Zhong in the second-round repechage heat yesterday night. That meant this morning she rode to determine 9th-12th place, coming second, and therefore tenth in the competition overall.
She told media that she knows within herself that it’s not good enough.
“I have to admit that’s pretty brutal, riding off for ninth to twelfth – it only happens at the Olympic Games,” she said. “I know there will be a lot of criticism and opinion around my result in this event and believe me, there’s no-one who will criticise me more than me.
Meares: I'm extremely proud of everything I have achieved. There are highs and lows, but that is life. #OneTeam pic.twitter.com/wmXSWgsOaj
— AUS Olympic Team (@AUSOlympicTeam) August 15, 2016
Meares: Anytime I put on the green & gold, I ride hard. For the first time in 22 years I couldn't get anything out of my body. #OneTeam
— AUS Olympic Team (@AUSOlympicTeam) August 15, 2016
The women’s sprint final will commence tomorrow morning with the gold medal race and the bronze medal race.
Mens Omnium
Despite crashing with 108 laps remaining, Elia Viviani won the gold medal for Italy for the first time in 16 years for this particular race finishing with 207 points in the exhilarating Men’s Omnium final.
British cyclist Mark Cavendish won his first Olympic medal being a silver medal with 194 points. He only just edged Lasse Norman Hansen from Denmark who finished with 192 points in third place.
Australian Glenn O’Shea was involved in the crash with Viviani and Park Sang-hoon with 108 laps remaining. O’Shea got back on his bike and rode to 7th place. The crash happened by Hoon riding into Cavendish and it caused a chain reaction that took out the other riders. No one came away with any serious injury. – Jesse Mullens
Photo of Anna Meares getting ready for her last race of the Olympics from the Australian Olympic Team Twitter feed.
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