Tatiana Sharakova
Tatiana covered the 3km distance in 3 minutes and 33.984 seconds, almost 1.5 seconds quicker than her own personal record (set previously at the World Championship in France). She outstripped American Sara Hammer and British Laura Trott.
Ms. Sharakova came second in the elimination race, won by Laura Trott, and was 15th in the scratch, as well as 8th in the flying-start heat.
By Yegor Glebov
