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Sean loves to combine his love of sport and writing. He played country football for 20 years in Victoria and Western Australia, along the way breaking, straining or tearing every bone, muscle or tendon in his body. He recently won the Stringybark Australian Short Story History award for his depiction of the Aboriginal game of Marngrook and his work has appeared in various newspapers and anthologies. He has covered recent editions of the Jayco-Herald Sun Tour and the Australian road cycling titles. Despite a couple of second places in D grade club races he is still not quite as fast as Cadel!
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Day four of the olympic track cycling carnival will feature the medal races for the men's sprint, the first three legs of the multi-disciplined…
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Aussie Steph Morton is 6th fastest posting a time of 10.875.
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
Lee Wai Sze (Hong Kong) completes a fast ride. 10.800 gives her third fastest today.
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
Anastasia Voinova (Russia) is 7th fastest in 10.985.
Remember only the 18 fastest riders of the 27 competing here will progress to the head to head sprints.
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
Virginie Cueff (France) stops the clock in 11.099.
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
Keirin winner Elis Ligtlee (Netherlands) is third fastest now with 10.803.
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
Katy Marchant (GB) clocks 10.787 to become the second fastest this morning.
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
Simona Krupeckaite from Lithuania has now also gone under 11 seconds with 10.978 – fourth fastest so far.
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
Natasha Hansen has pushed Anna Meares back down to third fastest, becoming the third rider tody to go under 11 seconds. Her time is 10.871.
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
Tania Calvo Barbero of Spain posts 11.162.
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
Dutch rider Van Riessen is fourth fastest in 11.023.
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
And here is Anna Meares. Her time is 10.947 – second fastest behind GB’s Rebecca James (10.721).
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
Kate O’Brien (Cananda) stops the clock in 11.020, making her the second fastest so far.
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
Miriam Welte of Germany is now second fastest rider with a time of 11.038.
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
Russia’s Daria Shmeleva rolls through in 11.230
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
Ismayilova rolls across the line in 11.152
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
Casas Roige (Spain) comes in with 11.707.
Mustapa from Malaysia clocks 11.207.
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
Great Britain’s Rebecca James posts the new fastest time with 10.721.
The riders are timed over the last 200 metres of their rides in this qualifying round. The 18 fastest will qualify for the head to head sprints which will begin later this morning.
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
Canadian rider Monique Sullivan moves into second place with a time of 11.143.
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
Rodriguez of Cuba has the second fastest time of the day so far with 11.171.
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
Jinjie Gong from China posts the fastest time for the day so far – 11.068
She is followed by Juliane Gavira – 11.505 – and Mohamed of Egypt – 12.920,
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
18 riders from the 27 lining up will qualify for the next round.
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
French rider Sandie Claire rolls through in 11.517
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
New Zealand’s Olivia Podmore is the first rider away. Just 19 years of age, she posts a time of 11.315.
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
First up today will be the first round of the women’s sprint. 27 women make up the field including our own Anna Meares and Stephanie Morton.
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog
German star Kristina Vogel is 5th fastest in 10.865.
Track Cycling Day 4: Men's sprint finals, the omnium and more Anna Meares Rio Olympics live blog