#GC2018 - TRACK SPRINT - GUIDE

​The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Track competition will take place at the Anna Meares Velodrome (Brisbane) from Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 April.

It will feature 20 events, eight sprint events in the sprint, team sprint, time trial and keirin.  The team sprint returning after being removed for the 2014 program, while the keirin makes its debut for women. 
 
The 2018 Games is likely to provide a milestone for team, with Australia having won 96 Commonwealth Games cycling gold medals.

WOMEN

Australia’s women’s duo features defending sprint gold medallist Stephanie Morton and 2010 team sprint gold medallist Kaarle McCulloch.
 
On the opening day, Morton and McCulloch will line up in the team sprint which, like McCulloch, is returning to Commonwealth Games in 2018 after missing 2014. The pair celebrated victory at last November’s Oceania Championships, and silver at the 2017 World Championships. 
 
In the sprint, Morton will aim to defend her crown on the track named after her former teammate and legend of the sport Anna Meares, who she defeated in the event four years ago in Glasgow.
 
Morton heads into the Games a strong favourite in the event after winning her second straight World Championship sprint silver medal, during which she topped the qualification run for the third straight year.
 
Morton will also contest the keirin and time trial, as will the evergreen McCulloch who has been producing some career best times in the recent season, so will be a podium favourite in each of the four events she contests in Brisbane. 

MEN

The men’s sprint quartet is headlined by Matthew Glaetzer, fresh from his claiming his maiden sprint World Championship crown in the Netherlands.

It will be a busy schedule for the powerful South Australian with four events on the tables as he looks to add Commonwealth sprint gold to his rainbow jersey, while also defending the keirin title he won four years ago in Glasgow. 

Glaetzer will open his campaign in the team sprint on day one and end it in the time trial on the final day, an event in which he became the first rider to record a sub-one minute ride on sea level.
 
Joining Glaetzer in an impressive men’s sprint quartet is Rio Olympians Nathan Hart and Patrick Constable, and former keirin national champion Jacob Schmid.
 
Watch for Canberra's Hart to explode from the gates in his only race of the week as leads Glaetzer and Constable in the opening day’s team sprint. The trio, who finished just off the podium in fourth at the Rio Olympic Games, will be eager to open their campaign with a strong performance.  
 
Constable, who finished eighth at the Rio Games and took the national crown in 2017, will also contest the sprint, plus the keirin, as will Schmid.

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​WHEN ARE THEY RACING? 
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• Day 1 April 5 Women's Team Sprint; Men's Team Sprint  
• Day 2 April 6 Men's Keirin; Women's Sprint  
• Day 3 Sat April 7 Women's 500m Time Trial; Men's Sprint  
• Day 4 April 8 Men's 1000m Time Trial; Women's Keirin

HOW CAN I WATCH?
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• ​TV - Channel 7 will broadcast GC2018 on three free-to-air channels – 7, 7TWO & 7Mate
• Mobile - download the 7CommGames app from both Google Play & Apple store
• Web - 7commgames.com.au 

ONLINE

Follow all the action at commonwealthgames.com.au, or via the official CommGamesAUS social media channels / #TeamAus