Abou Kiwi champion Ellesse Andrews in track cycling crash
Ellesse Andrews, a Kiwi track star, fell during a track cycling event. Her chances of winning a sprint medal were shattered when she collided with her opponent’s back wheel and ended up on the Adelaide track.
Ellesse Andrews, the world track cycling champion, is not expected to take a chance in the keirin on Sunday following her amazing accident in the sprint at the UCI Nations Cup in Adelaide.
In match racing on Saturday, the Kiwi champion qualified sixth and advanced well to the semifinals.
But entering the last lap of the first in the best-of-three semifinal, she caught the back wheel of Japanese racer Mina Sato.
After Andrews had a serious fall, the medical staff treated her and then took her away for more testing.
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It meant that Andrews, who won three gold medals in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, was unable to continue competing. Considering this, it is doubtful that Andrews will be put at danger in the keirin competition.
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Kiwi racer Bryony Botha also crashed in the fast-paced two-rider women’s madison, and world champion Aaron Gate lost ground in the men’s omnium, slowing down his late chase. Andrews was not the first Kiwi rider to suffer a setback.
Even though they had moved up to a share of second position mid-race, Botha and Michaela Drummond were only able to gain one point in the last five sprints before completing a creditable fifth place.
The Madison is a two-rider race where sprint points are given out every 10 circuits over a course of 30 km (120 laps). One rider must be in the race at all times, hand-slinging to their teammate to exchange places, which may occasionally lead to chaotic mixing.
After two races, Gate, the world champion in the points race, improved his position from 12th to fourth place with five points remaining in the four-discipline men’s omnium competition.
After the 10km scratch race and 10km pace race, Gate finished in 12th place. He advanced six slots to seventh overall, 22 points behind the leader, after demonstrating his extraordinary talent and stamina to win the elimination race. He did this by keeping safe early and then dominating the final five sprints.
In the final points race, he was the most impressive rider. He is the individual world champion in this discipline. Over the course of the demanding 25-kilometer race, in which points are granted every 10 laps, the Kiwi attacked and advanced into medal contention.
His ultimate strategy was thwarted when an accident 12 laps from the finish caused the race to be reset. His primary competitors were able to recover enough to catch up to him in the last laps, with him finishing fourth and only five points off the podium.
“In the first two races, I didn’t set it up too well, but I reset and came back strong,” admitted Gate.
“I gave it a big shove, but my opponents were getting tired and the accident didn’t work in my favor.
Since our goal is to win, Fourth is not a pleasant place to be. However, we must consider the wider picture: the Olympics are won in August, not in February. This relates to the route to get there.
Sam Dakin, the only sprinter from New Zealand, placed 11th in the men’s keirin and made it to the final, where he rode strongly but lost out at the finish line. Despite this setback, he gained valuable points and is now pushing to secure a spot for New Zealand in the Olympics in Paris.
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Andrews had qualified sixth quickest earlier, while Shaane Fulton, another Kiwi, had qualified and advanced to the finals of her first major Nations Cup two years after undergoing major hip surgery.