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Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's omnium

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Women's Omnium
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic track cycling
VenuesIzu Velodrome
Date8 August 2021
Competitors21 from 21 nations
Winning points124
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jennifer Valente  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yumi Kajihara  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kirsten Wild  Netherlands
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The women's omnium event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 8 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome.[1] 21 cyclists from 21 nations competed.[2]

Jennifer Valente took the gold medal, edging reigning World champion Yumi Kajihara, who won silver. This was the first women's track cycling gold medal for the United States.[3]

As the last final held during the 2020 Summer Olympics, the medals were presented by Yasuhiro Yamashita, IOC member, Olympian, 1 Gold Medal, Japan; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by David Lappartient, President of the UCI, France.

Background

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This will be the third appearance of the event, which was introduced in 2012.

The reigning Olympic champion was Laura Kenny of Great Britain, who has won both prior Olympic events. The reigning (2020) World Champion was Yumi Kajihara of Japan.

Russia, Germany, China, Great Britain, Australia, and the Netherlands are traditionally strong track cycling nations.[4]

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 1 cyclist in the omnium. Quota places are allocated to the NOC, which selects the cyclists. Qualification is entirely through the 2018–20 UCI nation rankings. The best 8 NOCs in the madison rankings (not already qualified through the team pursuit) directly qualified to enter madison teams as well as earning 1 quota place in the omnium. There were another 13 places in the omnium available based on the omnium rankings; NOCs qualified through the madison were not eligible. Each continent was guaranteed at least one place in the omnium.[2] Because qualification was complete by the end of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships on 1 March 2020 (the last event that contributed to the 2018–20 rankings), qualification was unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Competition format

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An omnium is a multiple-race event, and the current event features four different types of races.

The format has changed significantly from 2016, with three of the six race types dropped and one new type added, while the omnium also moved from a two-day format in prior Games to a one-day format in 2020.

The winner of the omnium is the cyclist who obtains the most points through the four races. The winner of each of the first three races earns 40 points, the second-place cyclist earns 38, the third-place rider 36, and so forth, and the final race has special scoring rules. The races in the omnium are:

  • Scratch race: Mass start race; first to finish is the winner. Distance is 7.5 km (30 laps).
  • Tempo race: The new race for 2020, the distance is 7.5 km (30 laps). After the first five laps, the winner of each lap earns one point, and lapping the field earns 20 points. The winner of the race is the cyclist with the most points (the points earned within the tempo race do not count for the omnium total: they are used only to place cyclists for this race).
  • Elimination race: Every two laps, the last-place cyclist is eliminated.
  • Points race: A 20 km (80 lap) points race, with points earned for sprints (5/3/2/1, every 10 laps, with double points for the final sprint) and for lapping the field (20 points).

There is only one round of competition.[5][6]

Schedule

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[7]

Date Time Round
8 August 2021 10:00
10:45
11:26
12:25
Scratch race
Tempo race
Elimination race
Points race

Results

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Scratch race

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Rank Cyclist Nation Laps down[8] Event points
1 Jennifer Valente  United States 40
2 Yumi Kajihara  Japan 38
3 Annette Edmondson  Australia 36
4 Anita Stenberg  Norway 34
5 Kirsten Wild  Netherlands 32
6 Maria Martins  Portugal 30
7 Allison Beveridge  Canada 28
8 Amalie Dideriksen  Denmark 26
9 Holly Edmondston  New Zealand 24
10 Liu Jiali  China 22
11 Tatsiana Sharakova  Belarus 20
12 Maria Novolodskaya  ROC 18
13 Lotte Kopecky  Belgium DNF 16
Laura Kenny  Great Britain
Elisa Balsamo  Italy
Daria Pikulik  Poland
Clara Copponi  France
Olivija Baleišytė  Lithuania
Ebtissam Mohamed  Egypt
Emily Kay  Ireland
Pang Yao  Hong Kong

Tempo race

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Rank Name Nation Race points[9] Event points
1 Laura Kenny  Great Britain 7 40
2 Kirsten Wild  Netherlands 3 38
3 Jennifer Valente  United States 3 36
4 Anita Stenberg  Norway 1 34
5 Yumi Kajihara  Japan 1 32
6 Amalie Dideriksen  Denmark 1 30
7 Liu Jiali  China 0 28
8 Maria Martins  Portugal 0 26
9 Clara Copponi  France –17 24
10 Elisa Balsamo  Italy –18 22
11 Allison Beveridge  Canada –18 20
12 Annette Edmondson  Australia –18 18
13 Emily Kay  Ireland –19 16
14 Holly Edmondston  New Zealand –20 14
15 Tatsiana Sharakova  Belarus –20 12
16 Maria Novolodskaya  ROC –20 10
17 Olivija Baleišytė  Lithuania –40 8
18 Ebtissam Mohamed  Egypt –40 6
19 Pang Yao  Hong Kong –40 4
Lotte Kopecky  Belgium DNF 0
Daria Pikulik  Poland

Elimination race

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Rank Name Nation Event points[10]
1 Clara Copponi  France 40
2 Yumi Kajihara  Japan 38
3 Amalie Dideriksen  Denmark 36
4 Jennifer Valente  United States 34
5 Maria Martins  Portugal 32
6 Olivija Baleišytė  Lithuania 30
7 Allison Beveridge  Canada 28
8 Anita Stenberg  Norway 26
9 Emily Kay  Ireland 24
10 Holly Edmondston  New Zealand 22
11 Kirsten Wild  Netherlands 20
12 Maria Novolodskaya  ROC 18
13 Laura Kenny  Great Britain 16
14 Liu Jiali  China 14
15 Elisa Balsamo  Italy 12
16 Pang Yao  Hong Kong 10
17 Ebtissam Mohamed  Egypt 8
18 Annette Edmondson  Australia 6
19 Tatsiana Sharakova  Belarus 4

Points race and final standings

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Rank Name Nation SR TR ER Subtotal Sprint points Lap points Finish order Total points[11]
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jennifer Valente  United States 40 36 34 110 14 0 2 124
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yumi Kajihara  Japan 38 32 38 108 2 0 11 110
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kirsten Wild  Netherlands 32 38 20 90 18 0 3 108
4 Amalie Dideriksen  Denmark 26 30 36 92 11 0 16 103
5 Anita Stenberg  Norway 34 34 26 94 3 0 4 97
6 Laura Kenny  Great Britain 16 40 16 72 24 0 1 96
7 Maria Martins  Portugal 30 26 32 88 7 0 5 95
8 Clara Copponi  France 16 24 40 80 5 0 7 85
9 Allison Beveridge  Canada 28 20 28 76 2 0 13 78
10 Holly Edmondston  New Zealand 24 14 22 60 7 0 8 67
11 Liu Jiali  China 22 28 14 64 1 0 9 65
12 Annette Edmondson  Australia 36 18 6 60 1 0 6 61
13 Emily Kay  Ireland 16 16 24 56 0 0 15 56
14 Elisa Balsamo  Italy 16 22 12 50 0 0 10 50
15 Maria Novolodskaya  ROC 18 10 18 46 4 0 12 50
16 Tatsiana Sharakova  Belarus 20 12 4 36 0 0 14 36
17 Olivija Baleišytė  Lithuania 16 8 30 54 0 –20 17 34
18 Ebtissam Mohamed  Egypt 16 6 8 30 0 –20 DNF
Pang Yao  Hong Kong 16 4 10 30 0 –40
Lotte Kopecky  Belgium 16 DNF Did not start DNS
Daria Pikulik  Poland 16

References

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  2. ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Road Cycling" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. ^ Shinn, Peggy (8 August 2021). "Jennifer Valente Is First U.S. Woman To Win Gold In Track Cycling". Team USA. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Olympic Track Cycling at Tokyo 2020: Top Five Things to Know". Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  5. ^ "UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS PART 3 TRACK RACES" (PDF). UCI. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  6. ^ Liam Nee (26 March 2021). "Cycling 101: Competition format". NBC. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Cycling Track – Competition Schedule" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 12 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Cycling Track – Women's Omnium – Scratch Race 1/4 Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 8 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Cycling Track – Women's Omnium – Tempo Race 2/4 Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 8 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Cycling Track – Women's Omnium – Elimination Race 3/4 Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 8 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Cycling Track – Women's Omnium – Final Classification" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 8 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.