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Andrews sets New Zealand sprint record

Updated: 5 days ago

Olympian Ellesse Andrews (centre) won the Elite Sprint tite in a record time with Olivia King (left) and Sophie de Vries (right) at the national track championships PHOTO: CYCLING NZ FACEBOOK
Olympian Ellesse Andrews (centre) won the Elite Sprint tite in a record time with Olivia King (left) and Sophie de Vries (right) at the national track championships PHOTO: CYCLING NZ FACEBOOK

Double Olympic champion Ellesse Andrews has continued winning races, this time on the way to a national track cycling title in Invercargill


Her qualifying time of 10.498 seconds is the fastest registered across the 200-metre sprint distance by a woman in New Zealand.


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The world record of 10.029 seconds was set by Germany's Lea Friedrich in qualifying at the Paris Olympic Games as she finished with silver behind Andrews in the gold medal race.


Fellow Olympian Sam Dakin took the men's national title over Kaio Lart with Jaxson Russell third.


Waikato 18-year-old McKenzie Milne won the women's Elite Individual Pursuit while Paris silver medalist Emily Shearman took out the women's Elite Scratch Race ahead of Milne with Amelia Sykes third.


New Zealand junior representative Magnus Jamieson, 18 won the men's Elite Sctach Race.


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