Day 2 Roundup: Brits take two Olympic spots

The women's team sprint

In the women's 500-meter time trial, title favorite Guerra Rodriguez of Cuba powered to a victory in 33.994 seconds, just 0.05 seconds away from the world record of 33.944 seconds. Guerra was also the silver medalist at the Sydney leg of the World Cup one week ago, following world record holder Anna Meares of Austrialia. Simona Krupeckaite from Lithuania placed second in the time trial at 34.447 seconds, while Natallia Tsylinskaya from Belarus took third place at 34.595 seconds.

In the women's team sprint, Dutch duo Yvonne Hijgenaar-Willy Kanis extended the winning streak on the world cup standings, as they edged the French pair of Sandie Clair and Virginie Cueff to snatch a victory in the second leg here with a time of 33.726 seconds. The Netherlands had also grabbed the gold medal in the event at the world cup opener in Sydney nearly one week ago.

In the men's one-kilometer individual time trial, Francois Pervis of France won the title with a time of 1:02.029, followed by Yevgen Bolibrukh of Ukraine in second place and Li Weibao in third.

The gold medal in the men's scratch went to Michael Friedman of the United States, with Walter Fernando Perez of Argentina second and Tim Mertens of Belgium third. Reigning world champion Kam-Po Wang came in 18th.

Ten Olympic track cycling events were contested at the three-day Beijing leg of the World Cup from December 7 to 9, 2007. They were the men's sprint, men's team sprint, men's individual pursuit, men's team pursuit, men's Keirin, men's points race, men's Madison, women's sprint, women's individual pursuit, and women's points race. The winners will automatically qualify for next year's Olympic Games, according to the qualification system.