The Men's tandem sprint B at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was part of the cycling programme, taking place on 7 April 2018. This event was for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: World record9.711Aguascalientes, Mexico13 April 2014Games record10.050Glasgow, Scotland26 July 2014
Schedule The schedule was as follows:
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10) Date Time Round Saturday 7 April 2018 14:08 Qualifying 14:47 Semifinals 18:32/18:35 Finals
Results Qualifying 4 riders will be qualified and seeded for the semifinals according to their times in qualification.Qualifying results
Rank Nations Riders Time Behind Average speed(km/h) Notes1 Neil FachieMatt Rotherham (pilot) 9.568 75.251 Q, WR, GR2 James BallPeter Mitchell (pilot) 10.022 +0.454 71.842 Q3 Muhammad Afiq Afify RizanMuhammad Khairul Adha Rasol (pilot) 10.037 +0.469 71.735 Q4 Brad HendersonTom Clarke (pilot) 10.124 +0.556 71.118 Q5 Frederick AssorRudolf Mensah (pilot) 12.816 +3.248 56.180
Semifinals Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon. Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.Semifinals results
Heat Rank Nations Riders Race 1 Race 2 Decider (i.r.) Notes 1 1 Neil FachieMatt Rotherham (pilot) X X QG 1 2 Brad HendersonTom Clarke (pilot) +0.144 +1.625 QB 2 1 James BallPeter Mitchell (pilot) X X QG 2 2 Muhammad Afiq Afify RizanMuhammad Khairul Adha Rasol (pilot) +0.276 +0.273 QB
Finals The final classification is determined in the medal finals.Finals results
Rank Nations Riders Race 1 Race 2 Decider (i.r.)Bronze medal final Brad HendersonTom Clarke (pilot) X X 4 Muhammad Afiq Afify RizanMuhammad Khairul Adha Rasol (pilot) +0.034 +1.459 Gold medal final Neil FachieMatt Rotherham (pilot) X X James BallPeter Mitchell (pilot) +0.147 +0.361
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