PARIS, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Lea Friedrich of Germany set a new world record of track cycling women's sprint in qualification at the Paris Olympics on Friday.
Friedrich covered the 200-meter qualifying distance in 10.029 seconds, beating the previous best of 10.117 seconds set by Ellesse Andrews of New Zealand just five minutes earlier.
World champions Emma Finucane of Britain also rode faster than Andrews, covering the distance in 10.067 seconds to establish the second-fastest qualifying time.
China's Yuan Liying was unable to start qualification after her heavy fall in Thursday's Keirin quarterfinal race, but her teammate Bao Shanju qualified for the first round of head-to-head races in 10.744 seconds. ■
