2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint The Women's Sprint was one of the 9 women's events at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Pruszków, Poland. 26 cyclists from 18 countries were due to participate in the contest, but two riders did not start. After the qualifying heats, the fastest 24 riders were to advance to the 1/16 finals, therefore all riders who contested the qualification advanced to the next round. The first rider in each of the 12 heats advanced to the second round. There was no repechage for this round. The first rider
UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit The UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit is the world championship team pursuit for women held annually at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. The first competition of this event was at the 2008 championships in Manchester, United Kingdom. Since its introduction as an elite event Great Britain have dominated the event, winning the gold medal on six out of ten occasions and silver on two other occasions, both behind Australia. Until 2014, the distance raced was 3 kilometres, or twelve laps on a typical indoor velodrome track.