Saturday morning ended in a subdued tone for the British team after Chris Newton surprisingly failed to qualify for the points race. Earlier on, Victoria Pendleton made sure of at least a silver medal in the women's sprint as she cruised through to the final. Her speed and tactical awareness saw her dispatch Cuban Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez in two rounds.
Male sprinters Craig MacLean and Ross Edgar are also looking good in the men's sprint but unfortunately they meet each other in the quarter finals. Edgar had already put out team mate Matt Crampton before beating Spaniard José Antonio Raimondez Escuredo in front of a partisan crowd. MacLean, silver medalist last year, beat Michael Seidenbecher and then Arnaud Tournant of France to progress to the quarter finals.
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