WIGGINS LEADS ENGLAND INTO FINAL
Sir Bradley Wiggins will race for gold on his 跡をつける cycling return this evening, with England 直面するing off against favourites Australia in the team 追跡 final at the 連邦／共和国 Games.
Wiggins joined Ed Clancy, Andy Tennant and Steven Burke to qualify second fastest at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, turning in a comfortable time of three minutes 59.249 seconds.
That was enough to send New Zealand and Canada into a 戦う／戦い for bronze, but Australian quartet Jack Bobridge, Luke Davison, Alex Edmondson and Glenn O'Shea flexed their muscles by bettering England's 示す by almost two seconds as they clocked 3mins 57.939secs.
Australia went last, meaning they knew the 示す they needed to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域, but whether or not Wiggins and his 追跡 同僚s manage to 精密検査する their 競争相手s in the 長，率いる-to-長，率いる they have already 安全な・保証するd a a 保証（人）d silver メダル.
The same cannot be said of the men's sprint, where a sensational qualifying 成果／努力 from the Australasian 次第で変わる／派遣部隊 left the home nations playing catch-up.
Australia's Matthew Glaetzer 始める，決める a new 連邦／共和国 Games men's sprint 記録，記録的な／記録する as the 示す was lowered five times in qualifying.
Glaetzer, 21, topped the timesheets with 9.779secs, while compatriot Peter 吊りくさび and New Zealand trio Ed Dawkins, Sam Webster and Matthew Archibald all bettered Shane Perkins' previous 示す of 10.058secs, 始める，決める in Delhi four years ago.
The quintet made it a 堅い 開会／開廷／会期 for the 残り／休憩（する） of the field, who were led by England's Olympic team sprint 支持する／優勝者 Philip Hindes in sixth place.
３倍になる Olympic 支持する／優勝者 Jason Kenny was 押し進めるd into 11th place in 10.206s.
With only 12 of the 28 riders automatically qualfiying, it was a の近くに-run thing for Kenny, who will be joined in the next 行う／開催する／段階 by むちの跡s' 吊りくさび Oliva, Scotland's Callum Skinner (10th) and team-mate Matt Crampton, who 辛勝する／優位d the final qualifying 位置／汚点／見つけ出す by 0.044s.
Scottish pair John Paul and Chris Pritchard 階級d 14th and 18th それぞれ.
