Chinese cyclist

In this Chinese name, the family name is Guo.

Guo Shuang (郭爽, born February 26, 1986) is a Chinese professional track cyclist. She won two bronze medals at the 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, in Sprint and Keirin, and two silver medals at the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, again in Sprint and Keirin.

Guo had an eventful semi-final in the sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics, having won the first heat and conceded the second to her opponent Anna Meares, the third heat saw Guo come down the banking too steeply and her front wheel slipped from beneath her. The heat was re-run and although Guo won by a few millimetres, she was relegated for coming down the tack and pushing Meares onto the côte d'azure on the final lap. This put Meares through to the final ride-off for gold. Guo went on to win the final ride-off for the bronze against Willy Kanis.

Guo competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She and Gong Jinjie set a world record of 32.447 seconds in the qualification round of the team sprint event, which they then improved upon with 32.422 in the next round. They went on to finish first in the final against the German team, but were disqualified for an early relay, and were relegated to the silver medal instead. Guo and Gong's coach Daniel Morelon maintains that the pair were "robbed" of the gold medal, and described it as an "injustice". He complained that the judges refused to provide a "video footage of the race on slow motion", and only provided a "vague explanation" for the infringement they had allegedly committed. However, the British cycling champions Victoria Pendleton and Jessica Varnish, who were also disqualified for a similar reason earlier on in the compe*ion, accepted the judges decision and chose not to claim that they were unfairly robbed of a medal. Pendleton recovered and went on to win a gold medal in the women's keirin event with Guo Shuang coming 2nd.

Contents

• 1 Palmarès
• 2 References
• 3 Further reading
• 4 External links

Palmarès

20042004 World Cup1st Keirin, Moscow1st Keirin, Sydney20052004–2005 World Cup2nd Sprint, Sydney2nd Keirin, Sydney2005–2006 World Cup3rd Sprint, Manchester2006World Championships, Bordeaux3rd Sprint3rd Keirin2005–2006 World Cup3rd Sprint, Los Angeles2nd 500 m, Los Angeles2nd Keirin, Los Angeles2006–2007 World Cup1st Keirin, SydneyAsian Games1st 500 m1st Sprint2007World Championships, Palma de Mallorca2nd Sprint2nd Keirin2006–2007 World Cup3rd 500 m, Los Angeles1st Keirin, Los Angeles2nd Sprint, Manchester3rd Keirin, Manchester2007–2008 World Cup3rd Team Sprint, Beijing20081st Sprint, Fenioux France Trophy2007–2008 World Cup3rd Sprint, Copenhagen3rd Sprint, 2008 Summer Olympics2009World Championships, Pruszków1st Keirin2008–2009 World Cup2nd Keirin, Round 4, Beijing3rd Keirin, Round 5, Beijing3rd Team sprint, Round 5, Beijing2009–2010 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Cl*ics2nd Keirin, Round 1, Manchester2nd Sprint, Round 1, Manchester2nd Keirin, Round 2, Melbourne2nd Sprint, Round 2, Melbourne2012Olympic Games, London2nd Team sprint (with Gong Jinjie)3rd Individual Sprint2nd Keirin2014Grand Prix de Vitesse de Saint-Denis1st Keirin1st SprintGP von Deutschland im Sprint2nd Keirin2nd SprintIncheon International Track Compe*ion2nd Keirin2nd SprintCottbuser SprintCup3rd Keirin3rd Sprint2015China Track Cup1st Sprint2nd Keirin3rd KeirinMelbourne Cup on Wheels2nd Keirin2nd Sprint2nd Keirin, Super Drome CupSouth Australian Grand Prix3rd Keirin3rd Sprint2017National Track Championships1st Keirin3rd Team Sprint (with Zhong Tianshi)

References

Further reading

• "Guo Shuang: Riding Alone Overseas for Thousands of Miles". All-China Women's Federation. January 29, 2007. Retrieved March 26, 2011.

External links

• Guo Shuang at Cycling Archives
• Guo Shuang at the Chinese Olympic Committee (also available in Chinese)
• Guo Shuang at the International Olympic Committee
• Guo Shuang at Olympics.com
• Guo Shuang at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)