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Williamson Takes Silver at Under-23 Euros
European Under-23 Track Championships
11-15 September, St Petersburg
Report: Abby Burton
Becky James, Victoria Williamson, Dave Daniell and Pete Mitchell are the four riders representing GB at the 2010 Under 23 European Track Championships in St Petersburg, Russia taking place from the 11 - 15 September.
REPORT
On the final day - Wednesday -of the U23 European Track Championships, all four of the GB riders were in action in their respective keirin events.
Victoria Williamson added another Silver to her collection putting in a very good ride to come second overall in the junior women's event. Becky James finished in fifth position as she waited too long and missed the move in the U23 Women's Event. The French pairing of Clair and Cueff, who have had performed consistently well throughout the competition, came first and second with German rider Delev taking the bronze medal.
Pete Mitchell qualified through the semis into the final where he unfortunately crashed out on the last lap. He sustained some burns, but no major injuries. Dave Daniell didn't make it through the semi final round so raced in the minor final which he won, finishing in 7th position overall.
Tuesday saw Becky James return to the Podium to pick up her third medal of the competition so far. Becky won the Silver medal in the 500m TT, putting in a time of 35.30. Sandie Clair from France won the Gold medal in a time of 34.48 and fellow French rider Virginie Cueff completed the podium line up, riding the 500m in 35.59 to claim Bronze.
WEEKEND REPORT
Junior rider Victoria Williamson set the team off to a great start on the Saturday, by making it through to the final round of the Junior Sprint and narrowly missing out to Russian rider Gnidenko to finish in the Silver medal position. Vicky also stepped up from Junior to Under 23 level on the same day to pair up with Becky James in the Under 23 Sprint, with the pairing making it on to the podium, again in Silver medal position, behind the French (Clair and Cueff).
Victoria Williamson, left, on the Junior Sprint Podium
Sunday saw Vicky in action again, this time in the Junior Women's 500m TT. A disappointed Vicky put in a time of 37.2 which put her out of the medals. The qualification rounds for the Men's Sprint also took place on the Sunday, with Pete Mitchell (10:33) and Dave Daniell (10:36) qualifying in third and fourth respectively. Both boys made it through their first two rounds without problems and in the quarter finals Pete beat Volikakis from Greece 2 - 0, whilst Volikakis's brother beat Dave. Dave went on to compete in the 5 - 8 final, finishing 7th overall. Pete made it through to the semi-finals, which took place on Monday morning, and was beaten by Thiele from Germany, putting him through to the ride off for Bronze medal position which he won.
Becky James' qualified third in the Women's Sprint in 11:44 seconds, whilst Team Sprint Gold medallists Cueff (11:28) and Clair (11:40) qualified first and second respectively. Monday morning, Becky James took on Clair in the semi-finals which she won, despite a fall. The fall did not deter Becky though and she went on to win the Gold medal in the finals, coming from a loss in the first heat to win the best of three contest 2-1.
Becky James is in action again on Tuesday with the 500m TT and Wednesday will see all four GB riders line-up to compete in their respective Keirins
