Guo Shuang

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.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Guo.

Guo Shuang

Personal information
Full name	Guo Shuang
Born	(1986-02-26) February 26, 1986 Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, China
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)[1]
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprint
Major wins
World keirin champion (2009)
Medal record Women's track cycling Representing  China Olympic Games 2012 London Team sprint 2012 London Keirin 2008 Beijing Sprint 2012 London Sprint World Championships 2009 Pruszków Keirin 2007 Palma de Mallorca Sprint 2007 Palma de Mallorca Keirin 2010 Ballerup Sprint 2013 Minsk Team sprint 2006 Bordeaux Sprint 2006 Bordeaux Keirin 2011 Apeldoorn Team sprint 2012 Melbourne Team sprint Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Sprint 2010 Guangzhou 500 m time trial Universiade 2011 Shenzhen Sprint

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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] However, the British cycling champions Victoria Pendleton and Jessica Varnish, who were also disqualified for a similar reason earlier on in the competition, accepted the judges decision and chose not to claim that they were unfairly robbed of a medal.[5] Pendleton recovered and went on to win a gold medal in the women's keirin event with Guo Shuang coming 2nd.[6]

Palmarès

2004

2004 World Cup

1st Keirin, Moscow

1st Keirin, Sydney

2005

2004–2005 World Cup

2nd Sprint, Sydney

2nd Keirin, Sydney

2005–2006 World Cup

3rd Sprint, Manchester

2006

World Championships, Bordeaux

3rd Sprint

3rd Keirin

2005–2006 World Cup

3rd Sprint, Los Angeles

2nd 500 m, Los Angeles

2nd Keirin, Los Angeles

2006–2007 World Cup

1st Keirin, Sydney

Asian Games

1st 500 m

1st Sprint

2007

World Championships, Palma de Mallorca

2nd Sprint

2nd Keirin

2006–2007 World Cup

3rd 500 m, Los Angeles

1st Keirin, Los Angeles

2nd Sprint, Manchester

3rd Keirin, Manchester

2007–2008 World Cup

3rd Team Sprint, Beijing

2008

1st Sprint, Fenioux France Trophy

2007–2008 World Cup

3rd Sprint, Copenhagen

3rd Sprint, 2008 Summer Olympics

2009

World Championships, Pruszków

1st Keirin

2008–2009 World Cup

2nd Keirin, Round 4, Beijing

3rd Keirin, Round 5, Beijing

3rd Team sprint, Round 5, Beijing

2009–2010 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics

2nd Keirin, Round 1, Manchester

2nd Sprint, Round 1, Manchester

2nd Keirin, Round 2, Melbourne

2nd Sprint, Round 2, Melbourne

2012

Olympic Games, London

2nd Team sprint (with Gong Jinjie)

3rd Individual Sprint

2nd Keirin

2014

Grand Prix de Vitesse de Saint-Denis

1st Keirin

1st Sprint

GP von Deutschland im Sprint

2nd Keirin

2nd Sprint

Incheon International Track Competition

2nd Keirin

2nd Sprint

Cottbuser SprintCup

3rd Keirin

3rd Sprint

2015

China Track Cup

1st Sprint

2nd Keirin

3rd Keirin

Melbourne Cup on Wheels

2nd Keirin

2nd Sprint

2nd Keirin, Super Drome Cup

South Australian Grand Prix

3rd Keirin

3rd Sprint

2017

National Track Championships

1st Keirin

3rd Team Sprint (with Zhong Tianshi)

References

1. "Athlete Biography – GUO Shuang". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on September 2, 2008.
2. "Cycling – China set world record, Britain out". Reuters. August 2, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
3. "Chinese women's sprint cycling team disqualified for lane change; Germany wins Olympic gold". Washington Post. August 2, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
4. "Chinese cycling coach says women's sprint team 'robbed' of gold". CBC. August 3, 2012.
5. "Victoria Pendleton & Jess Varnish relegated from team sprint". BBC News. August 2, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
6. Victoria Pendleton wins gold in the women's keirin at London 2012 Olympics. www.telegraph.co.uk. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.

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 the Olympic Channel
• Guo Shuang at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)