Cyclist Lee Hyejin Fails to Advance to Women's Sprint Round of 16

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] Our national cycling representative Lee Hye-jin (29, Busan Local Government Sports One) also failed to achieve her dream of an Olympic medal in the women's sprint.

On the 6th, Lee Hye-jin failed to advance to the round of 16 in the women's sprint at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic cycling track event held at Izu Velodrome in Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

Lee Hye-jin was eliminated early in the women's keirin, where a medal was expected, on the 4th, but she got back up and challenged the sprint event.

In the qualifying round, which consisted of 3.5 laps on a 250m track, she recorded a time of 10.904 seconds, ranking 21st out of 30 competitors and successfully advancing to the main round. The top 24 advance to the main round. Lee Hye-jin lost to Mathilde Gros (France) in the first match of the main round and was relegated to the repechage.

The round of 16 consists of 12 winners from the first matches and 4 winners from the repechage. In the repechage, one must place first among three competitors in each group to join the round of 16.

Assigned to the 4th group of the repechage, Lee Hye-jin was pushed to second place by Madeline Godby (USA) and failed to advance to the round of 16. Having competed in both the women's keirin and sprint at the Tokyo Olympics, Lee Hye-jin concluded her tournament schedule with this defeat.

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