Guo Shuang (郭爽, born February 26, 1986) is a Chinese professional

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

. She won two bronze medals at the 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, in Sprint and

Keirin – "racing track" – is a form of Motor-paced racing, motor-paced cycle racing in which track cycling, track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer. It was developed in Japan ...

, and two silver medals at the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, again in Sprint and

. Guo had an eventful semi-final in the sprint at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

, having won the first heat and conceded the second to her opponent

Anna Meares Anna Maree Devenish Meares (born 21 September 1983) is an Australian retired Track cycling, track cyclist. She currently resides in Adelaide in South Australia where the Australian Institute of Sport's Track Cycling program has its headquarters ...

, 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 Willy Kanis (born 27 July 1984 in Kampen) is a Dutch female professional racing cyclist. Career highlights ;2003 :2nd 500 m, Dutch National Track Championships :2nd Sprint, Dutch National Track Championships ;2004 :2nd 500 m, Dutch Nation ...

. Guo competed in the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London. She and

Gong Jinjie Gong Jinjie (, born 12 November 1986) is a Chinese professional Track cycling, track cyclist, a member of the provincial Jilin Team since 2002 and the Chinese National Team since 2005. Her coaches include Yongqing Wang () and Sean Eadie. Career ...

set a

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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 Daniel Morelon (born 24 July 1944) is a retired French racing cyclist who was active between 1963 and 1980. He is a triple Olympic champion, eight times world champion, and a Ordre national du Mérite, Knight of the National Order of Merit (''Ch ...

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 Victoria Louise Pendleton (born 24 September 1980) is a British former Track cycling, track cyclist who specialised in the Sprint (cycling), sprint, team sprint and keirin disciplines. She is a former Cycling at the Summer Olympics, Olympic, Wo ...

and

Jessica Varnish Jessica Varnish (born 19 November 1990) is a former British track cyclist. Varnish was part of the 2014 world record holding European Championships team sprint champions and is a multiple medalist at the World Championships. Biography Jessica Va ...

, 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. Pendleton recovered and went on to win a gold medal in the women's

keirin – "racing track" – is a form of Motor-paced racing, motor-paced cycle racing in which track cycling, track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer. It was developed in Japan ...

event with Guo Shuang coming 2nd.Victoria Pendleton wins gold in the women's keirin at London 2012 Olympics
www.telegraph.co.uk. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.

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 A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

, Bordeaux :: 3rd Sprint :: 3rd

: 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 The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the 1951 Asian Games, first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until ...

:: 1st 500 m :: 1st Sprint ; 2007 :

, Palma de Mallorca :: 2nd Sprint :: 2nd

: 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,

;2009 :

, Pruszków :: 1st

: 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 The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

, London :: 2nd

Team sprint The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome. The riders use a ...

(with

) :: 3rd Individual Sprint :: 2nd

;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 China NC

Keirin ::3rd Team Sprint (with

Zhong Tianshi Zhong Tianshi (, born 2 February 1991) is a Chinese track cyclist. She represented her nation at the 2012, 2014 and 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In 2015, she became world champion in the team sprint and won bronze in the sprint ...

)

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guo, Shuang 1986 births Living people Chinese female cyclists Olympic cyclists for China Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic bronze medalists for China Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Tongliao Olympic silver medalists in cycling Cyclists from Inner Mongolia Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2006 Asian Games Cyclists at the 2010 Asian Games UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women) Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Summer World University Games medalists in cycling Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Chinese track cyclists FISU World University Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Olympic bronze medalists in cycling

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