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Summary Gong Jinjie and Guo Shuang have set a world record during qualifying for the women's team sprint.
It happened just seconds after the British woman also improved on the mark at the Olympic velodrome.The Chinese posted a time of 32.447 seconds over the two laps after Victoria Pendleton and Jessica Varnish of Britain clocked 32.526 seconds.The previous mark was 32.549, set by Germany at the world championships in April.
