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.

[3] 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.

[4] Guo and Gong's coach Daniel Morelon maintains that the pair were "robbed" of the gold medal, and described it as an "injustice".

[5] 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.

[6] Pendleton recovered and went on to win a gold medal in the women's keirin event with Guo Shuang coming 2nd.