Australia set world record at Olympic test

Australia set the first world record on the London Olympic cycling track when they bettered their own mark in the women's team sprint qualifying session in the World Cup series on Friday. World champions Anna Meares and Kaarle McCulloch clocked 32.828 to beat their previous mark set in March 2010 by 0.095 over two 250-metre laps to reach the final, where they will face Britain later on Friday.
Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish took second place, with China and France, who will battle it out for bronze, in third and fourth respectively. The finals line-up will be the same as at last year's world championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.