Russia's women cyclists Voinova, Shmelyova win Olympic silver in team sprint

Russian women cyclists Anastasiya Voinova and Darya Shemlyova have won the silver in the team sprint at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, TASS reports.

In the final race they ceded first place to their Chinese rivals Gong Jinjie and Zhong Tianshi (32.401 seconds against 32.107).

In the race for bronze Germany outperformed Australia (32.636 seconds against 332.658).