BEIJING -- The absence of Beijing Olympics bronze medalist Guo Shuang didn't affect China's solid performance on team sprint events at the Beijing track cycling World Cup here on Friday.

Gong Jinjie and Lin Junhong breezed to victory for the host on women's team sprint event by totaling 33.295 seconds.

Willy Kanis and Yvonne Hijgenaar made 33.996 to get Netherlands the silver. Lithuania beat Ukraine to win the bronze.

"There are still several strong teams missing, so we didn't encounter enough pressure," said Gong after the race. "The London Olympics is coming, and we are strengthening our own form to get ourselves into the best level."

Chinese men's team also got a medal on Friday. Cheng Changsong, Zhang Lei and Zhang Miao, who got a surprising victory last year in the same range, took the bronze medal in the men's team event.

Cycling superpower France beat Russia to stand on the highest podium.

Michael D'Alimeida, Francois Pervis and Kevin Sireau clocked 44.150 seconds to snatch the title, while the Russian team occupied the second place with 44.664 seconds.

Cycling powerhouse New Zealand beat Canada to snatch the gold in women's team pursuit event.

The Oceanian team, made up of Kaytee Boyd, Rushlee Buchanan and Jaime Nielsen, clocked 3 minutes and 25.062 seconds to top the podium.

New Zealand took the silver medal on the same event in the very range last year.

Canada trailed by more than one second to settle for the silver and last year's world champion Australia won the bronze.

Russia claimed victory in men's team pursuit event. They delivered a dominant performance by overlapping the Spanish team in the middle of the race. The Russian team ended the competition in advance with just a little more than three minutes.

Spain had to settle for the silver and Britain got the bronze.