Britain's Jason Kenny and Frenchman Gregory Bauge remained on course for a possible Olympic final duel after battling their way into the semi-finals of the men's sprint at the Olympic velodrome.
Kenny, the silver medallist in Beijing behind Sir Chris Hoy, had little trouble in beating Malaysian Azizulhasni Awang over two legs of their quarter-final heat.
Three-time world champion Bauge had an arguably tougher match against Robert Forstemann, but the Frenchman turned on the turbos in both matches to secure a 2-0 win over the German.
Australian Shane Perkins kept the formbook ticking over with a 2-0 win over Jimmy Watkins, the American full-time firefighter who had been hoping to blaze a trail into the medal rounds.
In the final quarter-final heat Trinidadian surprise package Njisane Phillip continued his unlikely charge towards a medal with a 2-0 win over Russia's Denis Dmitriev.
In Monday's semi-finals Kenny will now meet Phillip with Bauge meeting Perkins.
Like the quarters, the semi-final races are decided over two matches with a third decider in the event of a tie. The winners of each semi fight for the gold while the losers battle for the bronze.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/kenny-bauge-stay-course-sprint-final-164633098--oly.html
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