FOURTH PLACE FOR CANADA’S WOMEN’S TEAM PURSUIT SQUAD AT BERLIN WORLDS
Berlin, Germany (February 27, 2020) – Canada had another solid day at the 2020 UCI Track World Championships in Berlin, with the women’s Team Pursuit squad setting their second national record in as many days and sprint sensation Kelsey Mitchell breezing through the Sprint competition, making her way to the semifinals.
Three Canadians took the start in the women’s Sprint competition, with Sarah Orban and Kelsey Mitchell competing in their first-ever Track World Championships. Genest and Mitchell were respectively 6th and 7th in qualifying, with Mitchell beating Japan’s Ritu Ohta in the 1/16 finals to face Germany’s Lea Friedrich in the quarterfinals. In two closely contested rides, Mitchell powered her way to a place in tomorrow’s semifinals. Lauriane Genest went head-to-head with teammate Sarah Orban to advance to the 1/8 finals before being stopped by Lithuania’s Simona Krupeckaite.
In the Team Pursuit, Canada’s women’s squad of Georgia Simmerling, Annie Foreman-Mackey, Allison Beveridge and Jasmin Duehring set a new Canadian record with an amazing ride of 4:12.627 in Round 1, before finishing 4th in the bronze medal final against Germany.
I think we can definitely take some positives from the past two days,” said Annie Foreman-Mackey. “In terms of breaking the Canadian record it shows that we have taken steps since the world cups in December, so we are going to use that as motivation.”
The Track World Championships continue on Friday with the Sprint semifinals, the women’s Omnium, the men’s 1km Time Trial and the men’s Points Race. Head to Flobikes to watch the competitions or click here for full results.
