CANADA LEAVES UCI TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH SILVER AND BRONZE

Ottawa, Ont., March 2nd, 2014 – The fifth and final day of the UCI Track World Championships in Cali, Colombia marked another exciting day for racing, but not a lucrative one for Canadian medals. 

Laura Brown of Vancouver, B.C., wrapped up the final three events of the Women’s Omnium. She started the day strong with a fourth place finish in the Individual Pursuit, but lost her legs in the Scratch Race, where she placed 15th of 17 riders. Brown came back with a solid ninth place finish in the 500 m Time Trial, but it wasn’t enough to get her to the Podium. She finished eighth overall.

“I was pretty honoured to get selected to do the Omnium at The World Championships.” said Laura Brown, after her finish.  “Craig and I took it one event at a time because it is a bit of a beast.  I had some really good performances and some really bad performances, but that’s the Omnium.  I learned a lot and had fun doing it and am pretty happy overall with my performance.”

Canada managed to secure two medals over the course of the five-day event: silver in Women’s Team Pursuit (Allison Beveridge, Laura Brown, Jasmin Glaesser and Steph Roorda), and bronze in the Women’s Points Race (Glaesser).

Germany leads the medal count with eight in total, four gold and four silver. France and Australia follow respectively. Canada ranks 11th.