CARSON MATTERN WINS ANOTHER RAINBOW JERSEY AT JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Tel Aviv, Israel (August 26, 2022) – Just one day after claiming gold in the men’s Individual Pursuit, Junior rider, Carson Mattern would claim his second rainbow jersey of the 2022 Junior Track World Championships in the men’s Omnium.

“It’s really surreal right now, and hard to believe.” said Mattern after his back-to-back days on the podium. “I just went into today thinking I wanted to do the best I can. Then, pretty quickly I realized that I was feeling good and knew I was in contention, so I knew I had to race the Points Race hard. There were a few moments where I thought, ‘maybe this isn’t going to work’ but then the cards just fell in my favour.”

After the four events, it was clear Mattern would take the win over Dominik Ratajczak from Poland and Tobias Muller of Germany. The Junior adds to his existing World Titles which were won in 2021 in the men’s Scratch Race in Cairo, Egypt, before taking the 2022 title in the men’s Individual Pursuit, then ultimately claiming gold in the Omnium.

Other notable mentions after four days of racing are the men’s Team Pursuit squad who opened day one in fifth spot and women’s Team Pursuit squad ending in eighth place before Charles Bergeron finished ninth on day two in the men’s Scratch. On day three, Carson Mattern earned his title in the Individual Pursuit before claiming his second title in the Omnium on day four, and Kiara Lylyk capped off the day in seventh spot in the women’s Points Race.

With one more day to go Canadians will look to finish up what has been a successful week with the men racing the Elimination, Madison and Kilo events with the women taking on the Madison.

Full results can be found here.