FOREMAN-MACKEY 11TH IN INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT

Apeldoorn, Netherlands, March 4, 2018 – Annie Foreman-Mackey was the top Canadian finisher on Day Four of the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on Saturday. Foreman-Mackey finished 11th in the 3000 metre women’s Individual Pursuit with a time of three minutes and 36.475 seconds. Kinley Gibson also competed in the event for Canada, finishing 15th. Chloe Dygart of the United States won, setting a world record.

“My ride today wasn’t amazing,” said Foreman-Mackey, “but it’s always a great opportunity to do a ride at Worlds. I went out a little hot; I think all of the focus we’ve been doing on the Team Pursuit affected me, and I paid for it in the last couple of laps. I think there is definitely more in me, so I’m looking forward to Commonwealth Games to give it another run.”

In the men’s Omnium, Aidan Caves finished 21st. Caves was a last minute addition to the field and had little time to prepare, finding out only a few days before the event that Canada had received a starting spot.

“I’ve been preparing for the Team Pursuit since the Milton World Cup [early December] so I had some mixed emotions,” said Caves. “I was excited, but I haven’t been training for it; I’ve been training for a totally different event. So, I did the best I could with the preparation I had. I’m not super happy with it, but I didn’t want to get lapped and that didn’t happen so that’s a positive.”

The Canadian team for the women’s Madison also had to make a last minute substitution, after Allison Beveridge crashed the day before in the women’s Omnium. Steph Roorda stepped in to join Jasmin Duehring for the race, but the Canadians did not finish.