KELSEY MITCHELL WINS SILVER AT NEW ZEALAND WORLD CUP

Cambridge, New Zealand (December 7, 2019) – On the second day of competition at the TISSOT UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Cambridge, New Zealand, Kelsey Mitchell won a silver medal in the Sprint competition. It’s her second consecutive medal at a World Cup having earned bronze in Hong Kong one week ago. To open the competition on Friday, Canada’s women’s Team Pursuit secured a bronze medal.

It’s only Mitchell’s second career World Cup medal after setting a new world record earlier this year. The Sherwood Park, Alberta native cruised through the opening four rounds and advanced to face European champion Anastasiia Voinova of Russia in the gold medal final. The RBC Training Ground athlete took the first race of the finals round before being narrowly defeated in the final race. Lauriane Genest had a great ride having qualified in third, one place behind Mitchell, and went on to reach the quarterfinals.

“I’m being super strategic and taking each round to three rides which is really helping me gain more experience,” Mitchell, who only started racing two-years-ago, said about her strategy. “It is making it a lot harder but in the long run it’s going to be very beneficial. It feels really good to win a silver medal. I’m really happy to be improving every race so getting a medal is just the cherry on top.”

In other results, Hugo Barrette finished 11th in the Keirin, while Michael Foley unfortunately crashed in the opening race of the Omnium injuring his collarbone. He will be undergoing further medical examination to understand the nature of the injury.