TARA WHITTEN FIFTH IN INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Whitten just misses qualifications in single-event individual pursuit at Track Worlds

(Melbourne, AUS – April 8, 2012) Tara Whitten of Edmonton, Alberta took the fifht place of the women’s individual pursuit at the 2012 UCI Track World Championships in Melbourne, Australia.

Whitten posted a time of 3:30.407 in the 3-kilometre race, the fifth best time of the day.

The top-4 times advance to the medal races.

New Zealand’s Allison Shanks went on to win the World title, easily taking the gold by just under two seconds over Great Britain’s Wendy Houvenaghel in the decisive race. Australia’s Ashlee Ankudinoff defeated her teammate Amy Cure for the bronze medal.

The 2012 UCI World Championships, now over, were the last qualifying events for the 2012 Olympic Games in track cycling, as well as the last maor track cycling event prior to the Olympic Games

Full results and live timing of the event can be found at www.tissottiming.com or by visiting www.uci.ch.