Canada second at women’s team sprint at Commonwealth Games, men fourth

Track is underway at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and Canada has its first medal. The team sprint is a three-lap race where each rider will do a lap, then withdraw, leaving one rider to finish the last lap. The Canadian team of Olympic champion Kelsey Mitchell, Sarah Orban and Lauriane Genest had a strong qualifier which put them in the final against New Zealand.

Women’s team sprint of Kelsey Mitchell, Sarah Orban and Lauriane Genest races now @CyclingCanada

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— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) July 29, 2022

The team finished just behind the Kiwi squad, taking silver. The men would ride for bronze, but just missed out, taking fourth.

Other Canadian performances today included the team pursuit, where both the men and women would place fifth, which means they won’t go onto the finals.

🥈Silver🥈

First, but certainly not the last medal for Canada 🇨🇦 at #Birmingham2022 goes to @sarahorban7@_kmmitchell@LaurianeGenest

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— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) July 29, 2022

Women’s Olympic Sprint

Gold medal race

1 New Zealand 47.425
2 Canada 48.001

Bronze medal race

1 Wales 47.767
2 Australia 48.123