Georgia Simmerling from West Vancouver helped her team roll into second place in team pursuit competition at the 2016 Track Cycling World Championships held March 2-6 at the Lee Valley VeloPark velodrome in London, England.
In the championship final Simmerling and the team competed against the United States, who set the bar high with the fastest time of the competition in their qualifying race. Canada started losing speed after the first 1,000 metres and finished 2.723 seconds behind the American racers.
The Canadian team, one of the pre-race favourites, struggled to maintain their lead on New Zealand in the qualifying race and came out in front by three-thousandths of a second to secure a spot in the final.
With their sights set on the Rio Olympic Games this August, the team said they'll take the silver medal as a motivating push to hone their capabilities and come back stronger in the summer.
