Five days later, Erin Attwell is still in awe of FridayB次元官网网址檚 silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru.
The Canadian team of Attwell, Miriam Brouwer, Maggie Coles-Lyster and Laurie Jussaume took silver in the 4,000-metre track cycling team pursuit with a time of four minutes, 27.799 seconds. American foursome of Kim Geist, Christina Birch, Lily Williams and Chloe Dygert Owen took gold with a time of 4:24.099.
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B次元官网网址淐oming back to the [athlete] village and to be amongst the athletes who have medalled is pretty special,B次元官网网址� said the 20-year-old Attwell of Gordon Head. B次元官网网址淲e are a tight-knit team, [thereB次元官网网址檚] no other group of ladies IB次元官网网址檇 rather share the podium with.B次元官网网址�
ItB次元官网网址檚 one of four medals Canadian women won in track cycling as Coles-Lyster and Brouwer also won silver in the madison. CanadaB次元官网网址檚 Kelsey Mitchell won gold in individual sprint and silver in the team sprint with Amelia Walsh.
On Tuesday, Attwell and two of her Canadian teammates from the team pursuit got their first pre-ride reconnaissance of SaturdayB次元官网网址檚 womenB次元官网网址檚 road race. Brouwer, of Burlington, Ont., and Coles-Lyster, of Maple Ridge, will be in the road race with Attwell.
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If someone does break away, the Canadians believe it will be tough to build more than a 20-second lead. Because itB次元官网网址檚 such a flat course otherwise, they believe the group will bring it back.
Going into the road race American Chloe Dygert Owen is a favourite while both Jussaume and Attwell are former junior national road race champions.
In terms of track, the foursome are now looking forward to January when theyB次元官网网址檒l host the Milton World Cup on their home track.
B次元官网网址淐oming into the competition with expectations as a development team, we knew we could get a medal if we pulled off a clean, fast ride, which is exactly what we did. We got a PB (personal best) for our group, and to be able to achieve this in an environment that wasnB次元官网网址檛 ideal (track was cold and air density was high, which meant the track wasnB次元官网网址檛 running fast) made it even more special.B次元官网网址�
