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Silver for Glaesser on Day One of Hong Kong track World Cup

Jasmin Glaesser, a member of the vaunted Canadian women's team pursuit squad, nabbed silver in the points competition on Day One of the final UCI track World Cup event in Hong Kong on Friday.

January 15, 2016
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Jasmin Glaesser, a member of the vaunted Canadian women’s team pursuit squad, nabbed silver in the points competition on Day One of the final UCI track World Cup event in Hong Kong on Friday. The women’s team pursuit team qualified third fastest, while the women’s team sprint duo qualified fourth and will race for bronze Saturday.

The day began with the men’s team pursuit quartet of Jay Lamoureux, Adam Jamieson, Sean Mackinnon and Aidan Caves taking the 12th spot in qualifying with a time of 4:07.611. The top qualifiers were the Australians with 4:00.947.

Close on that round’s heel came the women’s team pursuit qualifying. The team included Annie Foreman-Mackey and debutante Georgia Simmerling instead of Glaesser, who concentrated on the points race, and Alison Beveridge, who is after omnium success. The World Cup leaders, clad in white, posted 4:23.790 over 4-km, while the top qualifiers were the British with 4:19.369. Canada now faces the 2nd fastest qualifiers, the USA, in Saturday’s first round.

Next it was time for Kate O’Brien and Monique Sullivan’s team sprint efforts. Their 33.620 put them in the bronze medal match-up against Spain Saturday. RusVelo and Great Britain will fight for gold.

Sean Mackinnon won two of the 10 sprints in the men’s points race, but this translated to 9th overall. Aidan Caves registered a DNF in the scratch race.

Before Glaesser’s triumph came disappointment in the scratch race where she finished last. In the points race she started strongly with two third places in the first two sprints, but it was second spot in Sprint Six that helped her stave off a late charge from bronze medalist Emily Nelson of Great Britain. Glaesser was runner-up to Belgian Jolien D’Hoore.

Saturday sees Alison Beveridge and Remi Pelletier-Roy start their omnium journeys, Sullivan and O’Brien doing double duty with the team sprint bronze race and individual sprint qualifying, the women’s team pursuit medal matchups, and Hugo Barrette in the keirin.