The Irish team pursuiters finished 7th yesterday in the
UCI World Cup on the Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow.
On Thursday the women - Mia Griffin, Alice Sharpe, Lara
Gillespie and Kelly Murphy - had clocked a time of 4:26.299 in the qualifying
round.
They finished 7th and booked their place in yesterday’s
first round when they met Australia.
In that first round the Irish were slower than they had
been 24 hours earlier; recording a time of 4:27.962.
It meant they were
not among the four fastest teams that went on to the ride-offs that decided
gold and silver and also bronze and 4th place.
Related News
Last week at the
UCI World Cup in Minsk the Irish women shattered the Irish record they set last
season at the World Championships.
Last season the record
marker they set was 4:29.148, but in Minsk last week they lowered their
own national record to 4:25.389.
While their times in Glasgow over the past two days were
slower than last weekend, they were still considerably faster than the national
record they set nine months ago; the team clearly at a much higher level this
season.
In Glasgow yesterday Great Britain won gold after seeing
off Germany in the final. And in the bronze medal ride-off Italy beat France to
round out the podium.
Topics
