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Last Updated: 20 Aug 2019 - 8:43:35 PM |
Lara Gillespie Wins Bronze at UCI Junior Track World Championships
By Scott Graham, CI Marketing & Communications Manager
17 Aug 2019,
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Image courtesy Guy Swarbrick |
Lara Gillespie has won bronze in the Individual Pursuit at the UCI Junior Track World Championships in Frankfurt, Germany.
The Wicklow teenager set a new Junior National Record of 2:20:438 during qualification, averaging 51.268kpm for the 2000m time trial. Gillespie went up against Marii Milaeva of Russian in the race for bronze. She trailed by almost half a second at the halfway mark but measured her effort perfectly and ultimately claimed Ireland’s first medal at a Junior Track World Championships.
“I’m so happy, I can’t believe it. The last few laps were pretty hard, they were pretty brutal but I worked so hard for this all year so I’m really happy”.
Earlier this season she took silver medals in the individual pursuit, scratch race, and points race in the Junior European Championships.
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Image courtesy Guy Swarbrick |
Video Interview after medal presentation: https://twitter.com/IreCyclingFed/status/1162777882214748160
Video Interview after qualification: https://twitter.com/IreCyclingFed/status/1162722638038523904
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Lara Gillespie represents Ireland at UCI Junior Track World Championships
Lara Gillespie will represent Ireland in the UCI Junior Track World Championships in Frankfurt.
Gillespie goes in the Scratch Race on Wednesday, August 14th from 3:30pm (Irish times) as well as the Individual Pursuit and Points Race on Saturday, August 17th from 10am (Irish time).
Gillespie has previously won medals at European level on the track, most recently a silver medal in the Scratch Race at the UEC Junior European Track Championships in July.
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