Cycling trio to the Commonwealth Games

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One athlete and two coaches will represent Calgary in a 2022 Commonwealth Games cycling.

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Sarah Orban and coaches Dan Plucks and Jenny Trew were one of the Canadians announced on Tuesday by Commonwealth Sports Canada and Cycling Canada to compete for road and track events.

Commonwealth Games will be held from July 28th to August. 8 people in Birmingham, England.

Eighteen talents, including team sprints, individual sprints, bicycle races, and time trial cyclist World Cup medalist Oban, were selected based on past performances, including the first two rounds of the UCI Track Nations Cup, the Olympics. And the result at an international road event.

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Proulx is a head coach and Trew is a track endurance coach.

“Our team presents both the progress athletes have made on the world stage and passing the torch to a new generation of Canadian cyclists,” said Chris Westwood, High Performance Director of Cycling Canada. I am saying. “In the Gold Coast game four years ago, Loriane Junest was a surprising newcomer who finished fourth in the sprint tournament, and Kelsey Mitchell wasn’t part of our team. Now they’re at the Olympics. A medalist and a notable rider.

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“At the same time, there is a wave of young athletes stepping up on the track endurance and road, and it’s exciting to see how they behave.”

The cycling tournament begins on the track and you will win a total of 15 gold medals.

Canada’s highly competitive sprint teams (including Oban) will be competing for the podium.

“Our cycling team faces some logistical challenges at the track cycling event in London and the road event in Birmingham,” added Scott Stevenson, Executive Director of Team Canada. “With the additional benefit of some late allocations from Birmingham 2022, we are strongly represented in both the track and the Birmingham Road event. We expect many medals from this group.”