COMMONWEALTH CYCLIST SULLIVAN DOUBLES UP ON GOLD AT PAN-AMERICAN TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS

COMMONWEALTH CYCLIST SULLIVAN DOUBLES UP ON GOLD AT PAN-AMERICAN TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sullivan takes keirin gold while Hugo Barrette takes bronze, and Allison Beveridge climbs to silver

(Ottawa, ON – September 06, 2015) Canada added three medals to its tally Sunday at the 2015 UCI Pan-American Championships in Santiago, Chile.

Monique Sullivan won the women’s keirin today while Allison Beveridge climbed the women’s omnium ranking to take the silver medal. Hugo Barrette took the bronze medal in the men’s sprint in a tightly disputed contest.

With the gold medals in the women sprint and women keirin and the bronze medal in the women team sprint, Sullivan ends these successful Pan-American Championships with three medals.

Hugo Barrette, who made his international breakthrough with two gold and a bronze medal at the recent Pan-American Games in Toronto, went on to win the bronze medal. In his semi-final against his friend and training partner Njisane Phillip of Trinidad and Tobago, he conceded the victory in a hard-fought battle. He made up for his semi-final loss in the bronze medal dual, taking the victory by beating in two clean heats his opponent from Venezuela.

In the women’s omnium race, Allison Beveridge went on to win the silver medal. Heading in today’s last three races, she was sitting in third place of the omnium race standings. In the last three races, she managed to gain a spot, climbing to the second place overall for the silver medal.

Canada ended these Championships, an important Rio 2016 Olympic Qualifying competition, with 16 medals.