Cycling Canada announces road and track teams for the Tokyo Olympics
OTTAWA — Cycling Canada has nominated its road and track teams for the Tokyo Olympics.
The organizations said Wednesday in a joint press release with the Canadian Olympic Committee that nine women and eight men will represent Canada in road and track cycling events at the Games in 2021.
The 13-athlete track team is the largest in Canadian Olympic history and will be anchored by the women’s pursuit team of Allison Beveridge (Calgary), Ariane Bonhomme (Gatineau, Que.), Jasmin Duehring (Coquitlam, B.C.), Annie Foreman-Mackey (Kingston, Ont.) and Georgia Simmerling (Vancouver). Beveridge will also compete in the Omnium event.
Duehring is seeking her third Olympic medal after helping Canada to women’s pursuit bronze in 2012 and 2016. Beveridge and Simmerling were also on the 2016 team.