Canadian cyclist Kelsey Mitchell won gold in women’s sprint cycling
Kelsey Mitchell of Team Canada defats Olena Starikova of Team Ukraine during her heat at the track cycling women's sprint race at the Tokyo Summer Olympics.The 27-year-old track cyclist from Sherwood, Park., Alta., nevertheless won Canada’s final medal of Tokyo’s Olympic Games with a gold in women’s sprint.
She is the second Canadian woman to win track cycling gold in an individual event following Lori-Ann Muenzer’s sprint gold in 2004. Training Ground is the creation of the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian Olympic Foundation, CBC Sports, national sport institutes and the bank sponsor. Their speed, power, strength and endurance are measured via a series of tests, which are then made available to national sports federations.
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