Island cyclists Van Dam and Atwell earn key qualifying points for Paris Olympics

Canadian team placed fourth in the women’s team pursuit of the UCI Track Nations Cup

Victoria cyclists Sara Van Dam and Erin Attwell just missed the podium at their home-nation UCI event Saturday but in doing so proved they will be within striking distance of the Olympic podium this summer in Paris.

The Canadian foursome was edged by France in the bronze-medal final. Great Britain beat Italy in the gold-medal final. The event featured the top teams in the world, so the Canadians know they will at least be in the conversation when it comes to potential Olympic medallists. Van Dam and Attwell, both Pan Am medallists, are the latest home-grown internationals out of the aging but enduring 1994 Commonwealth Games velodrome in Colwood, which has previously produced 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist Gillian Carleton, 2020 Tokyo Olympian and 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Jay Lamoureux and 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games gold medallist Evan Carey.

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