1994 Commonwealth Games velodrome in Colwood keeps churning out national and international cyclists
It is outdoors and concrete and from another era. Yet, three decades on, the thanks to the Greater Victoria Velodrome Association.
They would follow in the pedal straps of Tokyo Olympics track cyclist and 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Jay Lamoureux, 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist Gillian Carleton and 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games gold medallist Evan Carey, all products of the Colwood facility in Colwood.
“The velodrome has been a big part of the development of all these track cyclists from the Island. That’s where they got their starts,” said Tripleshot head coach Lister Farrar, whose success also extends to the road with current European pro cyclists such as Van Dam and Commonwealth Games veteran Riley Pickrell out of Tripleshot.
The latter, which is hosting the national junior championships, replaced an old concrete outdoor track that was much like the one in Colwood. The $22-million Quebec facility, built on the 1996 Olympic velodrome structure bought and moved from Atlanta, opened in 2022 and is multi-sport with an adjacent indoor pump track and attached gymnasium for court sports.
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