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Fourteen months after having her Olympic ski cross hopes quashed following a crash, Canada’s Georgia Simmerling is preparing for top-level racing again at this week’s track cycling world championships in Poland.

Canada has picked up its first two medals at the UCI World Cup event in Milton, Ont. Hugo Barrette captured silver in the men's keirin final, while Allison Beveridge and Stephanie Roorda picked up a bronze in the women's madison.

German track cyclist Kristina Vogel is paralyzed because of the back injuries she sustained after crashing in training in June.

Canada's Hugo Barrette raced to gold in the men's sprint at the Pan American track championships in Aguascalientes, Mexico on Sunday.

Canada’s Jasmin Duehring captured bronze Sunday in the women's points race at the UCI track cycling world championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

Canada's Allison Beveridge, Ariane Bonhomme, Annie Foreman-Mackey and Steph Roorda will get a chance at a gold or silver medal in women's team pursuit at the track cycling world championships should they finish inside the top four in the next round of competition.

Canadian Hugo Barrette had no cycling experience but he knew he loved it and felt free whenever he was on his bike. It's was all the convincing Barrette needed to leave his Quebec home and pursue the sport.

Watch live as the country's top track cyclists compete at the 2017 Canadian Track Cycling Championships on Saturday beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET.

Tegan Cochrane has a promising hockey career until two torn ACLs ruined her Olympic hopes. Devastated but not deterred, Cochrane has found a new sport but the same dream as the world of cycling has opened up more possibilities.