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Canada had a case of friendly fire on Saturday at the Izu Velodrome with world record-holder Kelsey Mitchell advancing to race for a medal after defeating fellow Canadian Lauriane Genest in their women's track sprint quarter-final.

Canadian track cyclist Lauriane Genest bolted to bronze in the women's keirin at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday.

Canada's women's track cycling team pursuit squad fell just shy of a third consecutive bronze medal, falling to the U.S. on Tuesday at the Izu Velodrome.

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.