Canada’s Kelsey Mitchell settled for a silver medal in the women’s sprint competition at the Tissot UCI Track Nations Cup on Friday night.
The Tokyo Olympic champ dropped both rounds in the final to Germany’s Emma Hinze — the reigning world champion — at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre.
Hinze had an edge of 0.019 seconds in the opener and clinched the win in a photo finish, beating the Canadian by just 0.008 seconds.
Canada’s Lauriane Genest missed the podium after dropping both rounds of the third-place race to Colombia’s Pineda Bayona.
Genest, from Levis, Que., and Mitchell won bronze in the team sprint on Thursday with Sarah Orban of Calgary and Jackie Boyle of Toronto.
The competition continues through Sunday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 13, 2022.
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