Canadian women win bronze medal in cycling team pursuit
RIO DE JANEIRO — Canada defeated New Zealand on Saturday to win a bronze medal in the women’s track cycling team pursuit event at the Rio Olympics.
Montreal’s Kirsti Lay, Calgary’s Allison Beveridge, Georgia Simmerling of West Vancouver, B.C., and Jasmin Glaesser of Vancouver finished in four minutes 14.627 seconds.
New Zealand settled for fourth place after finishing nearly four seconds behind in 4:18.459.
The Canadians led by over a half-second at the 1,000-metre mark of the 4K race at the Rio Olympic Velodrome. They really pulled away over the last few laps as the opposition faded.