January 17, 2010 (Los Angeles, CA) – The Canadian Track Team has one more training session in LA before heading to China for the World Cup and the focus is becoming more intense from all the athletes. Laura Brown thinks “it is great to see everyone on form and having fun. We have done some quality team pursuit training these past three days and are looking forward to racing fast in China and winning medals, too.”

The sprinters have been looking strong too. Allan Leparskas, a member of the Canadian Junior Worlds Team last year, is learning a lot from training with the more experienced sprinters at the track. “I think it is very important to be training with guys that are smarter and faster than me, so I consider myself lucky to be the young one. Training with guys that are faster is key because it makes you constantly push yourself over your limit.”

The start list for the events in Beijing will be named closer to the start of the races. The team is looking to improve on the gold medal and two silver medals that they brought home from the last World Cup.