July 11, 2013 (Aguascalientes, Mexico) – Canada scored another gold medal on Day 4 in the Women’s Team Pursuit as Kinley Gibson, Ariane Bonhomme, Sarah Mason and Kristen Sears charged to victory in the final over Mexico with Colombia taking home the bronze.

The Canadian women’s team qualified second behind Mexico and in an interview earlier today Gibson told Pedal, “We knew that Mexico and Colombia were strong but we came out and did our own thing. We were confident but not overly – we knew what we needed to do and qualified second, and feel pretty good going into the gold medal round.” Good indeed…

Post race Gibson had this to say, “We went into the final confident that we could do well, but also aware that it was going to be a very tough ride. From the gun it was very tight. Mexico was up on us initally, and then Kristen Sears did a wicked fast 2-1/2 lap pull that brought us back up to them. From there the three of us left (Ariane, Sarah and I) absolutely poured it on. It was an awesome team effort from everyone involved, and getting to stand on the top step of the podium was a great end to the week!”

The men didn’t fare as well missing out on the final as they qualified 5th with Colombia, Mexico and Argentina posting the fastest qualification times. In the final it was Colombia taking gold over Mexico with Argentina besting Chile for the bronze.

In the men’s Sprint Canada’s Guillaume Roussell finished 8th while Jeremie Lacasse was 11th. Kristen Sears was 9th in the women’s Sprint while Ariane Bonhomme was 9th in the Women’s Points Race followed by Sarah Mason in 11th. Unfortunately Mason suffered a broken collarbone following an accident during the Points race.

Results (brief)

Women’s Team Pursuit

Qualifications

1. Mexico
2. Canada (Kinley Gibson, Ariane Bonhomme, Sarah Mason, Kristen Sears)
3. Colombia
4. Chile

Final for Gold
1. Canada (Kinley Gibson, Ariane Bonhomme, Sarah Mason, Kristen Sears)    4:42.402
2. Mexico    4:43.889

Final for Bronze
3. Colombia    4:42.067
4. Chile   4:50.796

Men’s Team Pursuit

Qualifications

1. Colombia    4:12.712
2. Mexico    4:18.649
3. Argentina    4:20.636
4. Chile    4:22.447
5. Canada (Eric Johnstone, Marc-Antoine Noel, Martin Rupes, Simon Fothergill) 4:29.610

Final for Gold
1. Colombia    4:09.682
2. Mexoco 4:16.950

Final for Bronze
3. Argentina 4:17.585
4. Chile    4:27.693

Men’s Sprint
1. Juan David Gutierrez (Colombia)
2. Roberts Justin (Trinidad & Tobago)
3. Aldo Augusto Ortega (Mexico)

8. Guillaume Roussell (Canada)
11. Jeremie Lacasse (Canada)

Women’s Sprint
1. July Verdugo (Mexico)
2. Martha Bayona (Colombia)
3. Brenda Gomez (Argentina)

9. Kristen Sears (Canada)

Women’s Points Race
1. Jessica Marcela Parra (Colombia) 39 pts
2. Lina Maria Duenas (Colombia) 17
3. Aranza Villalon (Chile) 13

9. Ariane Bonhomme (Canada) 3
11. Sarah Mason (Canada) 1