Silver at Worlds
29 March 2011
Silver for Alison Shanks at the World Track Championships
New Zealand and team Avanti cyclist Alison Shanks came within a blink of regaining her rainbow jersey on the third night of finals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in The Netherlands today.
Shanks led world record holder Sarah Hammer (USA) for all but the final lap of their 3000m individual pursuit final before the American unleashed a blinding finish to pip Ali by 29/100th of a second in the gold medal ride at the Apeldoorn Velodrome.
While it was a bitter blow for the 2009 world champion, Shanks was pleased with her performance in a well judged ride.
"When you get as close as that it's pretty gutting. So the first reaction is pure disappointment but I think also I have to be very happy with the ride I executed. Sarah was the better rider today'. said Alison Shanks.
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