Oct 16,2024
Ireland have a team of three heading to the UCI Track World Championships, which are due to start in Copenhagen on Thursday.
Paris Olympians Lara Gillespie and Mia Griffin will be joined by Lucy Bénézet Minns, who won the UEC European Track Championships Junior Points Race in July.
Gillespie and Griffin will link up in the Madison event, with Gillespie also competing in the Omnium and Points Race. Griffin, who won the 2024 Rás na mBan on the road, will be in reserve for the Omnium event, while Bénézet Minns will compete in the Individual Pursuit.
Lara Gillespie will be the first Irish representative on track in Denmark as she competes in the Elimination Race on Thursday.
She will again be in action on Saturday along with Mia Griffin in the Madison. Lucy Bénézet Minns will also be in action on Saturday, as she competes in the Individual Pursuit. Gillespie will round out this Championships on Sunday in the Points Race.
Team Ireland schedule (all times IST):
Thursday 17 October
Lara Gillespie - Elimination - 19:57
Friday 18 October
Lara Gillespie - Omnium Scratch - 14:38
Lara Gillespie - Omnium Tempo - 16:33
Lara Gillespie - Omnium Elimination - 19:34
Lara Gillespie - Omnium Points - 21:03
Saturday 19 October
Lucy Bénézet Minns- Individual Pursuit - 14:48
Lara Gillespie and Mia Griffin - Madison - 19:10
Sunday 20 October
Lara Gillespie - Points - 13:56
