Great Britain's female sprint team must produce a special performance at the World Track Championships in London if they are to qualify for the Olympic Games in Rio.
Jess Varnish, Becky James and Katy Marchant risk missing out on a team spot after a series of team changes and injuries. Unless they finish two positions ahead of France at the World Championships then only one of them will be selected for the Olympics as part of the individual sprint races.
"In team sprint we have it all to play for," Varnish told Cyclingnews and other selected media at a press event last week in Manchester.
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"We had a messy run up in qualification through no fault of our own as athletes, mainly through peoples' decisions above us. Obviously things haven't gone perfectly when we've gone out in different teams. They've tried different combinations and I can see why they've done that."
Varnish and Marchant finished second in the final round of the World Cup in Hong Kong back in January, a result that resurrected the team's chances of Olympic selection. But with injuries to Becky James in recent times, the team has struggled. James is now back and racing once more, providing the team with further experience.
Surprisingly the team admitted that they did not know what the qualification criteria was for the Games ahead of the World Championships – although the details can be found on the British Cycling website. Varnish, the most experienced of the trio, added that their focus was purely on execution rather than points tallies.
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