Stephanie Roorda claimed her first individual medal at a track World Championships Thursday when she finished third in the women's scratch race behind Laura Trott (Great Britain) and Kirsten Wild (Netherlands).
The 29-year-old from Calgary had previously medaled in the World Championships last year when she earned a bronze in the team pursuit, and she said Thursday that her scratch race performance was a good indicator that the Canadian pursuiters have been putting in the hard work to vie for the win the week in London.
"It feels great, Roorda said in the infield at the Lee Valley Velodrome in London. “I think it's a testament to the work we do as team pursuit riders. We're really fit and then we can perform in other events as well. I'm really, really happy to perform in an individual event and prove that in team pursuit we're doing the right stuff."
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Roorda and her teammates will have the chance to prove their stuff again on Friday when they take on the US in the team pursuit finals after setting the second-fastest qualifying time.
The Canadian line-up of Allison Beveridge, Jasmin Galesser, Kirsti Lay and Georgia Simmerling came in four seconds slower than the Americans, just beating out New Zealand and Australia.
"We're going for a gold medal, we have good hopes for that," Roorda said in response to a question about what the Canadian pursuit team can achieve. "(The qualifying ride) was good. We can make some improvements, and that's what we're going to bring to tomorrow."
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