Mia Griffin and Alice Sharpe pulled out a standout result at the end of the UCI Track Nations Cup in Milton, Canada, on Sunday, taking the bronze medal in the women’s Madison competition.
The duo raced strongly throughout the event and clocked up 29 points, putting them on the podium with winners Elisa Balsamo and Chiara Consonni of Italy and runners-up Alexandra Manly and Chloe Moran of Australia.
Balsamo is the current world road race champion while Consonni is a multiple junior and under 23 gold medallist at the track world championships and European track championships.
The results follows on from Sharpe and Emily Kay’s seventh place in the Madison in last month’s Nations Cup in Glasgow. They had crashed in the event but recovered to take that placing.
Sunday’s bronze medal sees Ireland jum …
- May 16, 2022
