August 26/22 19:31 pm - Carson Mattern Wins Second Rainbow Jersey at Junior Worlds

Posted by Editoress on 08/26/22
 

Just one day after claiming gold in the men's Individual Pursuit, Canada's Carson Mattern has claimed his second rainbow jersey of the 2022 Junior Track World Championships in the men's Omnium, in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Photo: Avery Gervais

"It's really surreal right now, and hard to believe," said Mattern after his back-to-back days on the podium. "I just went into today thinking I wanted to do the best I can. Then, pretty quickly I realized that I was feeling good and knew I was in contention, so I knew I had to race the Points Race hard. There were a few moments where I thought, 'maybe this isn't going to work' but then the cards just fell in my favour."

After the four events, it was clear Mattern would take the win over Dominik Ratajczak (Poland) and Tobias Muller (Germany). The Junior adds to his existing World Titles - the 2021 Men's Scratch Race in Cairo, Egypt, as well as the 2022 title in the men's Individual Pursuit [yesterday].

Other notable mentions after four days of racing are the men's Team Pursuit squad who opened Day 1 in fifth spot and women's Team Pursuit squad ending in eighth place before Charles Bergeron finished ninth on Day 2 in the men's Scratch. On Day 3, Carson Mattern earned his title in the Individual Pursuit before claiming his second title in the Omnium on Day 4, and Kiara Lylyk capped off the day in seventh place in the women's Points Race.

With one more day to go Canadians will look to finish up what has been a successful week with the men racing the Elimination, Madison and Kilo events, while the women take on the Madison.