{"id":929523,"date":"2026-10-15T21:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T21:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/929523\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T21:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T21:56:11","slug":"megan-jastrab-earns-bronze-in-womens-elimination-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/929523\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Jastrab Earns Bronze in Women\u2019s Elimination Race\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Graeme Frislie finished 8th in Men\u2019s Elimination Race on the second day of Track Worlds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in;\">Day two of the 2026 UCI Track World Championships brought the Women\u2019s Elimination, Men\u2019s Scratch, and Women\u2019s Sprint tournament, with the highlight coming from Megan Jastrab, who rode to a hard-earned bronze in the Elimination race.<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s Elimination\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in;\">Twenty-three riders lined up for the Women\u2019s Elimination race, with Megan Jastrab (Apple Valley, Calif.; UAE Team ADQ) representing the United States. Jastrab rode a near-flawless race, staying active at the front without burning too much energy ahead of the closing laps. The finish came down to razor-thin margins and a photo at the line, and Jastrab scored the bronze medal. It marks her first individual Elite Track World Championship medal, adding to a resume that already includes several junior medals and world titles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in;\">Results:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in;\">1. Lotte Kopecky (BEL)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in;\">2. Yumi Kajihara (JPN)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in;\">3. Megan Jastrab\u00a0(USA)<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s Scratch\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in;\">Graeme Frislie\u00a0(Paradise, Au.;\u202fCCACHE x Bodywrap)\u00a0lined up for Team USA in the Men\u2019s Scratch Race, facing 22 other riders. He rode a strong, tactical race to finish 8th in a highly contested field.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in;\">Results:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in;\">1. Matthew Bostock (GBR)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in;\">2. Tom Sexton (NZL)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in;\">3. Lindsey de Vylder (BEL)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in;\">8. Graeme Frislie (USA)<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s Sprint<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in;\">McKenna McKee (Vancouver, Wash.)\u00a0opened the sprint tournament in Shanghai with a run at the flying 200m qualifier. With 28 riders advancing, McKee rode a strong effort but missed the cut, finishing 34th. She was just 0.161 seconds shy of the final qualifying time and 0.961 off the fastest qualifier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Graeme Frislie finished 8th in Men\u2019s Elimination Race on the second day of Track Worlds. Day two of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":929524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,3170,3171,3176,3178,3174,3181,1650,3180,3183,3187,784,3182,3175,3188,3172,3189,3177,3186,3190,3179,3173,822,3184,85,3185,3192,3191],"class_list":["post-929523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bicycle","tag-bike","tag-bike-event","tag-bike-mechanic","tag-bike-race","tag-coach","tag-coaches","tag-commissaire","tag-criterium","tag-cross-country","tag-cycling","tag-cycling-coach","tag-cycling-event","tag-downhill","tag-events","tag-gravity","tag-mechanic","tag-mountain-bike","tag-national-championship","tag-official","tag-race","tag-racing","tag-road-race","tag-sports","tag-time-trial","tag-us-cycling","tag-usac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=929523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/929524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=929523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=929523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}