{"id":78008,"date":"2025-08-18T05:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T05:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/78008\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T05:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T05:45:11","slug":"ara-australian-cycling-team-selected-for-2025-uci-para-cycling-track-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/78008\/","title":{"rendered":"ARA Australian Cycling Team selected for 2025 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

A team of 13 has earned selection to the ARA Australian Cycling Team for the 2025 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships<\/a> in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from October 16\u201319.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a major change to the program, this year’s World Championships introduces the sprint and elimination race and removes the individual pursuit for C- classified riders. B (tandem) riders will continue racing the individual pursuit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paralympic gold medallist Korey Boddington<\/a> is set for his second attempt at a world title, 18 months after winning silver in the men\u2019s C4 1000m time trial and bronze in the mixed C1-5 team sprint bronze.<\/p>\n

The introduction of individual sprint world titles is right in Boddington\u2019s wheelhouse. The 29-year-old set a new flying 200-metre world record in his category at the 2025 Oceania Track Championships in February.<\/p>\n

\"Korey<\/p>\n

Korey Boddington won kilo silver at the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships. (CBC)<\/p>\n

Boddington\u2019s team sprint teammates from 2024, Gordon Allan and Michael Shippley, are saddling up again in 2025 after both also winning individual medals last year<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

ARA Australian Cycling Team veteran Emily Petricola has her eyes firmly planted on more gold medals in the bunch races, having twice been a winner of the women\u2019s C4 scratch race title.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the tandem class, perennial medal threat Jess Gallagher will be joined by her new pilot, Jacqui Mengler-Mohr.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The pair delivered early signs of podium-level speed at the 2025 AusCycling Track National Championships<\/a> in March.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paralympians Kane Perris and pilot Luke Zaccaria will travel to Brazil full of motivation to factor in the men\u2019s tandem podium battles, specifically the 1000m time trial and sprint.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Jacqui<\/p>\n

Jacqui Mengler-Mohr, Jess Gallagher, Luke Zaccaria and Kane Perris racing in the mixed tandem team sprint at the 2025 Oceania Track Cycling Championships. (Mat Gilfedder)<\/p>\n

This quartet will have confidence in a genuine gold medal opportunity in the mixed tandem team sprint, reinforced by the blistering time they recorded at TrackNats.<\/p>\n

Victoria\u2019s Tara Neyland will make her maiden appearance at a Para-cycling Track Worlds, earning selection a month after\u00a0being elevated to the 2025 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships team<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Neyland was a revelation at TrackNats, winning women\u2019s C4 national championships in the scratch race and 1000m time trial, setting a new national record in the process. She looms as an exciting prospect in Rio.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tahlia Clayton-Goodie is fast becoming a mainstay of the ARA Australian Cycling Team. She will compete in C1 for the first time at a Para-cycling Track Worlds after a reclassification earlier this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rounding out the squad is 2023 C5 scratch race world champion Alana Forster; fellow 2023 medallist Erin Rowell; and Paralympic gold medallist Paige Greco, who will return to the international stage with excitement for the new event format, specifically the longer 1000m time trial and bunch races.<\/p>\n

\"Erin<\/p>\n

Erin Rowell powers out of the gate at the 2025 Oceania Track Cycling Championships. (Mat Gilfedder)<\/p>\n

AusCycling\u2019s Head Coach of Para-cycling, Sheila Galloway, said she is incredibly proud of the team selected for this year\u2019s Para-cycling Track World Championships.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt brings together Paralympic and world champions, world record holders and medallists, alongside athletes ready to make their mark across LA 2028 medal events including sprint, bunch and team races,\u201d Galloway said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI know each rider will take great pride in wearing the green and gold and showcasing the strength of Australian para-cycling on the world stage.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

ARA Australian Cycling Team \u2013 2025 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships\u00a0\u00a0Women\u00a0\u00a0Tahlia Clayton-Goodie \u2013 C1 (Geelong and Surf Coast Cycling Club\/VIC)\u00a0Alana Forster \u2013 C5 (Ballarat Sebastopol Cycling Club\/VIC)\u00a0Jess Gallagher (St Kilda Cycling Club\/VIC) and Jacqui Mengler-Mohr (Balmoral Cycling Club\/QLD) [pilot] \u2013 B\u00a0Paige Greco \u2013 C3 (Lifecycle Cycling Club\/QLD)\u00a0Tara Neyland \u2013 C4 (Brunswick Cycling Club\/VIC)\u00a0Emily Petricola \u2013 C4 (St Kilda Cycling Club\/VIC)\u00a0Erin Rowell \u2013 C4 (Geelong Cycling Club\/VIC)\u00a0Men\u00a0Gordon Allan \u2013 C2 (Parklife Cycling Club\/NSW)\u00a0Korey Boddington \u2013 C4 (University of Queensland Cycling Club\/QLD)\u00a0Kane Perris (Track Cycling WA\/WA) and Luke Zaccaria (Track Cycling WA\/WA) [pilot] \u2013\u00a0 B\u00a0Michael Shippley \u2013 C4 (Balmoral Cycling Club\/QLD)\u00a0<\/p>\n

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