A team of 13 has earned selection to represent Australia at the 2025 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro from October 16 to 19.\u202f\u00a0
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Paralympic time trial gold medallist Korey Boddington 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.\u202f\u00a0
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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.\u202f\u00a0
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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. \u202f\u00a0
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Paris Paralympic pursuit gold medallist 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.\u202f\u00a0
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In the tandem class, perennial medal threat Jess Gallagher will be joined by her new pilot, Jacqui Mengler-Mohr.\u202fThe pair delivered early signs of podium-level speed at the 2025 AusCycling Track National Championships in March.\u202f\u00a0
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Paris 2024 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. \u202f\u00a0
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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.\u202f\u00a0
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Tara Neyland will make her maiden appearance at a Para-cycling track worlds, earning selection a month after being elevated to the 2025 Road World Championships team.\u202f\u00a0
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Neyland was a revelation at TrackNats, winning women\u2019s C4 national championships in the scratch race and 1000m time trial and setting a new national record in the process. She looms as an exciting prospect in Rio.\u202f\u00a0
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Tahlia Clayton-Goodie is fast becoming a mainstay of the Australian Cycling Team. She will compete in C1 for the first time at a Para-cycling track worlds after a reclassification earlier this year.\u202f\u00a0
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Rounding out the squad is 2023 C5 scratch race world champion Alana Forster; fellow 2023 medallist Erin Rowell; and Tokyo 2020 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.\u202f\u00a0
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AusCycling\u2019s Head Coach of Para-cycling, Sheila Galloway, said she was incredibly proud of the selected team.\u202f\u00a0
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\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.\u202f\u00a0
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\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\u202f\u00a0
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Australian Team\u202ffor the 2025 Para-Cycling Track World Championships\u00a0<\/p>\n
Women\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tahlia Clayton-Goodie \u2013 C1\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alana Forster \u2013 C5\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jess Gallagher and Jacqui Mengler-Mohr (pilot) \u2013 B\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Emily Petricola \u2013 C4\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Men\u00a0<\/p>\n
Korey Boddington \u2013 C4\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kane Perris and Luke Zaccaria (pilot) \u2013 B\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Michael Shippley \u2013 C4\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
By AusCycling.<\/p>\n
Published 19 August, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A team of 13 has earned selection to represent Australia at the 2025 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-80600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}