{"id":34049,"date":"2024-01-11T17:43:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T22:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=34049"},"modified":"2024-01-11T17:43:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T22:43:33","slug":"paolina-allan-wins-canadian-2km-individual-pursuit-master-track-cycling-championship-in-milton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/paolina-allan-wins-canadian-2km-individual-pursuit-master-track-cycling-championship-in-milton\/","title":{"rendered":"Paolina Allan wins Canadian 2KM Individual Pursuit Master Track Cycling Championship in Milton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aurora\u2019s Paolina Allan won the Women\u2019s Canadian 2 KM Individual Pursuit Master Track Cycling Championship at the Milton Velodrome on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to broadcaster Steve Fleck, \u201cPaolina broke the existing Canadian record.&nbsp; This was her first legit race on the track.&nbsp; She placed on the podium in a couple of other races, but the focus was the Individual Pursuit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Allan, an outstanding triathlete who was inducted into the Aurora Sports Hall of Fame in 2018, was \u201cinspired to begin track racing when I was in Scotland last year at the international road racing championships.&nbsp; Track racing is a small segment of the sport of cycling, but I\u2019m 54 and wanted to try something new.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inspirational triathlete was surprised by her first-place performance at the Velodrome which features state of the art facilities for competitive cycling and aspiring Olympians: \u201cThis one was a total shock and that\u2019s what makes this podium placement so sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hall of Fame road racer\u2014who won the title on January 6&#8211; acknowledged that she was only \u201ccertified for track racing on December 11\u201d and attended courses on track safety that came in handy on the daunting 45-degree race course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat also makes the sport so challenging is there are no brakes on the bike.&nbsp; You really have to learn to ride properly.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked about her racing plans for 2024, the fearless competitor noted that she is preparing for \u201ctime trials to qualify for races at the provincials. I\u2019d like to shave two seconds off my best time. I\u2019ll be competing in Milton on March 1-3.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Jim Stewart<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F34049&#038;t=Paolina%20Allan%20wins%20Canadian%202KM%20Individual%20Pursuit%20Master%20Track%20Cycling%20Championship%20in%20Milton&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F34049&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F01%2F2024-01-11-03.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Paolina%20Allan%20wins%20Canadian%202KM%20Individual%20Pursuit%20Master%20Track%20Cycling%20Championship%20in%20Milton\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F34049&#038;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Paolina%20Allan%20wins%20Canadian%202KM%20Individual%20Pursuit%20Master%20Track%20Cycling%20Championship%20in%20Milton&#038;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F34049\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aurora\u2019s Paolina Allan won the Women\u2019s Canadian 2 KM Individual Pursuit Master Track Cycling Championship at the Milton Velodrome on Saturday. According to broadcaster Steve Fleck, \u201cPaolina broke the existing Canadian record.&nbsp; This was her first legit race on the track.&nbsp; She placed on the podium in a couple of other races, but the focus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-11-03.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-8Rb","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 20:03:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}