Canada enjoyed success at the Pan American Track Cycling Championships ©Cycling Canada

Canada enjoyed multiple successes at the 2016 Pan American Track Cycling Championships, with their women’s team pursuit squad delivering an impressive display.

The team claimed a bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but Jasmin Glaesser was the only member of the squad present in Aguascalientes, with development riders Ariane Bonhomme, Kinley Gibson and Jamie Gilgen also competing.

Despite the changes, the quartet were able to secure gold by finishing the final in a time of 4min 21.741sec, to finish nine seconds ahead of the host nation Mexico.

Bronze was claimed by Chile, with their team of Javiera Reyes, Constanza Paredes, Carolina Oyarzo and Paola Muñoz producing a solid display.

Canada’s Glaesser would add to her personal medal tally by winning the women’s points race, finishing with a total of 37 points.

Arlenis Sierra of Cuba won silver on 26, while Glaesser’s team-mate Bonhomme took the bronze medal having finished with 24 points.

Glaesser was unable to make it a hat-trick of gold medals, after finishing third in the women’s individual pursuit in a time of 3:30.942.

The United States’ Kelly Catlin would finish top of the podium in a time of 2:54.017, with Cuba’s Marlies Mejías ending as the silver medallist.

Colombia's Santiago Ramírez won the men's kilometre time trial, along with the team sprint ©Getty Images
Colombia's Santiago Ramírez won the men's kilometre time trial, along with the team sprint ©Getty Images

A final Canadian gold medal was earned by Aiden Caves, who triumphed in the men’s omnium by securing a total of 246 points across the six disciplines.

He was trailed by Julio Padilla of Guatemala, who ended on 228 points, while American Zak Kovalcik ended a further 20 points down in third.

Colombia were one of the stronger forces in the men’s events, with their team pursuit squad finishing four seconds quicker than Canada to win gold in a time of 3:55.362.

The bronze was earned by Chile after they finished in 3:59.154, two seconds faster than Argentina.

There was also team sprint gold for Colombia with their time of 42.772 proving enough to beat Argentina, while Canada won the ride off for bronze.

Santiago Ramírez, a member of the victorious Colombian team, also won the men’s kilo time trial by producing a blistering effort of 59.135.

His team-mate Diego Peña and Canada’s Stefan Ritter completed the podium by finishing in times of 1:00.303 and 1:00.578 respectively.