Canadian Olympic champion Kelsey Mitchell is hungry for more. The track cyclist from Sherwood Park, Alta., won gold in her Olympic debut last summer in Tokyo, and she is set to make her Commonwealth Games debut on Friday while headlining an exciting 18-member Canadian cycling team poised for success in England.
For Mitchell, competing at the Commonwealth Games is both a full circle moment and another milestone on her meteoric rise that began just four years ago.
Mitchell's rapid rise to the top culminated in Olympic gold — something most athletes spend their entire careers trying to accomplish.
Despite already achieving so much so quickly, she says her motivation is as strong as ever as she turns the page to a new chapter in her career. "The hunger is still there.