Olympic champion Kelsey Mitchell takes silver in women's sprint at Nations Cup

Canada's Kelsey Mitchell settled for a silver medal in the women's sprint competition at the Tissot UCI Track Nations Cup on Friday night.

Hinze had an edge of 0.019 seconds in the opener and clinched the win in a photo finish, beating the Canadian by just 0.008 seconds.

Canada's Lauriane Genest missed the podium after dropping both rounds of the third-place race to Colombia's Pineda Bayona.

Genest, from Levis, Que., and Mitchell won bronze in the team sprint on Thursday with Sarah Orban of Calgary and Jackie Boyle of Toronto.

Competition continues through Sunday.

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