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Australian team for Para-cycling Track World Championships

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Published on Wednesday, 09 February 2011 15:13

Written by Luca Salvatelli

World record holders Sue Powell and Greg Ball will spearhead the Australian team at next month's Para-cycling Track World Championships being staged in Montichiari, Italy from 11 to 13 March.

Powell, who was the 2009 road time trial world champion, will make her World Championship track debut and heads to Italy in the wake of her ride at last week's national championships where she broke her own world record in the C4 women's 3km pursuit.

Two time Paralympic gold medallist Ball has his sights set on qualification for a fourth summer Paralympic Games team and has signalled he's well on his way to achieving that goal. Last week the 1998 and 2002 World Champion rolled back into the record books with a world record ride in the C1 men's kilometre time trial at the nationals in Sydney.

Victorian Michael Gallagher will head to Italy as the 2009 pursuit World Champion in what was the LC1 class and will be keen to stamp his name in the C1 honour roll. This will be the first track World Championships staged since the UCI last year changed the classification system for Para-cycling.

Meantime Kieran Modra, 38, is hoping to line up in his seventh Paralympic Games. He represented Australia in the athletics at the 1988 Games, swimming and athletics at the 1992 Games and cycling at the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Games. He has won four Paralympic cycling gold medals.

The team for the 2011 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships is listed below.

* Alexandra Green (C4/C3 review) (Balgowlah Heights, NSW 02.07.1987)

* Felicity Johnson (WB) (Melrose Park, SA 30.05.1971)

* Kerry Knowler (Pilot for O'Connor) (Phillip, ACT 26.08.1967)

* Stephanie Morton (Pilot for Johnson) (Moana Heights, SA 28.11.1990)

* Brandie O'Connor (BW) (Phillip, ACT 24.12.1973)

* Jayme Paris (C1) (Plumpton, NSW 27.04.1989)

* Susan Powell (C4) (Melba, ACT 30.05.1967)

* Greg Ball (C1) (Collingwood Park, VIC 29.05.1974)

* Sean Finning (Pilot for Lindores) (Castlemaine, VIC 22.01.1985)

* Michael Gallagher (C5) (Sydenham, VIC 14.12.1978)

* Bryce Lindores (BM) (Nobby Beach, QLD - 12.09.1986)

* Kieran Modra (BM) (Hallett Cove, SA 27.03.1972)

* Scott McPhee (Pilot for Modra) (Wayville, SA 02.01.1992)

* Andrew Panazzolo (C2) (Kidman Park, SA 23.01.1979)