Track cyclist Maggie Coles-Lyster’s bid for one last Olympic medal for Canada fell short on Sunday.
Coles-Lyster, from Maple Ridge, B.C., dropped to ninth in the women’s omnium after she sat third entering the event-ending points race.
American Jennifer Valente defended her Olympic crown with 141 points, Daria Pikulik of Poland won silver with 131 points while New Zealand’s Ally Wollaston took bronze with 125 points
The 25-year-old Coles-Lyster finished with 101 points. She was second in the scratch race, 10th in the tempo race, third in the elimination race and 16th in the points race.
Coles-Lyster told CBC Olympics she was on “cloud 9” after the first three races.
“I just didn’t quite have the legs to go with the laps I needed to take (in the points race) to stay in contention for a medal,” she said, adding she plans to push for Los Angeles 2028.
Coles-Lyster was the last Canadian athlete to compete at the Olympics. Canada finishes with a non-boycotted Summer Games record of 27 medals.
The scratch race is a 10-km race, the tempo race sees riders awarded a point each time they lead a lap of the 30-lap battle, while the sprint race sees the last rider to cross the line every two laps eliminated.
The 25-km points race sees a sprint held every 10 laps with five, three, two and one points awarded to the top four finishers. Any rider managing to lap the entire field also gets an additional 20 points.
Coles-Lyster was fourth in the omnium at the 2022 world championships before slipping to 15th in 2023.
The Canadian track cycling team struggled in Paris, with CBC Olympics reporting that illness affected the squad.