New Zealand missed a medal at the world track cycling champs in Melbourne by just .318s tonight.
The women's pursuit team of Lauren Ellis, Jaime Nielsen and Alison Shanks finished in 3m 19.847, an improvement on their qualifying time but not quite good enough to pip Canada for bronze.
After a sluggish performance at the Olympic test event at London recently, this was at least a return to form.
"The qualifying ride was the second-fastest we'd ever done and tonight's ride was exactly the same time as our personal best, so while we didn't get a podium, there is improvements there from four or five weeks ago," coach Dayle Cheatley said.
"We've leap-frogged our way back into contenders again."
