Anna Meares Velodrome officially opened
Venue to host track racing at 2018 Gold ꦆCoast 🅷Commonwealth Games





168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Anna Meares, the most 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:decorated female track cyclist of all time, recently 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:announced her retirement from the sport after a 15-year career but was back on the bike as she opened the eponymous $59-million velodrome in the Brisbane suburb of Chandler thaꦅt will host the 2018 Commonwealth Games track events.
Meares had the honour 🐎of riding the fir🐽st laps of the new velodrome which has opened 12-months ahead of schedule and will seat 4,000 spectators.
"It's a beautiful track it's going to create a wonderful atmosphe൲re for the Comm𝓡onwealth Games 2018," Meares was reported as saying at the velodrome where she was also announced as an ambassador for the games.
"It's very exciting for me, my involvement's going to be all about encouraging Australia and all of A♌ustralians to come out. There's so much, not just sport, to be involved with."
During her career, Meares won 🦩five Commonwealth Games gold medals ๊between 2006 and 2014, and eight in total.
Among those in attendance a💯t the opening of the velodrome was&𒅌nbsp;Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, and Cycling Queensland chief executive Sean Muir.
"Anna has been to countless Olympics and Commonwealth Games, she's been a multi-world champion at Olympic Games and a Com💝monwealth Games cham꧂pion," Muir said of the the new track which he believes will be a "game changer" for the sport.
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"She is the greatest female track cyclist of all time and what better way to honour her in her retirement, by naming the first Queensland indoor velod🌊rome after her."
The firsᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚt competitive event to take pl𓄧ace at the velodrome will be the 2017 Australian track national championships in March.