Anna Meares returns to international track competition

Anna Meares back on the track in front of the Manchester crowd

Anna Meares, Track World Cup, Manchester 2013, day two

Anna Meares may have left the Manchester world cup without a medal, but the fact the nine-time world champion was back competing at an international level will not have escaped the notice of her rivals.

Meares, the current Olympic sprint champion has nine world titles to her name and is likely to win more in the current Olympic cycle. "You're stuck with me for another three years at least," she joked with the press after losing the bronze medal sprint final with Becky James.

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Simon Richardson
Magazine editor

Editor of Cycling Weekly magazine, Simon has been working at the title since 2001. He fell in love with cycling 1989 when watching the Tour de France on Channel 4, started racing in 1995 and in 2000 he spent one season racing in Belgium. During his time at CW (and Cycle Sport magazine) he has written product reviews, fitness features, pro interviews, race coverage and news. He has covered the Tour de France more times than he can remember along with two Olympic Games and many other international and UK domestic races. He became the 130-year-old magazine's 13th editor in 2015.