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Jess Varnish looking to bounce back from Olympic disappointment in Glasgow

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Jess Varnish will continue her bid to move on from her Olympic disappointment at the Track World Cup in Glasgow this weekend.

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"The best thing I could've done was to get back and get racing," she added. "It was one of the hardest things to do, just to put it behind me, but going to Cali is the best thing I've done. I feel like I've come out of it quite well. "Hopefully I'll get to the next Olympics and it will be a different outcome." Varnish has a busy four-event schedule in Glasgow, including riding in the team sprint with Becky James and 500metres time-trial on tomorrow's opening day of competition. Having won bronze in Melbourne in April, the 500m is a target for February's Track Cycling World Championships in Minsk, while the individual sprint and keirin are Olympic disciplines Varnish could ride in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Now Pendleton has retired to grace different wooden boards, the floor of Strictly Come Dancing, Varnish is looking to expand her repertoire. "I put so much work into team sprint and into that one lap, so now I'm quite excited about being able to put more time into the individual events," she said. "I'm doing everything I possibly can. It's all about keeping my options at the moment."

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