The Canadian men’s team pursuit squad was unable to reveal its true potential at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, yesterday.

The team – comprised of Yukon-born cyclist Zach Bell, Remi Pelletier-Roy, Ed Veal and Aidan Caves – made it to the final bronze-medal round, before losing to New Zealand to finish fourth.

Competition did not go the way the team had hoped, Bell stated in a post on his Facebook page.

“We didn’t get to ride our team to its full potential,” the 31-year-old said. “Early errors left us shorthanded for most of the qualification and in the bronze final, we were just outclassed by a world-class team and couldn’t post a time.”

While there is plenty more competition yet to come in Scotland, Bell said the first event may have been a missed opportunity.

“Just (too) bad these guys never got to show their stuff in this event we have worked so hard on,” he stated.

The team pursuit squad was Canada’s first in many years, and Bell said he felt privileged to be the “experienced voice” in the group.

The two-time Olympian will also compete in the men’s 20-kilometre scratch race, the men’s individual time trial, and men’s road race during the Games.

Bell isn’t the only Yukoner competing in Scotland.

Brittanee Laverdure, a 32-year-old wrestler who grew up in Watson Lake, is also a member of Team Canada.

She will compete in the women’s freestyle 55-kilogram event.

Laverdure, who works in Calgary as a lawyer and competes with the Dinos Wrestling Club, reportedly has her eyes set on a position with the Canadian Olympic team in Rio de Janeiro 2016.

“I’m only wrestling because I want to compete in the Olympics,” Laverdure told the Calgary Herald earlier this week.

Laverdure has twice before served as first alternate to Olympic team member Tonya Verbeek of Beamsville, Ont. – in 2008 and 2012.

Former Yukon Olympic weightlifter Jeane Lassen is also in Scotland, working as a commentator.

The Commonwealth Games will run until August 3.