BOLTON cyclist Chris Latham has been named in the Great Britain squad for the UCI Track Cycling World Cup series in Poland next month.

The former Withins High School pupil from Breightmet has gradually been making a name for himself at the top level for the last few years.

His call-up to the national squad was not unexpected as he continues to establish himself among the elite of British cyclist and targets his first Olympic Games in Tokyo in three years' time.

The 23-year-old will compete in the men's endurance competition in Poland where he will be part of a squad including four Olympic medallists.

Olympic champions Phil Hindes, Callum Skinner and Elinor Barker are joined by Rio bronze medallist Katy Marchant as part of the 17-strong team which will head to Pruszkow for the three-day event which starts on November 3.

British Cycling's head coach Iain Dyer said: "The track cycling season has started in earnest now and there's a real atmosphere of excitement in track centre as all the squads have returned to full-time track training.

"A team of 18 riders are set to travel to Berlin for the European Championships next week and, from there, our focus turns to the World Cup series.

"We are sending a big team to Poland, with the aim of scoring as many qualification points as early as possible for the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in February.

"Thanks to British Cycling's 100 per cent me team, we are able to enter additional British riders in this event to help fulfil this aim. This is a tactic we will be looking to replicate in future World Cups, with both 100%ME and Team Breeze for our female endurance riders set to provide more racing opportunities for the squad."