Cooke aims to recover for Commonwealth Games

British rider Nicole Cooke says the broken collarbone she sustained at the Manchester round of the track World Cup on Friday shouldn't prevent her from defending her Commonwealth Games title in Melbourne, Australia in March.

"I'm still very sore and tender around the collarbone, so that's going to take quite a while to heal," Cooke told the BBC. "But I'm sure I will be able to get to Melbourne - it's not ideal but if there is a right time to have an accident like this I suppose this was it."

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