A little over a month after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer, Matthew Glatzer won the bronze medal in the men's keirin at the UCI Track World Cup in Cambridge, New Zealand. The Australian underwent surgery to remove the cancer in November and has since said he will continue with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as his goal.

Glatzer missed the first three rounds of the track World Cup in Minsk, Glasgow, and Hong Kong, but had a strong showing in the Cambridge Keirin and will compete in the Brisbane World Cup next week.

On Saturday, Glatzer won the first and second motos in the Keirin, taking bronze in the final behind Azizul Awan (Malaysia) and Shane Perkins (Gazprom Rusvelo). Based on this situation, Glatzer described it as the best third place of his career.

"It's pretty surreal, to be honest. It's the best third place finish of my career," Glatzer said.

"I took it one day at a time and didn't let anything get in my way.

Gretzer was diagnosed with cancer last month. He felt pain in his neck in October and initially thought he had injured his neck during strength training. Further tests revealed that he had thyroid cancer, and he underwent surgery last month to remove the cancer.

"I am thankful that the type of cancer I have is treatable," Gretzer said at the time.

Gretzer will now compete in next week's Brisbane World Cup before undergoing radiation therapy.

"That way we will be able to see what exactly is wrong and how much treatment is needed from there," Glatzer said Saturday in Cambridge.

Glatzer won gold medals in the individual sprint at the 2018 Track World Championships in Apeldoorn and the team sprint in Melbourne in 2012; at the 2016 Rio Olympics, he finished fourth in both the individual and team sprints.