CANADA AND MEXICO ARE THE FASTEST TEAMS IN TRACK CYCLING

The sprints reached 60 kilometers per hour during the sprint at the Peñalolén velodrome.

More than 20 countries had to test their coordination, their strategy and, above all, their resistance by deploying all their efforts. sprint needed to chase gold and rankings en route to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

This Tuesday, track cycling began at the Peñalolén Velodrome, where Canada and Mexico were crowned the fastest teams in the team speed competition, which consists of how three riders manage to complete three laps as quickly as possible .

In the final for gold, the Canadians beat the Colombians with a time of 43.396 with a time of 43.421.

“This competition is definitely the most special and biggest we have ever hosted,” said Tyler Rorke, a member of the winning team, who competed alongside James Hedgcock and Nicholas John.

The promising Colombian team composed of Carlos Echeverri, Kevin Quintero, current world champion in track cycling after his victory in Glasgow, and Rubén Murillo failed to win the gold medal.

“The truth is we did a great job. Only the inconvenience of the gold medal, but God’s things are perfect anyway so nothing. The level is very high, we worked too hard to do what we did today and we know we can do better,” Murillo explained.

Canada led the standings with a time of 43.829 seconds, moving past teams from Colombia (43.950), Mexico (44.569) and the United States (44.636). In this way, the first two aimed for gold and the third and fourth for bronze.

In the same women’s event, Mexico managed to win gold against the Americans and Canadians.

The Mexican team consisted of Luz Gaxiola, Jessica Salazar and Yuli Verdugo and defeated the United States team, consisting of Keely Ainslie, Kayla Hankins and Mandy Marquardt.

“This silver medal represents all the efforts of the team and to be able to win in the United States is an indescribable feeling for us,” Marquardt said.

Written by Fernanda Castillo and Francisco Fouilloux