Panamerican Track Championships - CCMedellin, Colombia, August 20-24, 2001Track Schedule
Road Schedule
Day 1 - MorningBy Luis Enrique Barbosa V With the participation of 128 riders from 14 countries, the Pan-American Championships of Cycling began in Medellín, Colombia today on the track, and will finish next Sunday, August 26 with the road races. The most prominent countries at the championships are Chile with 24 athletes, Brazil and Mexico with 19, in addition to Costa Rica with 16. In the morning the qualifications for the first sprint events were held, starting with the women's 200m flying time trial. Venezuelan Daniela Larreal had the best time of 11.536 seconds setting a new Pan-American record for the distance, improving by 50 thousandths of a second, the mark that had been set in Bucaramanga the previous year. In second place was Cuban Yumari González and in third, Diana García (Colombia). In the men's qualification, the Canadian rider Steen Madsen set a new track record of 10.648 seconds, better than Australian Gary Neiwand's 10.740 in 1986. In second place was his compatriot Douglas Baron, and Barbados' Barry Forde had the third best time. In addition to the 200 metres, the qualification of the four finalists for the 4000 metre individual pursuit took place. The best times were set by the Argentinian riders Edgardo Simón with 4.37.478 and Guillermo Bruneta with 4.37.633. In the third place was Chilean Marco Arriagada with 4.37.841. After the opening ceremony of the Pan-American Championships of Cycling this afternoon, the racing will continue with the 1000 metre time trial, the first medal event of these championships. In addition, the women's 500 m time trial, and the men's elimination race will be held. Results
Women 200m sprint qualification Qualified: 1 Daniela Larreal (Ven) 11.536 (Panam Record) 2 Yumari González (Cub) 11.926 3 Diana García (Col) 12.459 4 Angie González (Ven) 12.881 5 Ana Romero (Mex) 13.210 6 Natalia Vaca (Mex) 13.223 7 Nancy Casallas (Col) 13.407 8 Marisol Ponciano (Mex) 14.374 Men 200m sprint qualification Qualified: 1 Steen Marsen (Can) 10.648 (Track Record) 2 Douglas Baron (Can) 10.743 3 Barry Forth (Bar) 10.755 4 Michael Pedrozo (Cub) 10.782 5 Lars Marsen (Can) 10.877 6 Víctor Alvarez (Col) 11.009 7 Rene Cartaia (Cub) 11.034 8 Herkovich (Per) 11.036 9 Julio Borelli (Arg) 11.094 10 Leonardo Narvaez (Col) 11.142 11 Jonathan Marín (Col) 11.220 12 Nicolás Urrutia (Arg) 11.374 13 Joao Morona (Bra) 11.401 14 José Martínez (Mex) 11.576 15 Oscar Barajas (Mex) 11.688 16 Tony Aguilar (CRc) 11.752 17 Joao Maio (Bra) 11.762 18 Carlos Murillo (CRc) 11.795 Did not qualify: 19 Cristian Tabares (Jam) 11.836 20 Ricardo Linch (Jam) 11.932 21 Diego Márques (Bra) 11.950 22 Michael Soto (CRc) 12.110 Evening
Men's 1000m Time trial 1 Michael Pedroso (Cub) 1.05.021 2 James Fischer (Can) 1.05.082 3 Enzo Cesareo (Chi) 1.05.696 4 Michael Herschkowicz (Per) 1.06.017 5 Wilson Meneses (Col) 1.06.633
Women's 500m Time trial 1 Yumari González (Cub) 36.177 2 Daniela Larreal (Ven) 36.785 3 Diana García (Col) 37.688 Men's Elimintation Race 1 Juan Curuchet (Arg) 2 Jose Aravena (Chi) 3 Juan Cabrera (Chi) Day 2 - August 21
Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit Final result 1 Edgardo Simon (Arg) 4.37.178 2 Guillermo Bruneta (Arg) 4.41.814 3 Marco Arriagada (Chi) 4.37.026 4 Mark Ernsting (Can) 4.37.895 *In the semi final Simon set a new track record, 4.32.912, the old being from 1984, held by russian Jurij Lupalenko. Women's 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualification 1 María Luisa Calle (Col) 3.46.652 (Track record) 2 Yulier Rodríguez (Cub) 3.50.867 3 Belem Guerrero (Mex) 3.52.285 4 Nohora López (Col) 4.01.968 Men's sprint Quarter finals Heat 1 1 Steen Madsen (Can) 11.010 10.900 2 Michael Herschkowicz (Per) Heat 2 1 Doug Baron (Can) 11.350 11.000 2 Victor Alverez (Col) Heat 3 1 Barry Forde (Bar) 11.740 13.400 2 Reinier Cartaya (Cub) Heat 4 1 Micheal Pedroso (Cub) 11.560 11.100 2 Lars Madsen (Can) Through to semi finals: Steen Madsen (Can) v. Michael Pedroso (Cub) Douglas Baron (Can) v. Barry Forde (Bar) Day 3 - August 22
Women's sprint Final standings 1 Daniela Larreal (Ven) 2 Yumary Gonzalez (Cub) 3 Diana Garcia (Col) 4 Angie Gonzalez (Ven) Men's sprint Final standings 1 Barry Forde (Bar) 2 Steen Madsen (Can) 3 Michell Pedroso (Cub) 4 Douglas Baron (Can) Men's Points race 1 Marco Arriagada (Chi) 40 pts 2 Leonardo Duque (Col) 27 3 José Sánchez (Mex) 27 Women's 3000m Individual Pursuit 1 María Luisa Calle (Col) 2 Belem Guerrero (Mex) caught 3 Yulier Rodríguez (Cub) 3.55.591 4 Nohora López (Col) 4.00.007 Teams 4000m pursuit qualification 1 Chile 4.15.355 2 Argentina 4.19.294 3 Colombia 4.21.290 4 México 4.31.017 Chile and Argentina to the final, Colombia and Mexico to the bronze final Day 4 - August 23
Olympic Sprint Qualification 1 Canada (Lars Madsen, Steen Madsen, James Fisher) 46.565 2 Colombia 47.977 3 Chile 48.085 4 Argentina 48.752 5 Brazil 49.524 Final 1 Canada (Lars Madsen, Doug Baron, James Fisher) 46.271 2 Colombia 47.719 3 Chile 47.479 4 Argentina 47.964 5 Brazil Teams 4000m pursuit qualification 1 Chile (R. Cabrera, M. Arriagada, L. Sepúlveda, M. Arriagada) 4.18.725 2 Argentina (G. Brunetta, E. Romero, E. Simón, J. Curuchet) 4.18.982 3 Colombia (A. Castro, J. Serpa, J. Durango, J. Parra 4 Mexico Day 5 - August 24Women's points race 1 Belem Guerrero (Mex) 45 pts 2 Yulier Rodriguez (Cub) 19 2 laps behind 3 Dayana Chirinos (Ven) 19 4 Nancy Cassallas (Col) 11 5 Claudia Aravena (Chi) 8 6 Ana Romero (Mex) 5 Men's Keirin 1 Barry Forde (Bar) 2 Michael Pedrosa (Cub) ... 5 Steen Madsen (Can) Men's Madison 1 Colombia 2 Chile 3 Argentina 4 Mexico 5 Canada |