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2005 Deaflympics - Cycling
Melbourne, Australia, January 5-16, 2005
Reece-Emerson van Beek is a deaf cyclist who recently competed at the Deaflympics in Melbourne - he won two gold medals - in the time trial and the men's 50 km points race. He won the latter convincingly, and this report by Reece-Emerson offers us a view of the level of competition from Melbourne.
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At the start all riders were extremely tired, but the pace was much faster than I expected. American Trevor Kosa was the favorite for this event, while the Italian, French and Czech riders were trying to take control of the race. Us Australian riders were sprinting every two laps with a bell. Somehow, Jarrod Denman, an 18-year-old from Brisbane, and myself were able to sneak out on the side of the bunch and create a big solo breakaway.
We worked together in the closing laps, earning a lot of points. I was heading the points table with Jarrod sitting in fourth, so the time had come to help him increase his number of points in contention for the silver medal. At the finish I had collected 52 points, Jarrod 44 points and the US rider Trevor Kosa finished with 42 points.
Photography
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Images by Mathew Kohashi
- Trevor Kosa (USA) with Aussies Reece-Emersson van Beek and Jarrod Denman
- US riders featured in the 50 km points race
- Trevor Kosa (USA) watches his flag being raised
- It's hot work for American Trevor Kosa
- Raise the bike!
- Kosa (USA) was the marked man in the 50 km points race
Results
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Men's Sprint Semi Final 1 Trevor Kosa (USA) 2 Julius Matovcik (Svk) 3 Gerald Mielke-Weyel (Ger) 4 Luca Buontempo (Ita) Men's Sprint Final Gold & Silver 1 Trevor Kosa (USA) 2 Gerald Mielke-Weyel (Ger) Bronze & Fourth 1 Julius Matovcik (Svk) 2 Luca Buontempo (Ita) 5th-8th Placed Final 1 Jarrod Denman (Aus) 2 Jan Capek (Cze) 3 Pavel Pastrnek (Cze) 4 Samo Petrac (Svk)
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Men's 50km Points Race 1 Reece-Emerson Van Beek (Aus) 54 pts 2 Jarrod Denman (Aus) 44 3 Trevor Kosa (Usa) 42 4 Jan Capek (Cze) 24 5 Bernard Braugola (Fra) 15 6 David Cloux (Fra) 11 7 Luigi Cucco (Ita) 11 8 Josef Merunk (Cze) 8 9 Andrea Dissegna (Ita) 8 10 Frantisek Kocourek (Cze) 8 Men's Time Trial 1 Reece-Emerson Van Beek (Aus) 43.52 2 Gerald Meilke-Weyel (Ger) 0.42 3 Frantisek Kocourek (Cze) 0.43 4 Paride Pandolfi (Ita) 0.47 5 Josef Merunka (Cze) 1.04 6 Michael Stankovic (Aus) 1.24 7 Pavel Pastrnek (Cze) 1.39 8 David Cloux (Fra) 1.43 9 Jan Capek (Cze) 1.46 10 Luigi Cucco (Ita) 2.30 11 Jarrod Denman (Aus) 2.48 12 John King (Aus) 3.02 13 Libor Cizak (Cze) 3.41 14 Gerard Michel (Fra) 3.42 15 Bernard Braugola (Fra) 3.53 16 Ryan Macdonald (Can) 3.53 17 Luca Buontempo (Ita) 4.26 18 Rory Osbrink (USA) 4.11 19 Julius Matovcik (Svk) 4.25 20 Andrea Dissegna (Ita) 5.44 Men's 100km Road Race 1 David Cloux (Fra) 2.57.00 2 Bernard Braugola (Fra) 3 Luigi Cucco (Ita) 0.04 4 Gerard Michel (Fra) 5 Jan Capek (Cze) 0.04 6 Trevor Kosa (USA) 0.06 7 Libor Cizak (Cze) 0.07 8 Reece-Emerson Van Beek (Aus) 0.08 9 Ryan Macdonald (Can) 0.09 10 Julius Matovcik (Svk) 0.10
