Mariana Pajón was officially included in the Latin American edition of the Guinness World Records 2023 book, for being the woman with the most BMX Olympic medals won in history. The woman from Antioquia, who holds two gold medals, won at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games, and one silver, at Tokyo 2020, in addition to becoming a world benchmark in her sport, obtained her first Guinness World Record, as recognition to her
Ten nations of the Americas are registered for the second phase of the Nations Cup, scheduled from March 14 to 17 at the Cairo velodrome, in Egypt, where a total of 50 countries and eight professional teams will compete, a figure greater than the first heat in Jakarta, Indonesia. The delegations from our continent that will travel to the Egyptian capital are Argentina (with five runners), Barbados (3), Canada (10), Colombia (4), Jamaica (1), Mexico
Germán Medina is no longer the coach of the Colombian BMX team nor will he be in charge of the preparation of the multi-time Olympic and world champion Mariana Pajón. After 15 long years he will now manage the United States BMX team. The man who has been behind the Colombian BMX Olympic medals, leaves his position as national coach and assumes the technical direction of his American counterpart, as the best recognition of a
The Tachirense cyclist Edwin Jair Torres broke the Venezuelan hourly record this weekend, with a record of 47.843 kilometers, thus surpassing the previous record that had been in force for 37 years when Justo Galavis established a distance of 45.410. Kilometres. The new brand was established in some really difficult conditions. First, because it was fought at the JJ Mora velodrome in San Cristóbal, which is not the most suitable for this type of attempt;
The Dutch Yanne Dorenbos conquered this Sunday the XXXII Guerrita-Memorial Trophy Juan Romero and Diego Sánchez de Alcantarilla. The Finisher rider prevailed at sheer speed at the finish line in the Murcian population and beat the Venezuelan Ricardo Zurita (C.C. Padronés-Cortizo) and the Uruguayan Thomas Silva (Caja Rural-Alea). The Russian Ilia Shchegolkov (Controlpack), who reached the second round of the national competition as leader of the Spanish Cup, had to settle for tenth position in
The forecasts were fulfilled at the start of Tirreno-Adriatico 2023, with an intractable Filippo Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers) who gave his rivals no option in the time trial with which the race started, while his teammate, the American Magnus Sheffiels entered third and classified as the best performance by a cyclist from our continent in the prestigious event. The segment, of just over 11 kilometers, was marked by rainy weather, a lot of wind and even
Tom Pidcock asks for a place at the table of the greatest. The Briton prevailed at the Strade Bianche after signing an exhibition from another time, attacking 48 from the finish line and entering the Piazza del Campo de Siena alone. The new Ineos star adds his second win of the course after a stage in the Algarve and earns respect for what is coming to him in Italy: Tirreno-Adriatico and Milan-San Remo. Madouas and
Cyclists from Colombia, the United States, Canada and Uruguay will be representing America in the 17th edition of the Strade Bianche that will take place this Saturday along the unpaved roads of the Tuscany region, starting and entering Siena. The country with the largest number of registered cyclists is the United States with four, who will be defending the colors of their respective clubs. They are Sean Quinn (EF Education-EasyPost), Magnus Sheffield (INEOS Grenadiers), Quinn
Great news for Colombian women’s cycling! The International Cycling Union confirmed the Continental license for the Clarus-Merquimia-Strongman team for the 2023 season, which dreams of running the women’s Giro d’Italia this year. This Thursday, the list of eight cyclists who will be part of the Clarus-Merquimia-Strongman team this season, which will be led by Jaime Ramírez, the team’s sports director, was officially presented to the media. The event, which was held at the Strongman Bicycles
Evelyn García, an athlete from the Effort and Glory Program of the National Sports Institute of El Salvador (INDES), wants her participation in the San Salvador 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games to be special and unforgettable. In the regional fair, which the country will organize again after 21 years, the Santaneca cyclist wants to green up her laurels with a gold medal in the time trial. Motivated by the support during the management of