The titles of the two American pursuit quartets, that of Colombia’s Kevin Quintero in keirin, Canada’s Cameron Fitzmaurice in scratch and Mexico’s Yareli Acevedo in elimination marked the second day of the Pan American Championships being held until Sunday in Asuncion, Paraguay.
Although the United States had done worse times than Canada in the qualifying stage and in the first round, Peter Moore Brendam Rhim, Anders Johnson, David Domonoske, with Sean Christiansen with fifth man, overcame in the final Cameron Fitzmaurice, Jonathan Hinse, Ethan Powell, Sean Richardson and Chris Ernst, in a discussion in which only dominated the Canadians in the first kilometer, to open differences their rivals, 3:53.390 to 3:56.979.
The final for the bronze finished in the third kilometer when Colombia (Juan Esteban Arango, Brayan Sanchez, Nelson Andres Soto and Anderson Arboleda, along with Jordan Arley Parra, in previous rounds) doubled Mexico.
In the women’s version of this popular event, the same teams were repeated in the final and once again the United States (Bethany Ingram, Olivia Cummins, Reagen Pattishall and Emily Ehrlich) proved superior to Canada (Lily Plante, Fiona Majendie, Skyler Goudswaard, Ariane Bonhomme and Jenna Nestman), as had happened in the previous rounds: 4:19.525 to 4:22.424.
Colombia also completed this podium, in this case with Lina Hernandez, Camilia Valbuena, Elizabeth Castaño and Lina Rojas, who easily beat Chile, 4:29.661 to 4:36.641.
In the men’s scrath, Canada took revenge in the scratch, where Fitzmaurice overcame the American Rhim, with the Venezuelan Clever José Martínez as the third rider on the podium.
For his part, the Colombian Kevin Quintero added his third title in the keirin, after those achieved in 2019 and 2021, and after the Trinidadian Nicholas Paul had taken the victory in the three previous editions, in which the Colombian had been silver in two of them, changing the positions between them on this occasion. And despite Nick Wammes’ great race, the Canadian had to settle for bronze.
Finally, Mexico’s Acevedo climbed to the top of the podium for the second time, this time beating Chile’s Scarlet Cortes and Trinidad and Tobago’s Victoria Teniel Campbell in the elimination final.
The women’s speed competition also began, in which the Canadians Lauriane Genest (10.498) and Sarah Orban (10.690) were the fastest, so, after overcoming the first rounds without any problems, they will face Kayla Hankins and Stefany Cuadrado in the semifinals tomorrow.
The third day will be completed this Friday with the scoring and individual pursuit in the men’s section, as well as the first rounds of the sprint, and the women’s omnium.
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