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PEDALS FOR THE MEDALS
JOURNAL COMMUNITY Greenville played host to more than 600 athletes and support staff at last weekend’s UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships. Athletes competed on adaptive bicycles, hand cycles, tricycles and tandem bicycles. Team USA led the overall medal count with a total of 18 medals, nine gold, six silver and three bronze. Next was Germany with 14 medals and Italy with 13 medals. South African competitor Ernst Van Dyk edged out Italy’s Alex Zanardi to win the world title in the hand cycling road race. The women’s tricycle road race had a more definitive finish, with Australia’s Carol Cooke winning more than seven minutes ahead of second finisher Jill Walsh of USA and Jana Majunke of Germany. Local competitor Ryan Boyle came out of his first international championship with a second place finish in the T2 time trial and a fourth place finish in the T2 road race. Aaron Trent placed 16th in the C4 road race and tandem cyclists Lance Footer and Shawn Olin placed 18th in the time trials.
MEDAL COUNT USA 18 GERMANY 14 ITALY 13
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PHOTOS BY GREG BECKNER / STAFF
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