British break paralympic record in cycling

The first day of tests in the paralympic velodrome was busy, with four podium finishes. On the first afternoon of the dispute, the British Giglia Megan took the gold in the individual pursuit race, class 1, 2 and 3.

The silver went to Jamie Whitmore, the United States, and the bronze for the Dutch Alyda Norbruis. Megan broke the Paralympic record, which was 4 minutes 12 seconds and 30 hundredths. She made 4: 10,654.

The first podium at the outset, showed how much is a podium whatever step. The Alyda of happiness was boundless. In the photos after the podium, she was who else was smiling. The medals seemed to have more color.

The three were very happy and waved to the audience. Small cheerleaders of the three countries were the party.

Classes 1 to 5 represent athletes with a disability in the arms, legs or trunk. In the following podium, the United States dominated.

Shawn Morelli won the class 4 and his compatriot Megan Fisher took third. The silver went to Australian Susan Powell.

It was the time of the US anthem run on the Olympic Velodrome in Rio. Embraced on top of the podium, Shawn and Megan sang the chorus of the national anthem embraced.

The next race, class C5, was won by Britain, which took first and second place, with Sarah Storey and Crystal Lane, respectively.

Sarah is one of the greats of Paralympic track cycling. This afternoon the British won its twelfth gold medal in Paralimpíadas.

Proof of persecution

In pursuit of a dispute the two athletes use to opposite sides of the track. The proof can end in two ways, with the shortest time to the end of the course or when a contestant reaches the other. It was exactly what Sarah did.

He reached his compatriot with relative ease. "I was ready to get out there and lower my time, but I worked to achieve it," he said.

But the third place was the most exciting afternoon. The American Samantha Bosco was behind the clock until the end of the last lap, when he could make a difference and won the Polish Anna Harkowska by four hundredths.

At the end of the race, still running on the bike, Samantha cried and smiled all at the same time. The public very applauded the feat of American.

The audience celebrated all medals and cheered all competitors in an afternoon of the United States and Britain, but with brilliant participation of the Netherlands.

In the men's race persecution of 4000 meters, the British Steve Bate took the gold, leaving the bronze and silver with the Dutch Ter Schure Vincent and Stephen de Vries.

The track cycling events go to the next Domigo (11) in the Olympic Velodrome in Rio, at the Olympic Park Barra.