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Golden wheels
Ariel B. Coya
The duo Lisandra Guerra and Marlies Mejías won
Cuba’s first cycling gold medal in the 22nd Central
American and Caribbean Games, dominating the women’s
team sprint. They finished in first place with a
time of 33.624 seconds, followed by Mexicans Daniela
Gaxiola and Frany Fong (34.124) in second, and
Venezuelans Daniela Larreal and Marynes Prada
(34.228) in third.
In other results, young cyclist Arlenis Sierra won a
bronze medal in the women’s scratch, surpassed by
Venezuelan Angie González and Mexican Lizbeth
Salazar. Meanwhile, the quartet of Jans Carlos
Arias, Arnold Alcolea, Yennier López and Pedro
Portuondo finished in forth place in the men’s
scratch, won by Colombians Daniel Ríos, Weimer
Roldán, Eduardo Estrada and Juan Arango with a time
of 4:06.32 minutes, destroying the previous
competition record (4:23.199) set by the team in
Mayagüez 2010.
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