Our super cyclists

Pictured from left is Devon Briggs, who won four bronze medals, Anna Taylor (both Cambridge) with her gold medal, Ōtorohanga’s Nicole Murray, who won gold, silver and bronze medals, Nick Blincoe and Eltje Malzbender (both Cambridge), who won two silver medals.

A New Zealand Para cycling track team featuring Waipā riders looks to be gearing up for success at next year’s Paralympics.

A little over a year out from the Games, five riders – four from Cambridge one from Ōtorohanga – have helped New Zealand bring home a record 10 medals from the UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland last week.

Dubbed the ‘Super Worlds’, the championships bring together 13 different world championships in various cycling disciplines in one event.

Read: Flying forward with help of Alinker

Read: Double Dutch – now Eltje eyes Tokyo

Read: Cyclists in Games mode

Read: Paracyclists make their mark

Read: Silver lining to Devon’s golds

Read: Youth awards announced

Picture by Ed Sykes/SWpix.com – 11/08/2023 – Road Cycling – 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships – Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland – Women’s T2 Road Race Podium – Shelley Gautier of Canada in Bronze, Eltje Malzbender of New Zealand in Silver and Pavlina Vejvodova of Czech Republic in The Rainbow Jersey

Picture by Ed Sykes/SWpix.com – 11/08/2023 – Road Cycling – 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships – Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland – Women’s Road Race – Eltje Malzbender of New Zealand

 

 

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