2 more medals on day 2 for Team Ireland!!

Men C4 Pursuit Final (Ronan Grimes Bronze)

Grimes broke the Irish Record to qualify for the bronze medal ride, lowering the mark to 4:45.045 for the 4-kilometre test. In the race for Bronze, Grimes lined up against Jason Marcon of the USA. The two riders were separated by 0.1 of a second in qualification, putting pressure on Grimes to improve on this in the fight for bronze. Grimes delivered in the afternoon session setting a second Irish Record, a stunning 4:43.806 to win bronze for Ireland. Marcon also bettered his qualification time to ride 4:44.537. “I’m really happy with that performance. The qualifiers in the morning were really tight, there was a second between second, third and fourth” Ronan commented after the race. “I knew I was in for a hard ride in the afternoon but luckily I delivered. The plan that we set out for the afternoon, my laps were a lot smoother. I’m delighted to come away with that medal.” (report courtesy of CI)

Place  NameTeam
GoldMETELKA, JozefSLOVAKIA
SilverNOVAK, Carol-EduardROMANIA
BronzeGRIMES, RonanIRELAND

Women C3 Omnium Final (Richael Timothy Bronze in the scratch race and 5th overall)

GoldWANG, XiaomeiPEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
SilverBROWN, Clara UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BronzeTIMOTHY, RichaelIRELAND
PlaceNameTeamPursuitTT200mScratchTotal Points
GoldBROWN, ClaraUNITED STATES OF AMERICA38(2)40(1)38(2)38(2)154
SilverWANG, XiaomeiPEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA32(5)38(2)40(1)40(1)150
BronzeSCHINDLER, DeniseGERMANY36(3)36(3)34(4)34(4)140
4WHITMORE, JamieUNITED STATES OF AMERICA30(6)34(4)36(3)32(5)132
5TIMOTHY, RichaelIRELAND28(7)32(5)32(5)36(3)128
6BECK, AnnaSWEDEN34(4)30(6)30(6)30(6)124

Other great performances

Chris Burns was also in action in the Men’s C2 Scratch Race (omnium) where he finished 8th and a personal best in the Kilo

Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal were back on the track yesterday evening and continued their good form breaking the Irish Record for the Women’s Tandem Kilo TT. Their time of 1:10.248 saw them finish just outside the medals in 5th

Martin Gordon and Eamonn Byrne managed a 10th in the Men’s Tandem TT yesterday and today (Sunday morning) they are competing in the 200m TT…we wish them good luck. The results of the Tandem Pursuit below

10GORDON, Martin
Pilot: BYRNE, Eamonn
IRELAND  1:03.747   56.473 kph
18VEREKER, Damien
Pilot: MIZGAJSKI, Marcin
IRELAND  1:07.334   53.465 kph
19RYAN, Peter
Pilot: WALSH, Anthony
IRELAND   1:07.445  53.377 kph