African Track Cycling Championships 2017
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3rd African Championships in Track Cycling 2017 |
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| Velodrome | Cyril Geoghegan Velodrome |
| city | Durban |
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 South Africa (train)
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| Competition period | 20th - 24th March 2017 |
| ← 2016 | 2018 → |
The 3rd African Track Cycling Championships 2017 ( African Continental Track Cycling Championships ) were held from March 20 to 24, 2017 in Durban , South Africa .
The championships
The continental track championships were contested at the Cyril Geoghegan Velodrome in Durban. The racetrack is open, the concrete runway is 333 meters long and has a 42 degree incline in the curves. Athletes from 20 countries took part; at the first track championships in 2015 there were only five nations.
In advance, the international cycling association Union Cycliste Internationale had sent 20 track bikes to the World Cycling Center Africa so that a three-week training camp for 26 athletes could be carried out there.
On the first day of the championships, Egyptian rider Eslam Nasser Zaki suffered cardiac arrest during the omnium on the track . Despite immediate resuscitation measures , only his death could be determined. The competitions that day were canceled, but continued the next day. Drivers and officials wore mourning bandages. It became known that Zaki had previously complained of pain in the heart area, but after extensive research the cause had not been identified.
The most successful athlete in the continental championships was the South African Jean Spies with five titles, followed by Egyptian Ebtisam Zayed with a total of five medals, one bronze medal on the road and three gold and one silver medal on the track. On the track, the South Africans Jean Spies dominated with four titles and a third place as well as Steven van Heerden with four golds, followed by his compatriots Bernette Beyers with three golds and one silver and Nolan Hoffman , who won two golds.
Some disciplines were on the program for the first time, so that now - unlike in the two previous years - almost all World Cup disciplines were also held at African championships. In the juniors, there were sometimes only two riders at the start. On the website of the South African cycling association Cycling Southafrica the following could be read: "With many neighboring nations on the podium, and even more knocking on the door, the level of track cycling in Africa is definitely on the rise." Track cycling in Africa is definitely increasing, as many neighboring countries were on the podium and others are knocking on the door. ")
Results
Men
Women
Medal table
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See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kerry Bruce: UCI World Cycling Center donates bikes for African Continental Track Championships. In: Cycling South Africa. March 17, 2017, accessed March 24, 2017 .
- ^ Egyptian cyclist dies at Durban African Champs - IOL. In: iol.co.za. March 20, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017 .
- ↑ Egypt shines with gold medals in honor of teammate. In: Into Cycling Newspaper. March 22, 2017, accessed March 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Simon MacMichael: Rider dies of heart attack during race at African Continental Track Championships. road.cc, March 20, 2017, accessed March 23, 2017 .
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