Eritrea continues to dominanate in the Cycling event of the 13th African Games at Ablekuma winning more Gold medals.
The Pen Ultimate event, individual Time Trial was yet again dominated by the Red Sea Carmels in both the men’s and women’s category in splendor.
The Men’s Team Time Trial encompassed a distance of 50km over 4 laps and recorded an average speed of 49.6km/hr.
Eritrean quarter of Tsegay Dawit, Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedlein,Milkiyas Maekele Hayle and finished with Gold in a time of 01:00:26 leaving behind them South Africa and Mauritius in a respective time of 01:00:31 and 01:02:10. 62 male riders participated in the Team Time Trials but with Algeria and Tanzania dropping off.
Ghana came through the 9th position in a respectable time of 01:10:11.
In the Women’s category, 34 riders took part with Eritrea once again establishing their superiority with a time of 00:52:31 , followed by South Africa in 00:52:39 and Mauritius coming through the third spot in 00:54:28.
The Ghanaian ladies glittered in 8th position in a time of 00:54:28.
Source: Ghana Cycling
