Rotorua’s Siobhan Terry (right) on the podium with Great Britain's Kadeena Cox at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Brazil. Photo / SWPix
Rotorua’s Siobhan Terry (right) on the podium with Great Britain's Kadeena Cox at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Brazil. Photo / SWPix
Rotorua’s Siobhan Terry has won a third medal at her first UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Brazil.
It capped another strong performance for the five-strong Cycling New Zealand team, who bagged three medals on Monday for a total of 13 medals at the championships in Rio de Janeiro.
Saturday’s medal run began with Terry, a former para-swimmer, earning a bronze in the women’s C4 Sprint.
She qualified for the sprint final alongside multiple world and Paralympic champion Kadeena Cox from Great Britain and multiple world championship medallist Erin Normoyle from Australia.
The Kiwi sat in the trail of the more illustrious pair, and looked to push through the inside in the final dash but had to settle for third place.
Riding in the combined 10,000m race, Terry followed the pace well in the pack to push through behind the C4 leaders to claim the bronze in the C5 category, for her third medal this week.
“It’s been very unexpected and very exciting,” Terry said of the championships.
“There are lots of new things and lots of learnings.
“I am really stoked with the results and how it has been going and I’m also really stoked for everyone else racing in the New Zealand team in the other classifications.”
Rotorua’s Siobhan Terry in action at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Brazil. Photo / SWPix
The tandem pairing of Emma Foy and Jessie Hodges returned to the competition after their outstanding ride on Saturday to contest the Women’s CB 1000m time trial final.
They impressed to qualify for the final to come up against defending world and Paralympic champions Lizzi Jordan and Danni Khan of Great Britain.
The New Zealanders pushed hard but could not match the British pair, who secured their third gold medal this week in 1m 06.796s, with the Kiwis timed at 1m 07.228s for a deserved silver.
The pair also came fifth in Monday’s sprint ride-off.
Waikato’s Nicole Murray displayed her versatility to earn a silver medal in the Women’s C4 Sprint final.
Murray prevailed in the final sprint to claim the semifinal victory over Mariela Delgado and Paula Ossa Veloza.
She also fought hard in the final but could not hold off outstanding Italian sprinter Claudia Cretti, who won her third gold medal of the championships.
Murray also claimed another medal on Monday, with a bronze in the C5 10,000m.
The highlight of the final day was the gold medal won by Cambridge rider Devon Briggs, who sat in the pack for much of the 10km race, helping to close down attacks and biding his time, until he unleashed his sprint on the final lap for an impressive victory.
