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Guyanese cyclists win IGG road races yesterday
Guyanese male and female cyclists carted off the lion’s share of prizes when the 2010 Inter Guiana Games Men and Women cycling events concluded on the West Bank Demerara yesterday morning. The males commenced their journey from Nimes WBD and pedaled to Vergenoegen on the West Coast before retracing their wheels to the Demerara Harbour Bridge while the females also commenced their journey in Nimes and proceeded to Lenora before also culminating their journey at the Demerara Harbour Bridge.
The event was highly competitive but was marred by controversy in the women’s event after Maria Dick and Naomi Singh, through a bit of misunderstanding, opted to finish the race in friendly fashion, making it difficult for the officials to determine who had romped in first. In the end the judges decided to peruse a photograph taken by one of the photographers on site and decided that Singh had edged Dick in the event.
The decision was met by vociferous responses as supporters of both women argued on their behalf. Dick’s supporters were adamant that she had crossed the finish line first while Singh’s supporters represented her cause.
National cycling coach, Hassan Mohammed debunked allegations being circulated that he had advised the two female cyclists to finish the race together in keeping with nationalistic harmony. He even quoted the rules of the International Cycling Federation which frowns on such attitudes. Mr. Mohammed said that both cyclists could have faced sanctions but for the fact that a winner could have been established after rechecks of the finish.
The announcement that Singh had been eventually adjudged the winner brought tears to Dick’s eyes even as her supporters erupted into contentious arguments. Her timings were registered at 1:15:45secs.
Meanwhile, Paul DeNobriega ensured that there was no such repetition in the male’s category. He rode a blistering race to finish first ahead of Lavenette Christian of French Guiana and Guyanese Neil Reece, in second and third position, respectively. DeNobriega finished the event in 1:32:35 secs.
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