Nicholas Paul (born 23 September 1998) is a Trinidadian track cyclist, who specializes in sprinting events.[1][2] He will compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's keirin on 11 August 2024.
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| Born | 23 September 1998 Gasparillo, Trinidad and Tobago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editOn 6 September 2019, Paul set a flying 200m world record of 9.100 seconds at the Elite Pan American Track Cycling Championships in Coachabamba, Bolivia.[3] The previous record of 9.347 seconds by France's Francois Pervis had stood since 2013.[4]
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, in the quarterfinals of the sprint competition, Paul won his first ride against Denis Dmitriev (ROC) but was disqualified in the second ride for not holding his line in the final sprint. Paul went on to lose the third ride controversially when Dmitriev cut in front of him in the sprinter's lane but the appeal from the Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee was denied.[5]
In September 2021, Paul participated in the UCI Track Nations Cycling Cup, coming away with triple Golds in the Kilo Time Trial, Keirin & Sprints.[6][7][8] In October of that year, Paul earned a silver in the Kilo Time Trial at the UCI World Championships.[9]
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Paul took gold in the keirin, beating Jack Carlin of Scotland and Shah Sahrom of Malaysia. His victory ended Trinidad and Tobago's 52-year wait for a medal in cycling at the Commonwealth Games.[10] He also won a silver medal in the sprint event.[11] He also won a bronze medal in the 1km Time Trial event.[12]
Major results
edit- 2015
- 1st Kilometer, Junior National Track Championships
- 2017
- 1st Sprint, National Track Championships
- 2nd
Team sprint, Pan American Track Championships (with Kwesi Browne & Njisane Phillip)
- 2018
- Central American and Caribbean Games
- 1st
Kilometer
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- Pan American Track Championships
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
Kilometer
- 1st
- 2022
- Commonwealth Games
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 1st
- 2023
- 2nd
Sprint, UCI World Track Championships[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Nicholas Paul". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Nicholas Paul". Eurosport. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ Ali, Azad (27 September 2019). "T&T cyclist shatters world record". Caribbean Life. New York. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Union Cycliste Internationale – Men Elite – World Records" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Paul's Olympic medal hopes ends with violation call". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ a b "2021 Tissot UCI Track Cycling Nation Cup – Cali – Men's 1Km Time Trial- | Tissot Timing". www.tissottiming.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ a b "2021 Tissot UCI Track Cycling Nation Cup – Cali – Men's Keirin- | Tissot Timing". www.tissottiming.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ a b c "2021 Tissot UCI Track Cycling Nation Cup – Cali – Men's Sprint- | Tissot Timing". www.tissottiming.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ a b "HI-HO SILVER! Paul bags T&T's first 'Worlds' medal in 30 years". Team TTO | Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ "Paul pedals to historic Commonwealth keirin gold". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Cycling Track – Men's Sprint results". BBC Sport. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Cycling Track – Men's 1km Time Trial results". August 2022.
- ^ "After historic Worlds performance, Nicholas Paul hunts UCI Champions League success". Team TTO | Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
External links
edit- Nicholas Paul at Cycling Archives
- Nicholas Paul at CycleBase
- Nicholas Paul at Olympedia