Trinidad and Tobago’s Njisane Phillip broke the 1999 Winnipeg record set by Canada
City: Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Date: 2011-10-18
In the elimination round of the men’s Individual Sprint, the record set by Canada’s Marty Nothstein, was surpassed in four occasions, in which Trinidad and Tobago’s Njisane Phillip set the final record with a time of 9"977/1000.
The first cyclist who broke the record was Venezuela’s Angel Pulgar, who finished the 200m Track in a time of 10”.230/1000. Then, Colombia’s Jonathan Marin with a time of 10”.092/1000, but immediately after, USA’s Michael Blatchford surpassed him with 9".983/1000.
Finally, the Trinidadian cyclist, Njisane Phillip, made 9".977/1000, with a speed average of 72.1265km/h, setting the new record and winning the first place. He’s also the winner of the Central American and Caribbean Games Mayaguez 2010, as well as the Pan American Championship 2010, and bronze medalist of this year’s edition.
In the next round, Njisane Phillip will be facing Cuba’s Alejandro Mainat. Blatchford will go against Ruben Horta; Puerta against Argentina’s Jonathan Gatto; Pulgar against compatriot Hersony Canelon; USA’s James Watkins against Brazil’s Flavio Cipriano; and finally, Marin against Argentina’s Leandro Botasso.
Today, the event will go on until quarterfinals, and tomorrow, on the third day of the competition, medals will be given out.