may.08.2008

The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee(TTOC) has congratulated Christopher Sellier,Elisha Greene,the Kellar brothers(Ako and Azekewe) on their successes at the 2008 Pan American Cycling Championships Champion.

Yesterday 22 year old Christopher Sellier captured the gold medal in the Keirin with Elisha Greene bagging bronze.T&T had earlier won silver in the Olympic Sprint to tally three medals to date.

TTOC president Larry Romany noted that Christopher Sellier's gold medal is an excellent development .

"The TTOC development committee recommended and obtained Olympic Solidarity support for Sellier last year to attend the UCI training center in Switzerland.It was a decision that saw the TTOC come in for some criticism, but over the years the TTOC has assisted talented athletes who for some reason or the other may not have the wholehearted support of the establishment".noted Romany

Romany believes that T&T's best chance to qualify for the Beijing Olympic games in cycling would have been via the Olympic Sprint.

"It is a concept that the TTOC shared with the cycling federation while it is too late for Beijing.We (TTOC) are confident that T&T can qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Sprint"

"Christopher Sellier's gold medal and the other successes at Pan Am should refocus and open the minds of the cycling fraternity .Objectively talent identify the youngsters with genuine world class potential give them the support and use performance as the yardstick by which they are evaluated" said the national Olympic chief.