LIMA – TRINIDAD and Tobago cycling trio wins the nation’s first gold medal at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru on Thursday night.
Nicholas Paul, Njisane Phillip and Keron Bramble clocked 43.792 seconds to win the Team Men’s Sprint event.
They beat Columbia (44.584) to earn the gold medal. Brazil had beaten Mexico to third earlier.
Bramble clocked 17.938 in lap one (250m), Phillip produced 12.655 for the second lap and Paul, 13.379 in the third.
This is team TTO’s second medal so far with boxer Michael Alexander taking bronze in the men’s light welterweight class on Tuesday night.
Paul and Phillip displayed the national flag with Bramble in their victory lap.
