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National cyclists gain good results at World Cup

19 January 2015 [14:37] - TODAY.AZ

/By AzerNews/

By Amina Nazarli

Columbia’s Cali, inviting world best cyclists hosted the Track World Cup, which was held on January 17-18

Over 200 riders from 46 nations competed in 4 categories. Azerbaijani cyclists also took place in this major event.

Despite their diligent performances, the national cyclists could not take the main places in the competition.

In the first day of the World Cup, the Azerbaijani riders competed in 2 different categories.

Female sportsmen Olga Ismailova gained good results in the final day of the competition.

She took the fifth place in the keirin at the first round. In the first three rounds, Olga took the 6th place among 50 participants with 233 points.

Among those, she's beaten so far, there are athletes from Holland, Great Britain and even the Olympic Champion Christina Vogel from Germany.

Male member of the national team Sergey Omelchenko could not show his best performance and took 16th place among 50 cyclists, gaining 124 points.

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