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Nicholas Paul of Trinidad and Tobago, left is congratulated by Njisane Phillip, also of Trinidad and Tobago,
after winning the gold medal in the track cycling men’s sprint fi nal at the Pan American Games in Lima,
Peru, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. Associated Press / Silvia Izquierdo
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By Azad Ali
Trinidad and Tobago cyclists created
history at the recently concluded
2019 Pan American Games in Peru,
winning two gold medals, Men’s
team sprint, Men’s sprint (Nicholas
Paul) and two silver; Men’s sprint
(Phillip Njisane) and Women’s individual
Time Trial (Teniel Campbell).
Paul became Trinidad and Tobago’s
first Pan American sprint champion
in 48 years to win two gold medals,
while also winning gold alongside
Phillip and Keron Bramble in the
team sprint.
He broke Phillip’s Pan Am spring
record (9.997 seconds) in the individual
race, gunning it in in 9.808
seconds.
Campbell became the first T&T
woman to win a medal at the 2019
Pan Am Games taking silver in the
Women’s Individual time-trial road
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West Indies’ Rovman Powell, left,
hits a six during the second Twenty20
international cricket match
against India, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019,
in Lauderhill, Fla. At right is India
wicket keeper Rishabh Pant.
Associated Press / Lynne Sladky
T20 series
whitewash
By Azad Ali
India completed a series whitewash
against the West Indies as they suffered
a 3-0 Twenty20 International defeat in
their third match of the four-match
series, with a seven-wicket defeat in the
final contest in Georgetown on Aug. 6,
2019.
Defending a modest total of 147 at the
Guyana National Stadium, the regional
team was punished by half centu-
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Barbados
cricket boss
By George Alleyne
Barbados Cricket Association president,
Conde Riley, has lashed out at
Cricket West Indies (CWI) management,
blaming what he sees as administrative
errors for the team’s dismal showing in
the just-concluded World Cup.
West Indies registered only one win
in their nine matches and finished in
ninth position out of field of 10 teams
in World Cup 2019 in England and
Wales that ended in mid-July, and Riley
laid fault in CWI management’s strange
decision to fire the entire coaching
squad that had just steered the Caribbean
team to a surprise victory over
England in a Test series and to a draw
in the following One-Day Internationals
encounter.
“We ain’t win a match after the open-
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WINNING
RIDE
T&T cyclists create history at Pan Am Games
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