Cyclist Phillip bags four gold

Beacon’s Njisane Phillip became the first cyclist in history to claim four gold medals at the National Cycling Track Championships when he won the Keirin and Points Race at the Arima Velodrome yesterday. Having already taken the Flying 200m and Kilometre in record times earlier in the week, the 20-year-old surpassed Azikwe Kellar’s tally of three golds in 2007.

He will have the opportunity to add more when the championships conclude today with the Scratch Race and Team Sprint. His chances have been improved in the absence of Christopher Sellier, who has been unwell this week.

Phillip edged Southclaine’s Haseem McLean to win the Keirin while in the Points Race, he got the better of Team Trek’s Gene Samuel, who placed second. In other results, Degree Madonna’s Varun Maharaj won the Individual Pursuit, beating Ryan Sabga (Unattached) and Jovian Gomez (Madonna) respectively.­

Results

Yesterday
Keirin
1. Njisane Phillip (Beacon)
2. Haseem McLean (Southclaine)
3. Keron Bramble (Rigtech Sonics)

Points Race
1. Njisane Phillip (Beacon)
2. Gene Samuel (Trek)
3. Colin Wilson (Trek)

Friday
Kilometre
1. Njisane Phillip (Beacon) - 1:06.548
2. Haseem McLean (Southclaine) - 1:09.679
3. Barry Luces (Rigtech Sonics) - 1:15.674

Individual Pursuit
1. Varun Maharaj (Madonna) - 5:07.62
2. Ryan Sabga (Unattached) - 5:18.03
3. Jovian Gomez (Madonna) - 5:26.93