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Darel Christopher Jr. and Olympia Fahie, will leave Atlanta on Thursday for Barbados, ahead of the weekend competition and BVI Cycling Federation officials are eyeing good performances from the pair. Last year, Fahie picked up a gold medal in the time trial and silver in the road race. Christopher is looking to move up from his sixth place showing. “I think if everything goes according to plan, they should be on the podium,” federation president David Thomas said. “We are stilly trying to get a really good feel as to who are going to be in Barbados. Already signed up are Puerto Rico, Bermuda and Trinidad. Even with those three countries and host Barbados, it will be a pretty challenging junior championship. But, I think if they put into practice all they have learnt over the last six weeks there’s a really good possibility they’ll be standing on the podium.” Thomas said they have been literally eating, sleeping and riding. He noted they have had a structured program as far as improving their fitness and both are much fitter than when they left the territory. Both Christopher and Fahie have been training and racing on a velodrome, something they have taken too naturally. Their speeds have increased and they have become a bit smarter Thomas noted. Both cyclists will compete in a 15K time trial on Saturday, followed by a 90K road race for boys and 70K for girls, on Sunday. Regarding the time trial, Thomas said his only concern with it being short, is that from time the gun goes off, it’s maximal effort all the way. “I’ve already told them what it is, and they have already been working towards that in Atlanta, over the last two weeks,” Thomas said. Christopher and Fahie have also been working on the road racing, Thomas pointed out. He said Atlanta is not as flat as it seems and that type of terrain, would have helped them from the first race they did when they arrived in July, to their last race over the weekend. “They have improved and have definitely gotten faster,” Thomas pointed out. “The good thing about racing in America is just the sheer numbers. Christopher had a chance to race against 30 to 40 juniors and Fahie had over 20 women and juniors. Just the fact that they have gotten a chance to race against bigger numbers has been a benefit to them.” © Copyright 2003 BVI Cycling Federation |
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