Godfrey helps Kiwis grab more medals
25 January 2010
Hayden Godfrey won two medals for the Kiwis in Beijing last night, an individual medal in the scratch race and a team medal as part of the NZ development team pursuit squad.
The first medal of the evening came when the development combination of Hayden Godfrey, Shane Archbold, Myron Simpson and Aaron Gate claimed the bronze medal in an outstanding team pursuit performance at the Beijing UCI World Cup.
The team pursuit combination was the third fastest qualifier in the morning with a 4:10.025 behind Australia and Netherlands and ahead of Ukraine who they faced in the bronze medal rider-off last night.
The Kiwis upped their effort to clock an outstanding 4:05.278 with a controlled performance, going faster in each kilometre which delighted BikeNZ head coach Tim Carswell.
"The development boys have put in some great work over the last eight months and they really wanted the medal tonight," Carswell said.
"Their performance is ahead of what our Olympic riders achieved at the same age which is exciting for the track programme going forward. To be going 4:05 is a very good effort."
Australia dominated Netherlands to win the gold.
Godfrey (Christchurch), the 2008 world omnium champion, recovered from his pursuit final to produce a strong effort to win silver in the men's scratch race over 15kms. The Canterbury rider was just edged by Canada's Zachery Bell in the final sprint for the gold.
Sourced from Roadcycling.co.nz
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