Pictured from left is Devon Briggs, who won four bronze medals, Anna Taylor (both Cambridge) with her gold medal, Ōtorohanga’s Nicole Murray, who won gold, silver and bronze medals, Nick Blincoe and Eltje Malzbender (both Cambridge), who won two silver medals.
A New Zealand Para cycling track team featuring Waipā riders looks to be gearing up for success at next year’s Paralympics.
A little over a year out from the Games, five riders – four from Cambridge one from Ōtorohanga – have helped New Zealand bring home a record 10 medals from the UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland last week.
Dubbed the ‘Super Worlds’, the championships bring together 13 different world championships in various cycling disciplines in one event.
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Picture by Ed Sykes/SWpix.com – 11/08/2023 – Road Cycling – 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships – Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland – Women’s T2 Road Race Podium – Shelley Gautier of Canada in Bronze, Eltje Malzbender of New Zealand in Silver and Pavlina Vejvodova of Czech Republic in The Rainbow Jersey
Picture by Ed Sykes/SWpix.com – 11/08/2023 – Road Cycling – 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships – Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland – Women’s Road Race – Eltje Malzbender of New Zealand
