Mark Colbourne Wins Great Britain’s First Paralympic Medal
Para-Cycling Track at London 2012 Paralympic Games – Mark Colbourne 1k TT C1-2-3 © Christina Kelkel Mark Colbourne wins Great Britain’s first Paralympic medal as he takes Silver in the 1Km Time Trial on Day 1 of London Paralympic Games! Mark Colbourne has achieved what would have been thought impossible three years ago after breaking his back in a paragliding accident; winning a silver medal in the 1km Time Trial, setting a new... Read More
Para-Cycling Explained
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Meet the Superhumans
Time to meet the Superhumans if you haven’t already they including Cycling Shorts very own Jody Cundy MBE. Channel 4 launched its biggest ever marketing campaign on Tuesday July 17 to promote coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic Games with a ‘roadblock’ premiere of its Meet the Superhumans film across 78 television channels. The 90 second long film is set to the awesome track, “Harder Than You Think” by hip hop legends,... Read More
The Final Push
The first week in July saw all the GB Para-cycling team members who had been selected for the 2012 London Paralympics, travel to and stay at the St Pierre & Country Club in Chepstow for the week, while we trained at the National Velodrome in Newport. This hotel will be our venue for our holding camp before the transition up to London one week before the games. The first week of my training on the track was a small shock to my system, having had... Read More
123 Days and Counting!
UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships Los Angeles, USA – ©Copyright Christina Kelkel With only 123 days to go until the London 2012 Paralympic Games, I decided to start writing a blog to keep you all in the loop of how things are going and I hope you will all enjoy reading my monthly updates. 2012 has already been quite a year for me having made my international track debut at the Track World Championships in Los Angeles in February. Looking... Read More
Para-Cycling World Championships – Final Day Report
GB Mixed Sprint Para Team - Darren Kenny, Sarah Storey & Jody Cundy - ©Copyright Christina Kelkel The final day of the competition saw Jody racing in the Mixed Team Sprint alongside Darren Kenny and Sarah Storey. The GB team started into the competition as defending Champions and WR holders, however a rule change after last year’s World Championships – allowing fewer points per team – had forced the British coaches to reorganise... Read More
Para-Cycling World Championships – Day 2
Mark Colbourne - UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships Los Angeles, USA - ©Copyright Christina Kelkel Mark Colbourne Today saw Mark racing in the 1km Time Trial, after he managed to take his first ever Para-Cycling World Championship Gold in his first International track competition! As a track debutant, Mark had to go off as one of the first riders with 10 more riders to come after his heat. Motivated by yesterday’s success, Mark rode a very... Read More
My World Track Championships – Los Angeles Day 2
Jody Pushing Off - UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships Los Angeles, USA - ©Copyright Christina Kelkel Day 2 and it was time for me to race the 4km Pursuit. Having won a silver medal in Montichiari the year before I was seeded into the last but one heat. I was lined up against Aaron Trent of the USA. As I built up speed to settle into my race rhythm I came out of turn 2 to be greeted by an official and the carpets from the start gate still... Read More
UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships – Jody & Mark’s Progress
Jody chats to Jiří Ježek – Para-Cycling Track World Championships – ©Copyright Christina Kelkel Jody Cundy MBE After qualifying third in a time of 4:55.958 in the morning, Jody was facing Roberto Garcia Alcaide (ESP, 4:57.622) in the final for Bronze tonight. Motivated by his unlucky qualification run, Jody was off for a quick start and well ahead of his opponent after lap 2 already. Quickly closing in on Alcaide, Jody did not... Read More
UCI Para-Cycling Track World Champs – Qualifying
Mark Colbourne - UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships Los Angeles, USA - ©Copyright Christina Kelkel Mark Colbourne Mark qualified second fastest in the C1’s 3km Individual Pursuit in a time of 4:06.895 and will be racing Juan Jose Mendez Fernandez (ESP, 4:06.285) for Gold later tonight. Mark Colbourne Qualifying - ©Copyright Christina Kelkel This is Mark’s first International track competition after making his debut on the road at the... Read More
