Nicholas Paul

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Nicholas Paul
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Nicholas Paul in 2018
Personal information
Born (1998-09-23) 23 September 1998 (age 26)
Gasparillo, Trinidad and Tobago
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Discipline Track
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Roubaix 1 km time trial
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Glasgow Sprint
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Santiago Sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Santiago Keirin
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Aguascalientes Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Cochabamba Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 CochabambaTeam sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Lima Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 LimaTeam sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 LimaKeirin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 San Juan Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 San JuanKeirin
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Couva Team sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 AguascalientesSprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 San JuanTeam sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 Aguascalientes1 km time trial
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Keirin
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Birmingham Sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Birmingham 1 km time trial

Nicholas Paul (born 23 September 1998) is a Trinidadian track cyclist, who specializes in sprinting events. [1] [2] He will compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's keirin on 11 August 2024.

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Career

On 6 September 2019, Paul set a flying 200m world record of 9.100 seconds at the Elite Pan American Track Cycling Championships in Coachabamba, Bolivia. [3] The previous record of 9.347 seconds by France's Francois Pervis had stood since 2013. [4]

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, in the quarterfinals of the sprint competition, Paul won his first ride against Denis Dmitriev (ROC) but was disqualified in the second ride for not holding his line in the final sprint. Paul went on to lose the third ride controversially when Dmitriev cut in front of him in the sprinter's lane but the appeal from the Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee was denied. [5]

In September 2021, Paul participated in the UCI Track Nations Cycling Cup, coming away with triple Golds in the Kilo Time Trial, Keirin & Sprints. [6] [7] [8] In October of that year, Paul earned a silver in the Kilo Time Trial at the UCI World Championships. [9]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Paul took gold in the keirin, beating Jack Carlin of Scotland and Shah Sahrom of Malaysia. His victory ended Trinidad and Tobago's 52-year wait for a medal in cycling at the Commonwealth Games. [10] He also won a silver medal in the sprint event. [11] He also won a bronze medal in the 1km Time Trial event. [12]

Major results

2015
1st Kilometer, Junior National Track Championships
2017
1st Sprint, National Track Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team sprint, Pan American Track Championships (with Kwesi Browne & Njisane Phillip)
2018
Central American and Caribbean Games
1st Gold medal blank.svg Kilometer
1st Gold medal blank.svg Sprint
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team sprint (with Kwesi Browne & Njisane Phillip)
Pan American Track Championships
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team sprint (with Kwesi Browne & Njisane Phillip)
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Sprint
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Kilometer
2021
UCI Nations Cup
1st Gold medal blank.svg Kilometer [6]
1st Gold medal blank.svg Keirin [7]
1st Gold medal blank.svg Sprint [8]
UCI World Track Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Kilometer [9]
4th Keirin [13]
2022
Commonwealth Games
1st Gold medal blank.svg Keirin
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Sprint
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg 1km Time Trial
2023
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Sprint, UCI World Track Championships [8]

See also

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