HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 7 (acn) Through the third seat achieved by Arlenis Sierra in the women's points race, Cuba got its first medal on the penultimate day of the World Track Cycling Championship, based in London, UK.
When it seemed impossible for Cuba to earn medals, largely by the discrete actions of its leading figure Lisandra Guerra, Sierra had a great performance and climbed to the awards podium.
In a tight race, Sierra managed to accumulate 14 points, the same amount as the silver medalist, Canadian Jasmin Glaesser, and one less than the champion, Polish Katarzyna Pawlowska (15), reflects the official website of the contest.
Previously, the young rider had finished seventh in the scratch, result which so far was the best achieved by the three Cuban participants, now enhanced with the bronze medal in a tournament attended by several of the major cyclists in the world.
Through this excellent performance, Sierra tied the third seat won in the 2003 edition of Stuttgart (Germany) by her compatriot Yoanka Gonzalez, who is also the only Cuban that has won an Olympic medal in track cycling .
Gonzalez, with great experience in the international arena, has in her extensive record a historic medal silver in the women's points race in Beijing 2008, event which is not currently included in the competitive program of the Olympics.
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