T&T’s Nicholas Paul attained his second individual gold medal, the third of four medals he won when he took the top spot in the men’s time trial final on the final day of the Elite Pan American Track Cycling Championships at the Paraguay National Olympic Cycling Velodrome in Asuncion, Paraguay.

Paul, the penultimate rider of the eight-man final, clocked 59.729 seconds with an average speed of 60.272 kilometers per hour over the 1,000m. The 26-year-old is also the 2021 World Championship silver medal winner in the event and a bronze medalist at both the 2018 Pan American Championĺships and 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Meanwhile, Colombian Cristian Ortega had to settle for the silver medal in one minute, 00.372 seconds, while Canada’s James Hedgcock took the bronze medal in one minute, 00.798 seconds.

Paul’s gold medal added to his victories in the team sprint with Paul, Njisane Phillip, and Ryan D’Abreau in the match sprint, while he also secured a silver medal in the Keirin.

The other finishers in the time trial final were Canada’s Ryan Dodyk, who finished in 1:01.059 minutes, the USA’s David Domonoske, who finished in 1:01.405 minutes, Mexico’s Edgar Verdugo Osuna, who finished in 1:01.676, Brazilian Joao Victor Da Silva, who finished in 1:01.815, and Argentina’s Juan Bautista Rodriguez, who finished in 1:05.457.

Earlier, in the qualifying round, Ortega was the top qualifier of the 25 cyclists with a time of 59.514 seconds at a speed of 60.490 km/h. Paul was close behind in 59.669 at a top speed of 60.333 km/h, as the two were the only riders under the one-minute barrier.

The trio of Hedgcock (1:00.944), Dodyk (1:01.124), and Osuna (1:01.214) rounded out the top five qualifiers, with Da Silva (1:01.615), Domonoske (1:01.643), and Rodriguez (1:02.529), the sixth, seventh, and eighth best from the field, to secure their places in the final.

The local women’s team of Teniel Campbell, who won the women’s 25km points race and was fourth in the women’s individual pursuit (2500m), which followed right after, and Alexi Ramirez just missed out on a medal after a fourth-place finish in the 12-team Madison (120 laps/30km) ride with a total of eight points, just one shy of Canada’s Lily Plante and Fiona Majende.

Colombians Lina Marcela Hernandez and Eliza Beth Castano won gold with 49 points, and the USA’s Bethany Ingram and Olivia Cummins won silver with 42.

Earlier in the week, Campbell earned a bronze medal in the women’s elimination race behind gold medal winner Yareli Acevedo of Mexico and Cuba’s Marlies Mejias.