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NKULUMO “Nkust” Dube of the Flying Eagles Cycling Club came second behind Bright Chipongo in the National Classic series in Harare at the weekend. Bright Chipongo won the elite men’s 150km race on four hours four minutes eight seconds while Dube clocked 4 hours four minutes 46 seconds in Shamva road.
The top three athletes were separated by seconds in their finish in the elite’s race which was over 150km. Flying Eagles’ Busani Moyo and Mpumelelo Dube came sixth and seventh respectively in a time of 5 hours 19 minutes 40 seconds and five hours 29 minutes 40 seconds.
Chrispen Kazingizi, chairman of Flying Eagles Cycling Club said the trio had a good race considering that Dube lost by a few seconds while Moyo and Mpumelelo were first timers at the nationals.
“They rode well because the guy who came first beat “Nkust” by seconds and the other guys, it was their first time, so it was a learning curve for them,” said Kazingizi.
In the women’s 50km challenge, Hellen Mitchell from Hellenic High School won the race in one hour 32 minutes 15 seconds while Jake Greenway from St Johns came first in the boys’ category in one hour 32 minutes 13 seconds.
Greer Wynn won the elite women’s 100 km race in two hours 49 minutes 49 seconds while in the masters’ 100km Markus Vogt came first in two hours 49 minutes and 44 seconds.
Results
Elite Men 150km
1 Bright Chipongo 4hrs 4mins 8secs) 2. Nkulumo Dube (4hrs 4mins 46secs) 3. Kevin Smith (4hrs 4mins 47 secs)
Masters 100km
1. Markus Vogt (2hrs 49mins 44secs) 2. Jimmy Jaynes (2hrs 49mins 45 secs) 3. Lyod Govindan (2hrs 49mins 45secs)
Elite Ladies 100km
1. Greer Wynn (2hrs 49mins 49secs) 2. Linda Davison (2hrs 52mins 30 secs) 3. Bella Wlosowicz (2hrs 52mins 40 secs)
Girls’ 50km
1. Hellen Mitchell (1 hour 32 minutes 15 seconds) 2. Skye Davidson (1 hour 33 minutes 16 seconds) 3. Karishma Patel (1 hour 39 minutes 29 seconds)
Boys’ 50km
1. Jake Greenway (I hour 32 minutes 13 seconds) 2. Luke Collins (1hour 34 minutes 52 seconds) 3. Byron Mitchell (1 hour 36 minutes 19 seconds)
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