Cyclists’ time trial double
AUSTRALIAN pair Cameron Meyer and Katrin Garfoot have continued Australia’s cycling gold rush, dominating the Commonwealth Games road time trials on the Gold Coast.
Meyer made the most of his surprise elevation into the event while Gold Coast local Garfoot nailed the race she has eyed for some time.
Their victories on Currumbin’s testing course took Australia’s tally of cycling gold to 12 at the Games, with four still up for grabs.
The 30-year-old Meyer had finished fourth in the points race on the track on Sunday but was unstoppable over the tough 38.5km Currumbin course. He clocked 48 minutes 13.04 seconds to chase down the morning’s previous-best time set by New Zealand’s twotime Olympic rowing gold medallist Hamish Bond. Harry Tanfield eventually edged into second, with the dominant Meyer 30.26 clear of the field and fellow Australian Callum Scotson fourth after suffering an early puncture.
Garfoot was a class above in the 25.5km women’s event, leading at every checkpoint and eventually stopping the clock at 35:08.09, almost one minute ahead of silver medallist and defending champion Linda Villumsen of New Zealand. “They were able to stop me in my pet event (on Sunday), I just had to reset and I looked forward to the challenge,” Meyer said, revealing it was his track coach’s idea two weeks ago for him to enter the race. “And somehow I pulled something out that will be a special moment in my career.”