Manchester, Great Britain (November 12, 2009) — Americans won 11 medals, including five world titles, at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships held November 4-8 in Manchester, Great Britain.
Jennifer Schuble rode her way onto the podium’s highest step twice over the four days. With a time of 38.834, she won the LC2-CP4 combined class 500-meter time trial, breaking her own world record which she set at the Beijing Paralympic Games last summer. She continued her winning ways with another gold medal in the 3,000-meter pursuit.
Barbara Buchan also picked up a world title for the U.S. as the fastest woman to cover twelve laps in the women’s LC3-4 – CP3 3,000-meter pursuit. She then added a bronze medal to her hardware stash by clocking a time of 45:599 in the 500-meter time test.
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