Frederick Assor and Rudolf Mensah came last in their events and with resources scarce, they hope their efforts can spark change
There are no velodromes in Ghana. But there is a Paralympic track cyclist. His name is Frederick Assor and at the Paris velodrome he and his pilot, Rudolf Mensah, loop the track on a brightly-coloured tandem with spoked wheels and a Heath Robinson air.
Assor and Mensah finished last in the men’s B 4,000m individual pursuit on the first day at the track, their time of 6min 30.071sec, a Ghanaian and African record, 2min 35sec slower than the winner Tristan Bangma of the Netherlands, who broke the world record with an average speed of over 61kph. Assor and Mensah’s average was 36.9kph. They returned on Sunday, whooped along by the crowd, this time in the B 1,000m time trial, where they also finished last.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/sep/04/cycling-ghana-paralympics-velodrome
Author : Tanya Aldred in Paris
Publish date : 2024-09-04 07:00:33
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