Nicholas Paul (born 23 September 1998) is a Trinidadian

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, who specializes in sprinting events.

Career

On 6 September 2019, Paul set a flying 200m world record of 9.100 seconds at the Elite Pan American Track Cycling Championships in Coachabamba, Bolivia. The previous record of 9.347 seconds by France's Francois Pervis had stood since 2013. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, in the quarterfinals of the sprint competition, Paul won his first ride against

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(ROC) but was disqualified in the second ride for not holding his line in the final sprint. Paul went on to lose the third ride controversially when Dmitriev cut in front of him in the sprinter's lane but the appeal from the Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee was denied. In September 2021, Paul participated in the UCI Track Nations Cycling Cup, coming away with triple Golds in the Kilo Time Trial, Keirin & Sprints. In October of that year, Paul earned a silver in the Kilo Time Trial at the UCI World Championships. At the

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, Paul took gold in the keirin, beating

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of Scotland and Shah Sahrom of Malaysia. His victory ended Trinidad and Tobago's 52-year wait for a medal in cycling at the Commonwealth Games. He also won a silver medal in the sprint event. He also won a bronze medal in the 1km Time Trial event.

Major results

;2015 :1st Kilometer, Junior National Track Championships ;2017 :1st Sprint, National Track Championships :2nd Silver medal blank

Team sprint,

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(with

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) ;2018 :

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Kilometer ::1st Gold medal blank

Sprint ::1st Gold medal blank

Team sprint (with

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Team sprint (with

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Sprint ::3rd Bronze medal blank

Kilometer ;2021 : UCI Nations Cup ::1st Gold medal blank

Kilometer ::1st Gold medal blank

Keirin ::1st Gold medal blank

Sprint : UCI World Track Championships ::2nd Silver medal blank

Kilometer ::4th Keirin ;2022 :

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Keirin – literally "racing cycle" – is a form of motor-paced cycle racing in which track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer. It was developed in Japan around 1948 for gamblin ...

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Sprint ::3rd Bronze medal blank

1km Time Trial

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paul, Nicholas 1998 births Living people Trinidad and Tobago male cyclists Trinidad and Tobago track cyclists People from Gasparillo Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Trinidad and Tobago Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Pan American Games medalists in cycling Pan American Games gold medalists for Trinidad and Tobago Cyclists at the 2019 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in cycling Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Trinidad and Tobago Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 20th-century Trinidad and Tobago people 21st-century Trinidad and Tobago people Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Trinidad and Tobago Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Trinidad and Tobago Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling