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Victoria Velasco Fuentes (born 5 August 2002) is a Mexican cyclist. In June 2021, Velasco won the
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with Yareli Acevedo at the
Pan American Track Cycling Championships The Pan American Road and Track Championships are the continental cycling championships for road bicycle racing and track cycling held annually for member nations of the Pan American Cycling Confederation. Riders competing in the Pan American C ...
in
Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...
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. Prior to that, on 29 May 2021, Velasco also won the
omnium An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...
at the Mexican Olympic trials in
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
. However, a registration error by the Mexican federation made her ineligible to compete at the
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and was discovered just days before the opening ceremony. Velasco won the bronze medal at the
2022 Pan American Track Cycling Championships The 2022 Pan American Track Cycling Championships took place at the National Sports Village ( VIDENA) velodrome in Lima, Peru from 10 to 14 August 2022. Medal summary Men Women Medal table References External linksResults {{Pan American Cy ...
in Lima, Peru in August 2022, in the
Omnium An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...
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2002 births Living people Mexican female cyclists Mexican track cyclists 21st-century Mexican women Sportspeople from Monterrey {{Mexico-cycling-bio-stub Pan American Games competitors for Mexico Cyclists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in cycling Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Mexico