Mexico Brings the Heat to Pan Am Track
The Mexican cycling team is exceeding expectations at the Pan American Track Cycling Championships. They've captured two bronze medals – one in the women's pursuit and one in the women's elimination.
The velodrome at the VELO Sports Center in Los Angeles is abuzz. It's Day Two of the Pan American Track Cycling Championships, and Mexico, armed with grit and a love for the underdog role, is punching above its weight. They've already snatched two well-deserved bronze medals and are perched second on the medal table, a feat for the history books…especially since most of the sports-loving world probably wrote them off.
First up was the women's pursuit team. María Antonieta Gaxiola González, Yareli Acevedo Mendoza, Victoria Velasco Fuentes, and Lizbeth Yarely Salazar Vázquez may not have the same name recognition as their American or Canadian counterparts, but they cycled like a whirlwind in lycra. Each corner a nail-biting moment, each straight a burst of power, they managed to edge onto the podium in a photo-finish flurry. And they didn't stop there; Acevedo Mendoza, a powerhouse on wheels, snared a further bronze in the women's elimination test, proving Mexico's cycling team is fueled by ambition as much as Gatorade.
