South Africa’s Joshua van Wyk won the gold medal in the elite men’s points race at the African Track Continental Championships in Pietermaritzburg today.
Moroccan Othman Harakat grabbed silver with the bronze medal claimed by Algerian Yacine Chalel.
South Africa’s Joshua Van Wyk, pictured during the elite men’s scratch race, won gold in the elite men’s points race at the African Continental Track Championships in Pietermaritzburg today. Photo: Boogs Photography/Andrew Mc Fadden
Egypt’s Ebtissam Zayed (26) won the elite women’s race ahead of South Africa’s Ilze Bole (19) and Elfriede Wolfaardt (12).
Tiano Da Silva (South Africa) was crowned the junior men’s champion when he finished with 24 points. Fellow countrymen Matthew Fortuin (23) and Keagan van Wyk (14) rounded out the podium.
South African Mischka Strydom (25) took the junior women’s victory, beating Nigerian Mary Sunday Samuel (20) and compatriot Andrea de Waal (15).
View the provisional results below.
Points race
Elite men
1. Joshua van Wyk (South Africa)
2. Othman Harakat (Morocco)
3. Yacine Chalel (Algeria)
4. Steven van Heerden (South Africa)
5. Carl Bonthuys (South Africa)
6. Assem Elhosseiny (Egypt)
7. Advocate Phiri (Zimbabwe)
8. Jean-Yves Aubrey Souyave (Saudi Arabia)
Elite women
1. Ebtissam Zayed (Egypt) 26
2. Ilze Bole (South Africa) 19
3. Elfriede Wolfaardt (South Africa) 12
4. Fatima Zahra Elhayani (Morocco) 9
5. Claudi Anette Gnudi (South Africa) 9
6. Courtney Smith (South Africa) 8
7. Adelia Reyneke (South Africa) 6
8. Danielle van Niekerk (South Africa) 4
9. Helen Mitchell (Zimbabwe) -40
Junior men
1. Tiano Da Silva (South Africa) 24
2. Matthew Fortuin (South Africa) 23
3. Keagan van Wyk (South Africa) 14
4. Jonathan Bouwer (South Africa) 12
5. Dian Janjetich (South Africa) 11
6. Ahmed Elsenfawi (Egypt) 4
7. Youssef Abouelhassan (Egypt) 3
8. Mirsab Jordan (South Africa) -10
9. Mohamed Diab (Egypt) -18
Junior women
1. Mischka Strydom (South Africa) 25
2. Mary Sunday Samuel (Nigeria) 20
3. Andrea de Waal (South Africa) 15
4. Charlize Murphy (South Africa) -14
