TOKYO - The final day of track cycling featured one race from Team USA at the Izu Velodrome. Two of the three riders on the U.S.’s lone sprint team entered the race as the 2020 world championship bronze medalists in the event.
Joe Berenyi (Aurora, Illinois) and Chris Murphy (Rancho Cucamonga, California) looked to use their experience in the sprint to earn Team USA a medal but finished in the middle of the pack. Aaron Keith (Woodinville, Washington), who typically does not race this event, was the third rider in the trio. The Americans finished in sixth place, earning a time of 52.051, and finishing four seconds behind China who took home the gold with a world record time of 48.051.
Overall on the track, Team USA compiled a silver medal in addition to seven top-10 finishes over four days of racing.
Finishes
Shawn Morelli - Silver, individual pursuit WC4
Clara Brown - 4th, individual pursuit WC1-3
Aaron Keith - 5th, individual pursuit MC1
Chris Murphy - 5th, time trial MC4-5
Joe Berenyi, Aaron Keith, Chris Murphy - 6th, team sprint mixed MC1-5
Joe Berenyi - 7th, individual pursuit MC3
Jamie Whitmore - 8th, individual pursuit WC1-3
Chris Murphy - 9th, individual pursuit MC5
Joe Berenyi - 11th, time trial MC1-3
Aaron Keith - 12th, time trial MC1-3
Road cycling starts Tuesday from Fuji International Speedway.
-U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee-