Ahmed Lopez, who cycled for Cuba’s Olympic team but now lives in Hialeah, won the recent Florida State Spring Championships at Brian Piccolo Park in Cooper City.

Lopez set a record of 10.73 seconds for 200 meters in the seeding time trial at the park’s velodrome and prevailed in a series of elimination races to earn the gold medal.

According to the Sun Sentinel, he “had to race about six times over three hours in the two-lap sprints on the velodrome’s 333 1/3-meter banked track.”

Roger Hernandez of Coral Gables took the silver medal and Alexander Gill of Hialeah won bronze.

To read the Sun Sentinel’s article, click here.