Three Cuban cyclists to compete in World Championships

Lisandra Guerra and Yumari Gonzalez, along with Yudelmis Dominguez, will compete for Cuba at the World Track Championships in Cali, Colombia, from Feb 26 to March 2.

Guerra will participate in the 500-metre trial and in keirin, a category in which she won a bronze medal in 2013 at the Minsk Arena, Belarus, reports Xinhua.

Gonzalez will compete in scratch, an event she has excelled in, having won the gold in 2007 at Palma de Mallorca and in 2009 at Pruszkow, and the silver in 2008 at Manchester.

Dominguez, meanwhile, hopes to do well in the points race and the individual pursuit.

Organisers have said the event, to be held at Cali's Alcides Nieto Patino velodrome, is expected to draw more than 250 cyclists from 40 countries.