08.13.10 - Ryan MacDonald 9th at Youth Olympic Games in Time Trial

Kristina Laforge 3rd in the Women's Mountain Bike on Tuesday

(Singapore - August 18, 2010) Canadian cyclist Ryan MacDonald (Greenhill, NS) finished 7th in the Men's Time Trial at the inaugural edition of the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore on Wednesday.

This represents a good performance by this young cyclist who was called up at the last minute to replace his injured teammate, Stuart Wight.

"I'm really happy with how I did, as a 3 km strength course is not really my thing... I'm also happy because I know I definitely have a shot at the road race," said Ryan MacDonald, the 2010 Canadian Road Race Champion. Ryan will compete again on Sunday in the Road race.

MacDonald completed the 3.2 kilometre course in four minutes, 09.61 seconds, 12 seconds behind the gold medalist, Rafael Ferreira Reis of Portugal.

On Tuesday, Steve Noble (Glencairn, ON) finished 13th of the Men's Mountain Bike event. Noble finished the course with a time of 1:03.34, trailing the gold medalist just under five minutes. In the Women's cross country, Canadian Kristina Laforge (Alma, QC) came third with a time of 49.22, two minutes behind the leader and eight seconds behind the second place.

Canada now sits in 7th position for the cycling competition, equal with Denmark with 92 points. Italy currently leads this competition with 38 points.

The Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games aims to inspire youth around the world to embrace, embody and express the Olympic values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect.

Full results of the cycling events at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games can be found at: http://gis.singapore2010.sg/RINF-app/generator/cat/sch/lan/ENG/dis/CY/sch-dis-dat-rep.xml

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