Nicholas Paul (cyclist)
# Nicholas Paul (cyclist)

Nicholas Paul (born 23 September 1998) is a Trinidadian track cyclist, who specializes in sprinting events.

## Career

On 6 September 2019, Paul set a flying 200m world record of 9.100 seconds at the Elite Pan American Track Cycling Championships in Coachabamba, Bolivia. The previous record of 9.347 seconds by France's Francois Pervis had stood since 2013.

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, in the quarterfinals of the sprint competition, Paul won his first ride against Denis Dmitriev (ROC) but was disqualified in the second ride for not holding his line in the final sprint. Paul went on to lose the third ride controversially when Dmitriev cut in front of him in the sprinter's lane but the appeal from the Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee was denied.

In September 2021, Paul participated in the UCI Track Nations Cycling Cup, coming away with triple Golds in the Kilo Time Trial, Keirin & Sprints. In October of that year, Paul earned a silver in the Kilo Time Trial at the UCI World Championships.

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Paul took gold in the keirin, beating Jack Carlin of Scotland and Shah Sahrom of Malaysia. His victory ended Trinidad and Tobago's 52-year wait for a medal in cycling at the Commonwealth Games. He also won a silver medal in the sprint event. He also won a bronze medal in the 1km Time Trial event.

## Major results

### 2015

    1st Kilometer, Junior National Track Championships

### 2017

    1st Sprint, National Track Championships
    2nd Team sprint, Pan American Track Championships (with Kwesi Browne & Njisane Phillip)

### 2018

    Central American and Caribbean Games
       1st Kilometer
       1st Sprint
       1st Team sprint (with Kwesi Browne & Njisane Phillip)
    Pan American Track Championships
       1st Team sprint (with Kwesi Browne & Njisane Phillip)
       2nd Sprint
       3rd Kilometer

### 2021

    UCI Nations Cup
       1st Kilometer
       1st Keirin
       1st Sprint
    UCI World Track Championships
       2nd Kilometer
       4th Keirin

### 2022

    Commonwealth Games
       1st Keirin
       2nd Sprint
       3rd 1km Time Trial
