Champion of Ukraine Alexander Simonenko

Alexander Simonenko, the World Champion and the two-time Champion of Ukraine, a native of Kirovograd on the Ukrainian Cycle Racing Championship shows the speed of 53.1 km/hour on the 1000km-track distance on the last day, on Thursday, February 10, 2000. In the course of the Championship Simonenko won three golden medals - in the 1000km long distance, as well as in the team band and individual race-pursuit. The 231 sportsmen from the 26 teams took part in the Competitions. Three World champions - Alexander Simonenko, Sergey Chernyavskyi and Ruslan Podgornyi, as well as Irina Yanovich, the Ukrainian Champion-woman (the only woman-cycle-racer, who was rewarded by the license for the Olympic Games in Sydney) were among the participants. Photo UNIAN