Van Beek wins gold at Deaflympics time-trial

Australian Reece-Emerson van Beek has won the Gold medal at the individual time-trial competition of the 20th Deaflympics in Melbourne. The deaf rider beat Gerald Meilke-Weyel (Germany) by 42 seconds in the 32.1 km road time-trial. Frantisek Kocourek (Czech Republic) placed third.

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