GUYANA’S Linden-born United States-based veteran cyclist, James ‘Joelyn’ Joseph rode away with another silver medal at the just concluded International Cycling Union (UCI) Track Cycling Championships in France.

The US based cyclist, the defending champion in the Men’s 65-69 Match Sprint event, had to settle for second position as he lost to Gary Mandy, representing Australia, with Jeff Alborm of the United States taking third position.

The two-time Guyanese track cyclist Olympian, who was once a Caribbean cycling champion, was beaten by Mandy in the match sprint final at the 2019 UCI World Masters Track Championships, in the United Kingdom.

However, last year at the UCI 2023 World Masters Track Cycling Championship which was staged at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester, England, Joseph defeated Kurt Sato of the USA to capture the gold medal, as another USA cyclist Jay Wolkof took third place.

James Joseph also won a silver medal on Monday in the 5,000m Scratch Race, which was won by Belgium’s Luc Nouwen of Belgium as Great Britain’s Graham Barclay got third.

James ‘Joelyn’ Joseph represented Guyana at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics. (Joe Chapman)