Cameron Meyer: Born to Win

By Jomy T.J.

New Delhi: Prince, a fifth standard student of K V Vikaspuri School, from Uttam Nagar, screamed when the World Cycling Champion Cameron Meyer came first to bag the gold medal in men’s 40 km Points Race with his fellow contenders still far behind struggling to complete the penultimate lap at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Wednesday.

Meyer scored 89 points while the silver medalist, George Atkins of England, had to contend with mere 52 points. Short and smart Prince is a fan of Australian cyclists especially of Meyer. The world cycling champion is on a winning-spree from 2002 onwards after gaining first in U15 Road Time Trial Notional Road Titles. In 2006 itself this Australian legend secured 9 first titles which ranges from U19 Road Race Junior Road Championships to Individual Pursuit World Junior Championship.

The 22-year-old Western Australian’s most memorable sporting event is winning 3 Junior World Titles in Belgium in 2006, though he had come out with flying colours in Australian Male Track Cyclist of the Year during 2007, 2008, 2009.

As Prince came out of the Stadium, it was Meyer, and Meyer alone, in his mind. The enthusiastic boy, who himself is a mine of information on cycling events, is very crazy about cycling. Meyer’s words, in an interview given immediately after winning the event, “I have ticked my main objective off the list and it is great to come here and win a gold medal”, was still echoing in Prince’s mind. Who knows the young Prince himself will not take the track taken by his hero one day!