Nicholas Paul did not make the qual­i­fy­ing mark for the 1-kilo­me­tre time tri­al at the UCI Elite Track World Cham­pi­onships at the Pe­nalolen Velo­drome in San­ti­a­go, Chile on Fri­day.

Need­ing to be among the top eight par­tic­i­pants to earn qual­i­fy­ing berths, Paul fin­ished way down the or­der at 12th in a time of 1:00.206 sec­onds.

Not sur­pris­ing­ly, Dutch­man Har­rie Lavrey­sen topped the qual­i­fy­ing list in a time of 57.681, go­ing at a speed of 62.412 km/h. Paul had, just the day be­fore, fall­en short of a place in the men’s keirin fi­nal by cross­ing the fin­ish line in fifth in semi­fi­nal heat one.

Lavrey­sen, a five-time Olympic gold medal­list, was fol­lowed in the sec­ond po­si­tion by Joseph Tru­man of Great Britain and Lavrey­sen’s coun­try­man Jef­frey Hoog­land, who ex­e­cut­ed at a speed of 61.217 km/h to seal the third-place spot.

The oth­er qual­i­fiers are fourth, Ryan Tayte (Aus­tralia), 59.304; fifth, Hen­ric Hack­mann (Ger­many), 59.721; sixth, David Pe­ter­ka (Czech Re­pub­lic), 59.870; sev­enth, David Fontal­vo (Colom­bia), 59.879; and eighth, Kir­ill Kur­di­di (Kaza­khstan), 59.986.

T&T’s Ak­il Camp­bell al­so con­test­ed the Points Race and failed to fin­ish. He was among two rid­ers who could not make it to the fin­ish line from a large field. The race was won by Michael Tar­ling of Great Britain, with Pe­ter Moore of Amer­i­ca tak­ing sec­ond and Clement Pe­tit of France seal­ing the third-place crown.

Paul will re­turn to ac­tion on Sat­ur­day in the men’s sprints, along with Njisane Phillip, who did not fea­ture in Thurs­day’s keirin as he was boot­ed out. Mean­while, Makaira Wal­lace will be hop­ing to re­bound from a not-too-im­pres­sive per­for­mance in the women’s 1-kilo­me­tre time tri­al, with Ak­il Camp­bell set to con­test the men’s Om­ni­um Scratch Race.