March 22, 2018 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – Canada’s Tristen Chernove of Cranbrook, B.C. brought home gold and Ross Wilson of Edmonton captured silver on the opening day of the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, March 22-25, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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“It’s really nice to be back here riding at the Rio velodrome,” said Chernove, “and to get a chance for redemption [Chernove won silver at the Paralympics in this event]. I’m glad to be the world champion again. I won’t say it was a comfortable race, but I had everything under control and the ride went well.”
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“In the final I tried my absolute best, and it turned out it was a little bit shy of what was required. So it is back to the training boards and hopefully next year I’ll have a shot at redemption and be ready for Tokyo in 2020,” he added.
Other Canadians competing included Marie-Claude Molnar of St-Hubert, Quebec, finished 8th in the women’s C4 500 metre time trial and Keely Shaw of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan placed 10th in the same event.
Results here.
With files from Cycling Canada.