March 25, 2018 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – Team Canada’s Tristen Chernove of Cranbrook, BC, captured a bronze in the men’s C1-3 Scratch Race on the final day as the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships concluded on Sunday.

It was his third medal, and Canada’s fourth overall, as Chernove matched his medal trifecta from the 2016 Paralympic Games taking home gold, silver and bronze.

“It’s been a great time here,” said Chernove, “with a little bit of deja vu from Rio [Paralympics] – a gold, a silver and a bronze! I’m very happy with the teamwork that Ross and I put together to get me up on the podium. It was definitely a team effort. Ross was continually attacking and that allowed me to not be marked, like I have been in the past. I got a little confused at the end because the bell rang with two to go [for race leader Perea Arango, a lap ahead] and I missed my jump for the sprint, unfortunately. But, I’m really happy with the result and really happy with the teamwork.”

Ross Wilson of Edmonton, Alberta, a C1 rider, finishing 12th in the C1-3 Scratch Race while helping Chernove to win the bronze. Wilson also contributed to Canada’s medal haul by winning silver in the Men’s C1 Individual Pursuit.

“It was a very good World Championships for Canada; 4 medals, two 4th-place finishes and a 5th puts us in a very good position at this moment in the Olympic quadrennial, given that this was the first qualifying event for the 2020 Games,” said Sebastien Travers, Para Head Coach for Cycling Canada. “It’s great to see that our veterans on the team are performing at a very high level, but also that our Next Gen programs are effective in identifying and bringing new athletes to perform internationally.”

Results

Men’s MC1-3 Scratch Race Final

1. Alejandro Perea Arango (MC2) Colombia
2. Darren Hicks (MC2) Australia
3. Tristen Chernove (MC2) Canada
4. Joseph Berenyi (MC3) United States
5. Ricardo Ten Argiles (MC1) Spain
6. Benjamin Watson (MC3) Great Britain
7. Fabio Anobile (MC3) Italy
8. Ivo Koblasa (MC2) Czech Republic
9. Shota Kawamoto (MC2) Japan
10. Arslan Gilmutdinov (MC2) Russia
11. Diederick Schelfhout (MC3) Belgium
12. Ross Wilson (MC1) Canada
13. Cristian David Romero Ramirez (MC2) Colombia
DNF Arnoud Nijhuis (MC1) Netherlands
DNF David Nicholas (MC3) Australia
DNF Eduardo Santas Asensio (MC3) Spain
DNF Kris Bosmans (MC3) Belgium
DNF Sergey Ustinov (MC3) Russia
DNF Stijn Boersma (MC3) Netherlands