March 22, 2018 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – Canada is off to a strong start to the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as Ross Wilson of Edmonton, Alberta qualified first in the Men’s C1 Individual Pursuit and then Tristen Chernove of Cranbrook, BC matched his result in the Men’s C2 Individual Pursuit qualification. More results as they become available – read about the small but powerful Canadian team here.

Results (brief)

Qualifications
Men’s C1 Individual Pursuit
1. Ross Wilson (Canada) 3:52.141
2. Ricardo Ten Argiles (Spain) 3:54.193
3. Zhangyu Li (People’s Republic of China) 3:55.521
4. Arnoud Nijhuis (Netherlands) 4:00.814
5. Erich Winkler (Germany) 4:03.083

Full results here.

Final for Gold
1. Ricardo Ten Argiles (Spain) 3:52.222
2. Ross Wilson (Canada) 3:54.584

Final for Broanze
3. Zhangyu Li (People’s Republic of China)
4. Arnoud Nijhuis (Netherlands) OVL

Men’s C2 Individual Pursuit
1. Tristen Chernove (Canada) 3:43.073
2. Guihua Liang (People’s Republic of China) 3:48.454
3. Arslan Gilmutdinov (Russian Federation) 3:50.109
4. Darren Hicks (Australia) 3:51.754
5. Louis Rolfe (Great Britan) 3:53.103

Full results here.

Final for Gold
1. Tristen Chernove (Canada) 3:44.385
2. Guihua Liang (People’s Republic of China) 3:50.304

Final for Broanze
3. Arslan Gilmutdinov (Russian Federation) 3:49.618
4. Darren Hicks (Australia) 3:51.306

Women C4 500m Time Trial
1. Jianping Ruan (People’s Republic of China) 38.437
2. Katherine Horan (New Zealand) 39.932
3. Emily Petricola (Australia) 41.409
4. Elena Galkina (Russian Federation) 41.833
5. Shawn Morelli (United States of America) 42.039
6. Katell Alencon (France) 42.134
7. Xueke Li (People’s Republic of China) 42.217
8. Marie-Claude Molnar (Canada) 43.030
9. Meg Lemon (Australia) 43.336
10. Keely Shaw (Canada) 47.249