Mel Pemble won a rainbow jersey and Canada’s first gold medal of the week on Friday. Following of her world record from day one in the 200 m sprint, she would ride to the top of the podium at her first world championships of her career in the C3 scratch race.
“This is so surreal,” Pemble said. “This is a goal I had maybe in two years time, maybe next year. For it to happen at my first World Championships, made it quite the day. I was really nervous today, so I’m glad it paid off.”
With one lap to go, Pemble was in third place before she attacked to position herself at the front of the race, ultimately crossing the finish line in first place in front of Aniek Van den Aarssen from the Netherlands and Clara Brown from the United States.
Alexandre Hayward from Quispamsis, New Brunswick was also in action today at his first world championships, where he raced a personal best in the men’s C3 individual pursuit with a time of 1:14.908. He did not advance to next round but finished with a fifth position.
With only two days of racing, Canadian athletes are getting ready for the next races, with Pemble hoping to grab more points in the Omnium, where she currently stands in first position.
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