The Canadian national team had an incredible showing at the 2022 UCI para-cycling track corld Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in France, with a total of two world titles, one silver medal and plenty of personal bests.
Canada opened the 2022 UCI para-cycling track world championships on Thursday in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France with a silver medal by former world champion and paralympic medallist, Kate O’Brien, in the women’s C4 500 m time trial.
Meanwhile, British Columbia’s Mel Pemble opened up her World Championship debut with a world record in the women’s C3 200 m sprint.
Kate O’Brien wins Canada’s first medal at the 2022 Para Cycling Track World Championships in the 500m time trial WC4 🥈@CyclingCanada @CanadianTire Sports Analytics pic.twitter.com/ramyTslWj5
— Canadian Paralympic Committee (@CDNParalympics) October 20, 2022
“Coming in as world champion, I obviously wanted to defend the title,” O’Brien said in a statement to Cycling Canada. “I had my first crash since 2017 on the track last week and I also had to recover from COVID-19. Up until yesterday, it was not even certain if I would race, so I am super grateful to be here today and to have the support from everyone.”
Pemble beat the world record in the 200 m sprint, taking the win in the first event of the Omnium competition. Her win in the scratch race, which also counted towards the overall in the Omnium allowed her to accumulate enough points to stand at the top of the standings. She ended the four events with a total of 150 points, just two points in front of Aniek Van den Aarsen from the Netherlands, ultimately winning the world title.
🌈 WORLD CHAMPION 🌈
At her first Paracycling Worlds, newcomer Mel Pemble becomes ✨ Scratch World Champ ✨ in the C3 category! #SQY2022
Congrats Mel 👏
📸 Jean-Baptiste Benavent pic.twitter.com/tgDZsXMjTD— Cycling Canada (@CyclingCanada) October 21, 2022
“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.”
She did once, she knew she could do it again 🌈🌈🌈
Mel Pemble becomes the Omnium World Champion in the women’s C3 category 👏 #SQY2022
📸 Jean-Baptiste Benavent pic.twitter.com/q2vNQjVmEH
— Cycling Canada (@CyclingCanada) October 23, 2022
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