Chalifour/Cloutier, Sametz add to Canada’s medal tally at Parapan-American Games

MILTON, Ont. – Daniel Chalifour of Mont-Laurier, Que., and his pilot Alexandre Cloutier of St-Antoine-de-Tilly, Que., won a second gold medal and Michale Sametz of Calgary made his first trip to the podium in track para-cycling on Tuesday.

In the one kilometre mixed time trial for visually impaired, Chalifour and Cloutier clocked one minute and 06.139 seconds for their second victory and third medal of the Games. The pair also won the pursuit on the track and was second in the road race. A Colombian pair was second in 1:06.242.

“We knew it was going to be really close and it was but we were really happy with the results,” said Chalifour. “It was really tough because we didn’t train too much on the track here this year. We know we can go faster than that, but today it was OK.”

In the men’s C1-3 category 3000-m individual pursuit Sametz lost in the final to world champion Joe Berenyi of the U.S. “It was going to be a huge miracle if I beat Joe,” said Sametz. “I did my best and tried hard to hold it as best as I could. I’ve never been in a pursuit final so I tried to enjoy it.”