BRAYDEN McDOUGALL FOURTH IN TIME TRIAL AT TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Apeldoorn, NED – March 26, 2015) Brayden McDougall (Calgary, AB) was fourth in the individual time trial on the opening day of the 2015 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.
McDougall stopped the clock at 1:23.402 after one kilometer of solo racing in the men C1 class, and finished 2.4 seconds from the third place and nine seconds behind the winning time of 1:14.445 posted by Chinese Zhangyu Li.
In the Men C3, Michael Sametz (Calgary, AB) finished 13th with a time of 1:17.610. Sametz is participating at his first UCI Track World Championships.
Marie-Claude Molnar (St-Bruno, QC) took part in the women’s C4 time trial race and raced to a time of 43.769 seconds, finishing in eighth position. Molnar came very close to the podium in a highly competitive field, finishing 3.4 seconds from the podium.
The event continues tomorrow with the individual pursuit races for the Men and Women C1-C3 classes. Milley, Sametz, and Ross Wilson (Edmonton, AB) will compete for Canada.
RESULTS – TEAM CANADA – 2015 UCI PARA-CYCLING TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
TIME TRIAL, 1000m MEN C1
1. LI, Zhangyu (CHN) 1:14.445
2. NIJHUIS, Arnoud (NED) 1:15.843
3. LOPEZ, Rodrigo Fernand (ARG) 1:21.001
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4. MCDOUGALL, Brayden (CAN) 1:23.402
TIME TRIAL, 1000m – MEN C3
1. BERENYI, Joseph (USA) 1:09.836
2. SCHELFHOUT, Diedrick (BEL) 1:11.189
3. BATUKOV, Sergey (RUS) 1:11.273
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13. SAMETZ, Michael (CAN) 1:17.610
TIME TRIAL, 500m – WOMEN C4
1. RUAN, Jianping (CHN) 37.909
2. HORAN, Katherine (NZL) 39.279
3. POWELL, Susan (AUS) 40.366
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8. MOLNAR, Marie-Claude (CAN) 43.769
