KEELY SHAW WINS BRONZE AT THE UCI PARA-CYCLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Ottawa, ON (March 22, 2024) – Keely Shaw, of Midale, SK, won the bronze medal in the Women’s C4 Individual Pursuit on March 22 at the 2024 UCI Para-Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, BRA. After qualifying in fourth position, Shaw scored a time of 3:54.093 in the bronze medal final against Anna Grace Taylor (4:00.732) of New Zealand.

The gold medal was awarded to Emily Petricola of Australia, who scored a time of 3:46.317 in her heat against Samantha Bosco (USA) who finished with a time difference of 7.690s.

“I came to Worlds looking for a podium spot, so it’s hard not to be happy with that,” said Shaw. “We’ve got a lot of key learnings to take away for this race. At the end of the day, we did what we came here to do, we got ourselves on the podium. I’m excited to take all these key learnings to the training camp in Bomont and see what we can bring to Paris in September.”

Team Canada’s racers were all in action on Friday, aiming to rack up points towards the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

Alex Hayward of Quispamsis, NB finished fifth in the men’s C3 individual pursuit, just short of qualifying for the bronze final. Mel Pemble (women’s C3), of Victoria, BC and Kate O’Brien (women’s C4), of Calgary, AB, finished sixth and fourteenth in their respective individual pursuits. The duo of Lowell Taylor, of Lethbridge, AB, and Ed Veal, of Queensville, ON, (men B) finished sixteenth in the one-kilometer time trial.

“We have to highlight the performances of our athletes today, who gave us precious points by doing events for which they don’t necessarily have the preparation,” said National Team coach Sébastien Travers. We’re really pleased to be able to count on our athletes, who are taking part in a number of disciplines, to score as many points as possible for the Paris Paralympic Games.”

Full results from the third day of the 2024 UCI Para-Track Cycling World Championships can be found here.