MEL PEMBLE WINS CANADA’S FIRST MEDAL AT 2024 UCI PARA-TRACK CYLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Ottawa, ON (March 20, 2024) – Mel Pemble of Victoria, BC, clinched the silver medal in the Women’s C3 500m Time Trial on March 20 at the 2024 UCI Para-Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, BRA. She scored the second fastest time stopping the clock at 39.573s, just 0.093s behind gold medallist Xiaomei Wang, of China. Aniek Van Den Aarsen, of the Netherlands took the bronze medal.

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic medallists Kate O’Brien and Keely Shaw were also in action in the women’s C4 category. They finished fifth and ninth in the 500m time trial, 2.386s and 4.066s behind first place, won by Kaddena Cox (GBR) and her time of 36.675s. Anna Grace Taylor (NZL) and Xiohui Li (CHN) won silver and bronze.

“It was a good first day for us here in Rio,” said National Team Coach Sébastien Travers. “It’s always incredible to see athletes achieve their best-ever performance on race day.  That was the case for Mel Pemble and Keely Shaw today, and we’re very pleased. Mel’s medal is a balm on her performance in 2023, where she had some difficulties with the starts.”

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