Tandem formed by Genevieve Ouellet and Emilie Roy breaks Canadian record in women’s pursuit
The 2011 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships came to an
end on Sunday in Montichiari, Italy, and Canada fared well with honest
performances by the Canadian men’s tandems throughout the event, two
medals on the second day of competition, as well as a stellar
performance which led to a Canadian record being broken by the tandem of
Geneviève Ouellet ad Emilie Roy in the women’s pursuit.
The last day of competition in Montichiari, which attracted a record
number of participants, featured the 500m time trials for the women’s C
category, the pursuit race for the women’s tandems as well as the
sprint events for the men’s tandems.
In the women’s pursuit race for the tandems, Canada’s Geneviève
Ouellet of Amos, QC and Emilie Roy of Québec, broke the Canadian record
with a time of 3:50.016 a ninth place, and Development Coach Sebastien
Travers was thrilled with the athletes’ performance.
“For their first pursuit together, this is a great overall
performance, especially coming home with some precious UCI points, which
will help them and Canada for upcoming major events,” said Travers,
development coach for the Canadian Para-Cycling Team.
Canada’s top tandem in the men’s sprint race was the Calgary duo of
William Stanley and Doug Baron who ended their first World Championships
appearance with a time of 11.134 seconds in 10th position. In the same
race, the duo of Neil Fachie and Craig Maclean of Great Britain broke
the World Record to capture the win.
“This is an honest performance by Stanley and Baron, in their first
World Championships. They were both able to see where they stand against
the rest of the world,” added Travers.
Also in the tandem sprints, the duo of Daniel Chalifour of
St-Jérôme, QC and pilot Alexandre Cloutier of St-Antoine-de-Tilly, QC
came in 12th position, followed by the duo of Brian Cowie of Burnaby, BC
and his new pilot Luc Dionne of Sorel, QC in 18th
Silver medallist in the pursuit on Saturday, Marie-Claude Molnar of
Ste-Adèle, QC finished fifth in the women’s C1 500m Time Trial race,
breaking a second personal best result at these World Championships.
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