JAYE MILLEY CAPTURES BRONZE AT PARA-CYCLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | Cycling Canada Cyclisme
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JAYE MILLEY CAPTURES BRONZE AT PARA-CYCLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Milley captures first medal for Canada at this event

(Aguascalientes, MEX – April 11, 2014) Calgary’s Jaye Milley captured the bronze medal in the men’s C1 Individual Pursuit at the 2014 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships, which are held this week in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Milley easily defeated Erich Winkler of Germany in the bronze medal race, crossing the finish line with a time of 4:00.277, a 5-second lead on his main opponent. The time posted in the bronze medal broke the previous Canadian record of the category.

Earlier in the day, Milley qualified for the bronze medal race by posting the third fastest time in the qualifiers, completing the 3-km distance in 4:07.232.

Braydon McDougall, also of Calgary, AB, finished fifth of the same race. Yesterday, Marie-Claude Molnar of Ste-Adèle, QC also finished fifth in the women’s C4 500m time trial race.

The 2014 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships continues today and tomorrow.

CANADIAN RESULTS – 2014 UCI PARA-CYCLING TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS – AGUASCALIENTES, MEX

Individual Pursuit – Men C1

1. LOPEZ, Rodrigo Fernand (ARG) 3:59.768

2. MENDEZ, Juan Jose (ESP) 4:01.593

3. MILLEY, Jaye (CAN) 4:00.277

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5. MCDOUGALL, Brayden (CAN) 4:13.419

 

500m Time Trial – Women C4

1. RUAN, Jianping (CHN) 37.879

2. HORAN, Katherine (NZL) 39.062

3. POWELL, Susan (AUS) 39.335

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5. MOLNAR, Marie-Claude (CAN) 42.207

 

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