CANADIAN PARACYCLISTS CLOSE PARAPAN AM GAMES WITH THIRTEEN MEDALS

Lima, Peru (September 3, 2019) – Canada concluded the Parapan American Games, which took place from August 23 to September 1 in Lima, Peru, with a total of thirteen medals in four days of competition. Early last week, Team Canada won six medals on the track in Individual Pursuit and Time Trial events, and finished it off with seven medals in the road race and Individual Time Trial.

On the final day of competition, flag bearers Shibley and Lemiski captured their second gold and fourth overall medal of the Games, winning the women’s tandem road race in a time of 2:33:16. Annie Bouchard and pilot Evelyne Gagnon raced to second place, while Michael Shetler captured his second bronze medal in the tricycle T1-2 classification event.

“It was our first multi-sport Games and it was awesome to compete with our group of cyclists but also to see other sports and athletes from other disciplines and learn their stories,” said Evelyne Gagnon. “We had a good vibe from other Canadians, and everybody is happy when someone wins a medal. It’s amazing, when we win, we’re so happy for Canada and not just for us.”

Results

Gold: Carla Shibley & Meghan Lemiski (Individual Pursuit, Road Race), Matthew Kinnie (Mixed TT – H1-5), Annie Bouchard & Evelyne Gagnon (1000m TT)

Silver: Annie Bouchard & Evelyne Gagnon (Individual Pursuit, Road Race), Lowell Taylor & Andrew Davidson (Individual Pursuit, Mixed TT), Carla Shibley & Meghan Lemiski (1000m TT), Marie-Claude Molnar (Individual Pursuit – C4)

Bronze: Michael Shetler (Mixed TT – T1-2, Mixed Road Race T1-2), Carla Shibley & Meghan Lemiski (Mixed TT)