CHERNOVE WINS SILVER ON DAY 2 OF PARA TRACK WORLDS | Cycling Canada Cyclisme

CHERNOVE WINS SILVER ON DAY 2 OF PARA TRACK WORLDS

Milton, ON (February 1, 2020) – World records continued to fall on the second day of the 2020 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre in Milton, ON, with Canadian Kate O’Brien breaking her second world record in as many days, while teammate Tristen Chernove also broke an existing world record on his way to a silver medal.

O’Brien, who won gold on the opening day of the Championships in the 500 metre time trial in the women’s C4 category, followed that up with another win in the Flying 200 metre competition. O’Brien obliterated the existing record with a time of 11.519 seconds, 1.438 seconds faster than the previous mark.

In the men’s C4 1000 metre time trial, Chernove broke the previous record with a time of 1:12.231. However, Alexandre Leaute of France was even faster, dropping Chernove to second. Later in the day, Chernove broke the record for the Flying 200 metre race with a time of 12.141 seconds, only to once again finish second to Leaute. After three races in the four event Omnium, Chernove is second in the standings to his French rival, with 108 points, 10 points out of the lead.

“I broke the world record in both events but it wasn’t enough because Alexandre is going really fast,” said Chernove. “I have to settle for being second going into Day 3 of the Omnium, but it was a much better day than [Day 1], so I’m going to take the positives out of it. It feels good and it’s humbling to see how far the level of the C2 category has just rocketed up.” In the men’s C1 category, Ross Wilson set a personal best time for the Flying 200 metre, at 13.114 seconds, to finish third.

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