Ottawa, ON (Aug. 8, 2023) – 2022 World Champion Mel Pemble successfully secured the rainbow jersey for another year in the Women C3 Omnium on Aug. 8 at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, GBR.
“I knew it was going to be a fight for this omnium and had to play my cards right,” said the Victoria, BC, native. “I had the omnium in the back of my mind with every decision I made in the scratch. Of course, I was still trying to defend the scratch title but it’s such a fun and unpredictable event that I’m still over the moon with the silver. I crossed the line and in that moment I was just so unbelievably happy to get that omnium title for another year.”
Pemble secured the championship after completing four events for a total of 154 points. She kicked off the multi-day competition with seventh in the Individual Pursuit on Aug. 3 before nabbing a first-place finish in the 200m Sprint on Aug. 4, followed by a bronze medal finish in the Time Trial on Aug. 7. On Aug. 8, Pemble brought home the silver medal in the Women C3 Scratch Race to ultimately clinch omnium gold.
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