August 31/24 11:21 am - Pemble Sets World & Paralympic Record

Posted by Editoress on 08/31/24
 

Mel Pemble of Victoria, British Columbia, set a new world record in the women's C3 category in the 500-metre time trial during her participation in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on August 31st. She finished the competition in fourth place for the combined C1-C3 category. Times are weighted, depending on the rider's classification.





With a time of 38.512 seconds in qualifying, Mel Pemble set a new world record in her C3 category. The previous world record, set by Australia's Aniek Van Den Aarssen in 2022, was 39.093 seconds.

"It’s pretty cool to come here and realize I'm at my second Games," said Pemble. "It felt more real coming into these Games with medal potential. The world record is going to make that fourth place sting a little less in the end, but I think it’s going to take a little while for me to get over that. I’m very happy with my times, I got a personal best by a second, which is more than I could hope for, but it would have been amazing to win a medal, it just wasn't in the cards this year."

Pemble, who competed in para-alpine skiing at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, was participating in her first Summer Games.

In the Finals, the 24-year-old stopped the clock after 38.610 seconds, just 0.3 seconds from the bronze medal won by Germany's Maike Hausberger (C2). China's Wangwei Qian (C1) took silver, while Australia's Amanda Reid (C2) took top honours, with a factorized time of 36.676 seconds.