Canada's Keely Shaw claims 2nd bronze at World Para-cycling championships

Canada's Keely Shaw has won her second bronze medal at the 2022 Para-cycling world championships in Baie-Comeau, Que., as she finished third in the women's C4, 70.2-kilometre road race.

On the final day of competition Sunday, Shaw of Midale, Sask., raced to a time of 2:03:29 which was just behind USA's Samantha Bosco who won gold with a time of 2:00:05 and Meg Lemon of Australia took home silver with a time of 2:03:27.

''Today I showed I'm a road racer rather than a track racer who does road,'' Shaw said. ''I've never been this close to second place in an international road race.''

In the same race, Marie-Claude Molnar of Longueuil, Que., finished fourth in 2:12.46. 

Shaw's medal also marked Canada's seventh total for the competition.

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Sébastien Travers, head coach of Canada's national Para cycling team, was ecstatic for the team's results.

''It was a great week for us,'' said Travers. ''We won more medals than expected. We got some great performances from newcomers and our veterans were able to deliver the goods. We are where we want to be, two years from the Paris Paralympics.''

On Saturday, Nathan Clement of West Vancouver took home silver and Joey Desjardins of Hawkesbury, Ont., won the bronze in the road races at the 2022 Para cycling World Road Championships.

Clement won his second silver of the competition in the T1 (tricycle) 28.4 kilometre road race. The 27-year-old finished second in 1:01:42 just behind Italy's Giorgio Farroni's 1:00:20. Spain's Gonzalo Garcia Abella