Tristen Chernove of Cranbrook, BC joins Team Canada to represent Canada in both road and track cycling at the Rio 2016 Paralympics. Chernove will be competing in the Men’s C2 Individual Pursuit, and 1000m Time Trial on the track Friday and Saturday, September 9-10, and the Men’s C1-2-3 road race on Friday, September 16.
Watch the events, and cheer on Tristen and the entire Canadian team as they ride for Gold! Tristen’s schedule of events is listed below, and a full schedule is available at rio2016.com
Date |
Time |
Discipline |
Event |
| Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 | 07:46 PDT | Track Cycling | Men’s C2 3000m Indiividual Pursuit Qual |
| Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 | 14:15 PDT | Track Cycling | Men’s C2 3000m Individual Pursuit – Bronze |
| Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 | 14:29 PDT | Track Cycling | Men’s C2 3000m Individual Pursuit – Gold |
| Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 | 12:30 PDT | Track Cycling | Men’s C1-2-3 1000m Time Trial |
| Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016 | 04:00 PDT | Road Cycling | Men’s Time Trial C2 |
| Friday, Sept 16, 2016 | 05:30 PDT | Road Cycling | Men’s Road Race C1-2-3 |
CBC will be covering the games, with three separate programming blocks hosted by Scott Russell, including Paralympic Games Afternoon, Paralympic Games Primetime and the Paralympic Games Wrap-Up. The nightly Wrap-Up block will air every night from September 8 to 17, while the Afternoon and Primetime blocks will air every weekend throughout Rio 2016 (click here for the full TV broadcast schedule).
CBC will also be streaming event coverage online throughout the games. Click here for their online coverage of the Rio 2016 Paralympics.