The women's individual pursuit class C1–3 track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 29 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. This class (C) is for the cyclist who has impairments that affect their legs, arms, and/or trunk but are still capable of using a standard bicycle. 10 cyclists representing 9 nations shall take part.[1][2][3][4]
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| Venue | Vélodrome National, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 29 August 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:41.692 WR | ||||||||||||
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Competition format
editThe competition begins with a qualifying round where the cyclists are divided into heats with 2 cyclists each; they compete on a time trial basis. The two fastest overall in the qualifying round qualify to the gold medal final; the 3rd and 4th fastest will qualify to the bronze medal final.
The distance of this event is 3000m. The event finals are held on the same day as the qualifying.[3]
The classifications of C1, C2 and C3 are described by the IPC as follows:
- C1: severe hemiplegic or diplegic spasticity; severe athetosis or ataxia; bilateral through knee amputation, etc.
- C2: moderate hemiplegic or diplegic spasticity; moderate athetosis or ataxia; unilateral above knee amputation, etc.
- C3: moderate hemiplegic or diplegic spasticity; moderate athetosis or ataxia; bilateral below knee or unilateral through knee amputation, etc.
Records
editThe following world and Paralympic Games records were current before competition commenced:[5]
| Women's C1 3000m Individual Pursuit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR | 4:10.941 | Fran Brown |  Great Britain |
Glasgow | 8 June 2023 |
| PR | 4:31.476 | Qian Wangwei |  China |
Tokyo | 25 Aug 2021 |
| Women's C2 3000m Individual Pursuit | |||||
| WR | 3:51.721 | Daphne Schrager | Great Britain |
Glasgow | 8 Feb 2023 |
| PR | 4:06.263 | Zeng Sini | China |
Tokyo | 25 Aug 2021 |
| Women's C3 3000m Individual Pursuit | |||||
| WR | 3:50.815 | Paige Greco |  Australia |
Tokyo | 25 August 2021 |
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Schedule
editAll times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)[6]
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 29 August | 12:55 | Qualifying |
| 16:24 | Finals |
Results
editQualifying
edit| Rank | Heat | Cyclist | Nation | Class | Result[7] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Wang Xiaomei | China | C3 | 3:44.660 | QG, WR |
| 2 | 5 | Daphne Schrager | Great Britain | C2 | 3:45.133 | QG, WR |
| 3 | 3 | Maike Hausberger |  Germany | C2 | 3:49.444 | QB |
| 4 | 4 | Flurina Rigling |  Switzerland | C2 | 3:50.347 | QB |
| 5 | 5 | Keiko Sugiura |  Japan | C3 | 3:53.549 | |
| 6 | 3 | Anna Beck |  Sweden | C3 | 3:59.993 | |
| 7 | 2 | Rachael Timothy |  Ireland | C3 | 4:05.247 | |
| 8 | 1 | Daniela Munévar |  Colombia | C2 | 4:14.667 | |
| 9 | 2 | Qian Wangwei | China | C1 | 4:17.814 | PR |
| 10 | 1 | Jyoti Gaderiya |  India | C2 | 4:53.929 |
Finals
edit| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Class | Result[8] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medal final | |||||
 | Wang Xiaomei | China | C3 | 3:41.692 | WR |
 | Daphne Schrager | Great Britain | C2 | 3:51.129 | |
| Bronze medal final | |||||
 | Flurina Rigling | Switzerland | C2 | 3:48.512 | |
| 4 | Maike Hausberger | Germany | C2 | 3:50.985 | |
References
edit- ↑ "Cycling Track – Competition Schedule". COJOP. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ↑ Kristin Jenny (2024-08-27). "The Paris Paralympics start this weekend: Here's how and when to watch all the paracycling action". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- 1 2 "Thu 29 August: Explore the timetable of women Individual Pursuit C1-3 in track Cycling at the 2024 Paris Paralympics". Le Monde.fr. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ↑ "Paris 2024". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ↑ "Paris 2024". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ↑ "Cycling Track – Competition Schedule" (PDF). COJOP. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ↑ "Para Cycling Track – Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. COJOP. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ↑ "Para Cycling Track – Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit – Finals – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. COJOP. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.