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Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual pursuit C1–3

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Women's individual pursuit C1–3
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueVélodrome National, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Dates29 August 2024
Competitors10 from 9 nations
Winning time3:41.692 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wang Xiaomei  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daphne Schrager  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Flurina Rigling  Switzerland
2020
2028

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]

Competition format

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The 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

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The 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
PR

Schedule

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All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)[6]

Date Time Round
29 August 12:55 Qualifying
16:24 Finals

Results

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Qualifying

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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

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Rank Cyclist Nation Class Result[8] Notes
Gold medal final
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wang Xiaomei  China C3 3:41.692 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daphne Schrager  Great Britain C2 3:51.129
Bronze medal final
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Flurina Rigling  Switzerland C2 3:48.512
4 Maike Hausberger  Germany C2 3:50.985

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling Track – Competition Schedule". COJOP. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "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.
  4. ^ "Paris 2024". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  5. ^ "Paris 2024". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  6. ^ "Cycling Track – Competition Schedule" (PDF). COJOP. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Para Cycling Track – Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. COJOP. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Para Cycling Track – Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit – Finals – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. COJOP. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.