Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's pursuit B
| Women's individual pursuit B at the XVII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Vélodrome National | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 1 September 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:19.149 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics | ||
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| Track cycling | ||
| Time trial | ||
| Men | Women | |
| B | B | |
| C1–3 | C1–3 | |
| C4–5 | C4–5 | |
| Individual pursuit | ||
| Men | Women | |
| B | B | |
| C1 | C1–3 | |
| C2 | ||
| C3 | ||
| C4 | C4 | |
| C5 | C5 | |
| Mixed team sprint | ||
| C1-5 | ||
The women's individual pursuit class B track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 1 September 2024 at the Vélodrome National. This class is for the cyclist who is blind or has visual impairments, thus they ride tandem bicycles with a sighted cyclist (also known as the pilot). There will be 11 pairs (22 competitors athlete+pilots) from 8 different nations competing.
Competition format
[edit]The competition starts with a qualifying round where a time trial basis will be between the 11 pairs; all 11 pairs will be divided into 6 heats, all heats having 2 pairs except heat 1 which will have 1 pair. The 2 fastest pairs in the qualifying would qualify to the gold medal final while the 3rd and 4th fastest will qualify to the bronze medal final where they will race head-to-head. The distance of this event is 3000m. The medal finals are also held on the same day as the qualifying.
Schedule
[edit]All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)[1]
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 1 September | 11:26 | Qualifying |
| 14:31 | Finals |
Results
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]| Rank | Heat | Cyclist | Nationality | Result[2] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Sophie Unwin Pilot: Jenny Holl |
 Great Britain |
3:17.643 | QG, WR |
| 2 | 5 | Katie-George Dunlevy Pilot: Eve McCrystal |
 Ireland |
3:20.481 | QG |
| 3 | 5 | Lora Fachie Pilot: Corrine Hall |
Great Britain |
3:22.390 | QB |
| 4 | 6 | Elizabeth Jordan Pilot: Dannielle Khan |
Great Britain |
3:23.192 | QB |
| 5 | 4 | Josephine Healion Pilot: Linda Kelly |
Ireland |
3:27.425 | |
| 6 | 3 | Hannah Chadwick Pilot: Skyler Espinoza |
 United States |
3:40.529 | |
| 7 | 2 | Jessica Gallagher Pilot: Caitlin Ward |
 Australia |
3:46.294 | |
| 8 | 3 | Nur Azlia Syafinaz Mohd Zais Pilot: Nurul Suhada Zainal |
 Malaysia |
3:49.029 | |
| 9 | 1 | Watcharobon Boonmalert Pilot: Kanyarat Kesthonglang |
 Thailand |
3:56.599 | |
| 10 | 2 | María José Quiroga Pilot: Micaela Barroso |
 Argentina |
3:58.786 | |
| 6 | Anne-Sophie Centis Pilot: Élise Delzenne |
 France |
DSQ |
Finals
[edit]| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Result[3] | Notes |
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| Gold medal final | ||||
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Sophie Unwin Pilot: Jenny Holl |
Great Britain |
3:19.149 | |
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Katie-George Dunlevy Pilot: Eve McCrystal |
Ireland |
3:21.315 | |
| Bronze medal final | ||||
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Lora Fachie Pilot: Corrine Hall |
Great Britain |
3:20.488 | |
| 4 | Elizabeth Jordan Pilot: Dannielle Khan |
Great Britain |
3:25.430 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Cycling Track – Competition Schedule" (PDF). COJOP. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Para Cycling Track – Women's B 3000m Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results" (PDF). paralympic.com. COJOP. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Para Cycling Track – Women's B 3000m Individual Pursuit – Finals – Results" (PDF). paralympic.com. COJOP. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.