Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual pursuit B explained

Event:Cycling, Women's Ind. Pursuit B
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates:September 2
Competitors:11
Nations:9
Gold:Phillipa Gray
Laura Thompson
Goldnpc:NZL
Silver:Catherine Walsh
Francine Meehan
Silvernpc:IRL
Bronze:Aileen McGlynn
Helen Scott
Bronzenpc:GBR

The Women's Individual Pursuit B track cycling event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on September 2 at London Velopark. This class was for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot. Eleven pairs from nine different nations competed.

The competition began with five head to head races and one unpaired ride between the eleven riders. These races were held over a 3000m course and each rider was given a time for their race. The fastest two riders were advanced to the gold medal final whilst the third and fourth fastest times raced it out for the bronze.

Preliminaries

WR = World Record

width=20Rank!width=180Name !Country Time
1Phillipa Gray
Pilot

Laura Thompson

3:31.530
WR
2Catherine Walsh
Pilot: Francine Meehan
3:36.453
3Aileen McGlynn
Pilot: Helen Scott
3:36.930
4Lora Turnham
Pilot: Fiona Duncan
3:37.085
5Katie George Dunlevy
Pilot: Sandra Fitzgerald
3:42.445
6Josefa Benitez Guzman
Pilot: Maria Noriega
3:43.335
7Robbi Weldon
Pilot: Lyne Bessette
3:45.698
8Henrike Handrup
Pilot: Ellen Heiny
3:46.697
9Felicity Johnson
Pilot: Stephanie Morton
3:51.103
10Iryna Fiadotova
Pilot: Alena Drazdova
4:01.417
11Adamantia Chalkiadaki
Pilot: Argyro Milaki
4:01.449

Finals

Gold medal match
NameTimeRank

Pilot:
3:32.243

Pilot:
3:36.360
Bronze medal match
NameTimeRank

Pilot:
3:40.138

Pilot:
3:41.1474

References