Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual pursuit B explained

Event:Cycling, Women's Ind. Pursuit B
Games:2016 Summer
Venue:Rio Olympic Velodrome
Dates:September 8, 2016
Competitors:14
Nations:10
Gold:Lora Turnham
pilot : Corrine Hall
Goldnpc:GBR
Silver:Emma Foy
pilot : Laura Thompson
Silvernpc:NZL
Bronze:Sophie Thornhill
pilot : Helen Scott
Bronzenpc:GBR
Prev:2012
Next:2020

The women's Individual Pursuit B track cycling event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place on September 11. This class is for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot. Fourteen pairs from 10 different nations compete.[1]

The competition began with seven head to head races between the 14 riders. These races were held over a 3000m course (12 laps of the standard velodrome) and each rider is given a time for their race. The fastest two riders are advanced to the gold medal final whilst the third and fourth fastest times race it out for the bronze. The medal finals are held on the same day as the heats.

Preliminaries

Q = Qualifier for gold finalQb = Qualifier for bronze finalPR = Paralympic RecordWR = World Record

width=20Rank!width=180Name !Country Time Avg. Speed Notes
1Lora Turnham
pilot : Corrine Hall
3:27.46052.058PR Q
2Emma Foy
pilot : Laura Thompson
3:28.563 51.782Q
3 Sophie Thornhill
pilot : Helen Scott
3:32.609 50.797Qb
4 Amanda Cameron
pilot : Hannah Van Kampen
3:33.29850.633Qb
5 Katie George Dunleavy
pilot : Evelyn McCrystal
3:33.47150.592
6 Yurie Kanuma
pilot : Mai Tanaka
3:34.89250.257
7 Griet Hoet
pilot : Anneleen Monsieur
3:40.77048.919
8 Iwona Podkoscielna
pilot : Aleksandra Teclaw
3:41.944 48.660
9 Jessica Gallagher
pilot : Madison Janssen
3:45.74447.841
10 Adamantia Chalkiadaki
pilot : Argyro Milaki
3:46.62047.656
11 Josefa Benitez Guzman
pilot : Beatriu Gomez Franquet
3:46.98447.580
12 Anna Duzikowska
pilot : Natalia Morytko
3:48.02647.363
13 Marcia Fanhani
pilot : Mariane Ferreira
4:10.058 43.189
14 Paraskevi Kantza
pilot : Vasiliki Voutzali
4:14.30842.468

Finals

Gold medal match
NameTimeRank
3:28.050
3:31.569
Bronze medal match
NameTimeRank
OVL
caught4

Notes and References

  1. https://assetrio2016.azureedge.net/_odf-documents/c/t/CTW027900_Results_2016_09_11_f233d54e_d97c_4e64_91a6_425ce462cc48.pdf Rio 2016 - Paralympics, Women's B 4000m Individual Pursuit