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

Event:Women's individual pursuit C1–3
Games:2024 Summer
Venue:Vélodrome National, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Dates:29 August 2024
Competitors:10
Nations:9
Goldnpc:CHN
Silvernpc:GBR
Bronzenpc:SUI
Prev:2020
Next:2028
Win Value:3:41.692 WR
Win Label:Winning time

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

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.

The classifications of C1, C2 and C3 are described by the IPC as follows:

Records

The following world and Paralympic Games records were current before competition commenced:[5]

Women's C1 3000m Individual Pursuit
4:10.941Fran BrownGlasgow8 June 2023
4:31.476Qian WangweiTokyo25 Aug 2021
Women's C2 3000m Individual Pursuit
3:51.721Daphne SchragerGlasgow8 Feb 2023
4:06.263Zeng SiniTokyo25 Aug 2021
Women's C3 3000m Individual Pursuit
3:50.815Paige GrecoTokyo25 August 2021

Schedule

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

DateTimeRound
29 August 12:55 Qualifying
16:24 Finals

Results

Qualifying

Rank Heat Cyclist Nation Class Result[7] Notes
1 4 C3 3:44.660 ,
2 5 C2 3:45.133 ,
3 3 C2 3:49.444
4 4 C2 3:50.347
5 5 C3 3:53.549
6 3 C3 3:59.993
7 2 C3 4:05.247
8 1 C2 4:14.667
9 2 C1 4:17.814 PR
10 1 C2 4:53.929

Finals

Rank Cyclist Nation Class Result[8] Notes
Gold medal final
C3 3:41.692
C2 3:51.129
Bronze medal final
C2 3:48.512
4 C2 3:50.985

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cycling Track – Competition Schedule. . 25 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Kristin Jenny . 2024-08-27 . The Paris Paralympics start this weekend: Here's how and when to watch all the paracycling action . 2024-08-28 . cyclingweekly.com . en.
  3. Web site: Thu 29 August: Explore the timetable of women Individual Pursuit C1-3 in track Cycling at the 2024 Paris Paralympics . 2024-08-28 . Le Monde.fr . en-US.
  4. Web site: Paris 2024 . 2024-08-28 . www.paralympic.org.
  5. Web site: Paris 2024 . 2024-08-28 . www.paralympic.org.
  6. Web site: Cycling Track – Competition Schedule. COJOP. 26 August 2024. 29 August 2024.
  7. Web site: Para Cycling Track – Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results. olympics.com. COJOP. 29 August 2024. 29 August 2024.
  8. Web site: Para Cycling Track – Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit – Finals – Results. olympics.com. COJOP. 29 August 2024. 29 August 2024.