Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's pursuit B explained

Event:Women's individual pursuit B
Games:2024 Summer
Venue:Vélodrome National
Dates:1 September 2024
Competitors:22
Teams:11
Nations:8
Win Value:3:19.149
Goldnpc:GBR
Silvernpc:IRL
Bronzenpc:GBR
Prev:2020
Next:2028

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

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

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)[1]

DateTimeRound
1 September 11:26 Qualifying
14:31 Finals

Results

Qualifying

Rank Heat Cyclist Nationality Result[2] Notes
1 4 Sophie Unwin
Pilot: Jenny Holl
3:17.643 ,
2 5 Katie-George Dunlevy
Pilot: Eve McCrystal
3:20.481
3 5 Lora Fachie
Pilot: Corrine Hall
3:22.390
4 6 Elizabeth Jordan
Pilot: Dannielle Khan
3:23.192
5 4 Josephine Healion
Pilot: Linda Kelly
3:27.425
6 3 Hannah Chadwick
Pilot: Skyler Espinoza
3:40.529
7 2 Jessica Gallagher
Pilot: Caitlin Ward
3:46.294
8 3 Nur Azlia Syafinaz Mohd Zais
Pilot: Nurul Suhada Zainal
3:49.029
9 1 Watcharobon Boonmalert
Pilot: Kanyarat Kesthonglang
3:56.599
10 2 María José Quiroga
Pilot: Micaela Barroso
3:58.786
6 Anne-Sophie Centis
Pilot: Élise Delzenne

Finals

Rank Cyclists Nation Result[3] Notes
Gold medal final
Sophie Unwin
Pilot: Jenny Holl
3:19.149
Katie-George Dunlevy
Pilot: Eve McCrystal
3:21.315
Bronze medal final
Lora Fachie
Pilot: Corrine Hall
3:20.488
4 Elizabeth Jordan
Pilot: Dannielle Khan
3:25.430

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cycling Track – Competition Schedule. COJOP. 26 August 2024. 2 September 2024.
  2. Web site: Para Cycling Track – Women's B 3000m Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results. paralympic.com. COJOP. 1 September 2024. 2 September 2024.
  3. Web site: Para Cycling Track – Women's B 3000m Individual Pursuit – Finals – Results. paralympic.com. COJOP. 1 September 2024. 2 September 2024.