Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual pursuit B

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Women's individual pursuit B
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Cycling (track) pictogram (Paralympics).svg
Venue Izu Velodrome
Dates28 August 2021
Competitors18 from 7 nations
Teams9
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Lora Fachie
piloted by Corrine Hall
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Katie-George Dunlevy
piloted by Eve McCrystal
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Bronze medal icon.svg Sophie Unwin
piloted by Jenny Holl
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2016

The women's individual pursuit class B track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place on 28 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. 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 9 pairs (18 competitors athlete+pilots) from 7 different nations competing. [1]

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Competition format

The competition starts with a qualifying round where a time trial basis will be between the 9 pairs; all 9 pairs will be divided into 5 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 Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) [2]

DateTimeRound
25 August10:00Qualifying
11:47Finals

Records

World RecordFlag of New Zealand.svg  Emma Foy
(pilot: Hannah van Kampen) (NZL)
3:20.819 Milton, Canada 31 January 2020
Paralympic RecordFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Lora Fachie
(pilot: Corrine Hall) (GBR)
3:27.460 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 11 September 2016

Results

Qualifying

RankHeatNationCyclistsResult [3] Notes
15Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Lora Fachie
piloted by Corrine Hall
3:19.483QG, WR
24Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Katie-George Dunlevy
piloted by Eve McCrystal
3:19.946QG
32Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Sophie Unwin
piloted by Jenny Holl
3:22.670QB
45Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Griet Hoet
piloted by Anneleen Monsieur
3:25.418QB
52Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Dominika Putyra
piloted by Ewa Bańkowska
3:26.483
64Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Justyna Kiryła
piloted by Aleksandra Tecław
3:31.875
73Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Larissa Klaassen
piloted by Imke Brommer
3:32.620
83Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Aileen McGlynn
piloted by Helen Scott
3:35.858
91Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Louise Jannering
piloted by Jenny Eliasson
3:53.457

Finals

RankNationCyclistsResult [4] Notes
Gold medal final
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Lora Fachie
piloted by Corrine Hall
3:19.560
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Katie-George Dunlevy
piloted by Eve McCrystal
3:21.505
Bronze medal final
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Sophie Unwin
piloted by Jenny Holl
3:23.446
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Griet Hoet
piloted by Anneleen Monsieur
3:25.654

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References

  1. Start list
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