Men's individual pursuit B at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Izu Velodrome | ||||||||||||
Dates | 25 August 2021 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 28 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
Teams | 14 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics | ||
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Road cycling | ||
Road race | men | women |
Time trial | men | women |
Team relay | mixed | |
Track cycling | ||
Time trial | men | women |
Individual pursuit | men | women |
Team sprint | mixed | |
Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics | ||
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Track cycling | ||
Time trial | ||
Men | Women | |
B | B | |
C1–3 | C1–3 | |
C4–5 | C4–5 | |
Individual pursuit | ||
Men | Women | |
B | B | |
C1 | C1–3 | |
C2 | ||
C3 | ||
C4 | C4 | |
C5 | C5 | |
Mixed team sprint | ||
C1-5 | ||
The men's individual pursuit class B track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will be taking place on 25 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 14 pairs from 10 different nations competing [1]
The competition starts with a qualifying round where it comprises a head-to-head race between the 14 pairs; all 14 pairs will be divided into 7 heats (so 1 heat will consist of 2 pairs). 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 4000m. The medal finals are also held on the same day as the qualifying.
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) [2]
Date | Time | Round |
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25 August | 11:52 | Qualifying |
14:50 | Finals |
World Record | Marcin Polak (pilot: Michał Ładosz) (POL) | 4:03.528 | Milton, Canada | 31 January 2020 |
Paralympic Record | Stephen Bate (pilot: Adam Duggleby) (GBR) | 4:08.146 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 8 September 2016 |
Rank | Heat | Nation | Cyclists | Result [3] | Notes |
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1 | 6 | Netherlands | Tristan Bangma piloted by Patrick Bos | 3:59.470 | QG, WR |
2 | 7 | Great Britain | Stephen Bate piloted by Adam Duggleby | 4:02.497 | QG |
3 | 6 | Poland | Marcin Polak piloted by Michał Ładosz | 4:05.042 | QB |
4 | 5 | France | Alexandre Lloveras piloted by Corentin Ermenault | 4:05.263 | QB |
5 | 7 | Netherlands | Vincent ter Schure piloted by Timo Fransen | 4:06.004 | |
6 | 5 | Spain | Adolfo Bellido Guerrero piloted by Eloy Teruel Rovira | 4:13.238 | |
7 | 4 | Spain | Christian Venge Balboa piloted by Noel Martín Infante | 4:15.494 | |
8 | 4 | Argentina | Maximiliano Ramon Gomez piloted by Sebastián José Tolosa | 4:27.874 | |
9 | 3 | Singapore | Tee Wee Leong piloted by Ang Kee Meng | 4:40.453 | |
10 | 3 | Hungary | Róbert Ocelka piloted by Gergely Nagy | 4:42.401 | |
11 | 2 | Great Britain | Neil Fachie piloted by Matt Rotherham | 4:42.630 | |
12 | 2 | Ghana | Frederick Assor piloted by Rudolf Mensah | 6:28.302 | |
1 | Great Britain | James Ball piloted by Lewis Stewart | DNF | ||
1 | Germany | Kai Kruse piloted by Robert Förstemann | DNF |
Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Result [4] | Notes |
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Gold medal final | ||||
Netherlands | Tristan Bangma piloted by Patrick Bos | |||
Great Britain | Stephen Bate piloted by Adam Duggleby | OVL | ||
Bronze medal final | ||||
France | Alexandre Lloveras piloted by Corentin Ermenault | 4:08.126 | ||
Poland | Marcin Polak piloted by Michał Ładosz | 4:07.850 (DSQ)* |
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Stephen Stanley Bate is a New Zealand–British Paralympic cyclist who competes in tandem races as an athlete with a visual impairment. Since 2014, Bate has been piloted by Adam Duggleby. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, the pair won gold in the men's individual pursuit B and men's road time trial B, and bronze in the men's road race B.
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The women's individual pursuit class C5 track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will be taking place on 25 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. This class is for the cyclist who has impairments that affect their legs, arms, and/or trunk; they are still able to use a standard bicycle. 9 cyclists from 8 nations are competing in this event.
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