Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual pursuit C4

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Women's individual pursuit C4
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Cycling (track) pictogram (Paralympics).svg
Venue Izu Velodrome
Dates25 August 2021
Competitors6 from 5 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Emily Petricola Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Shawn Morelli Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Keely Shaw Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2016

The women's individual pursuit class C4 track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was contested 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. 6 cyclist from 5 nations will be competing in this event. [1]

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Competition format

The competition begins off with the qualifying round where all 6 cyclist are divided into 3 heat, each heat containing 2 cyclists, they compete individually in a time trial basis. The 2 fastest in the qualifying round would qualify to the gold medal final while the 3rd and 4th fastest will qualify to the bronze medal final. The distance of this event is 3000m. The events' finals are held on the same day as the qualifying round.

Schedule

DateTimeRound
25 August10:56Qualifying
14:00Finals

Records

World RecordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Emily Petricola  (AUS)3:44.146 Milton, Canada 1 February 2021
Paralympic RecordFlag of the United States.svg  Shawn Morelli  (USA))3:57.741 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 8 September 2016

Results

Qualifying

RankHeatNationCyclistsResult [2] Notes
12Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Emily Petricola 3:38.061QG, WR
23Flag of the United States.svg  United States Shawn Morelli 3:46.842QG
32Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Keely Shaw 3:49.032QB
43Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Meg Lemon 3:49.043QB
51Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Anna Grace Taylor 3:54.167
61Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Ruan Jianping 4:05.557

Finals

RankNationCyclistsResult [3] Notes
Gold medal final
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Australia Emily Petricola
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States Shawn Morelli OVL
Bronze medal final
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Keely Shaw 3:48.342
4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Meg Lemon 3:49.972

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References

  1. Result and Start list
  2. "Cycling Track – Women's C4 3000m Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. "Cycling Track – Women's C4 3000m Individual Pursuit – Finals – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.