The team sprint is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome. The riders use a standard track bicycle which are single-speed with no freewheel or brakes.
Jody Alan Cundy, is an English cyclist and former swimmer. He has represented Great Britain at seven Summer Paralympics winning eight Gold, one Silver and three Bronze medals across swimming and cycling events. He has also competed in multiple World Championships, winning 23 world titles, the most recent coming at the World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland in August 2023.
Cycling has been contested at every Summer Paralympic Games since the 1984 Summer Paralympics. From an original program of seven road races, the sport is now contested on both road and track, and since 2012 the cycling program at the Paralympics is typically the third largest of any sport in the Games, behind athletics and swimming, and running at approximately 50 separate events.
David Nicholas, is an Australian cyclist. He won silver and gold medals at the 2012 London Paralympics and a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Para-cycling is the sport of cycling adapted for cyclists who have various disabilities. It is governed by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The sport consists of seven different events which include road and track races. The world's elite para-cyclists compete at Track and Road Worlds Championships since 1994, the Commonwealth Games, the Paralympic Games and the World Cup since 2010.
The 2014 British National Track Championships are a series of track cycling competitions held from 24–28 September 2014, at the Manchester Velodrome. They were organised and sanctioned by British Cycling, and were open to British cyclists.
Kate O'Brien is a Canadian female track cyclist and former bobsledder. She won a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Louis Rolfe is a British Paralympic track cyclist competing in C2 classification events. Rolfe came to note as a cyclist during the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships where he was part of the gold medal-winning British team sprint event along with fellow cyclists Jon-Allan Butterworth and Jody Cundy.
Gordon Allan is an Australian Paralympic cyclist who won medals at World Para Track Championships. He competed at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and has been selected for the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
The mixed team sprint C1–5 track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. The C category is for cyclists with a physical impairment that prevents them from competing in able-bodied competition but still competes using a standard bicycle. 27 cyclist from 9 different nations participated in this event. The distance for this event will be 750m.
The men's individual pursuit class C1 track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 29 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National.
The men's individual pursuit class C2 track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 30 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National.
The men's individual pursuit class C3 track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 30 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National.
The men's individual pursuit class C4 track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 31 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National.
The men's individual pursuit class C5 track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 31 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National.
The men's time trial class B track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 1 September 2024 in the Vélodrome National, Paris. This class is for the cyclist who is blind or has visual impairments, they will then ride with tandem bicycles together with a sighted cyclist. There will be 11 pairs from 10 different nations competing.
The women's individual pursuit class C4 track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 30 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National.
The women's individual pursuit class C5 track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 1 September 2024 at the Vélodrome National.
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.
Track Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, will take place at the Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines from 29 August to 1 September.
