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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
VenueIzu Velodrome
Dates28 August 2021
Competitors18 from 7 nations
Teams9
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lora Fachie
piloted by Corrine Hall
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Katie-George Dunlevy
piloted by Eve McCrystal
 Ireland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sophie Unwin
piloted by Jenny Holl
 Great Britain
2016
2024

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]

Competition format

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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

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[2]

Date Time Round
25 August 10:00 Qualifying
11:47 Finals

Records

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World Record  Emma Foy
(pilot: Hannah van Kampen) (NZL)
3:20.819 Milton, Canada 31 January 2020
Paralympic Record  Lora Fachie
(pilot: Corrine Hall) (GBR)
3:27.460 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 11 September 2016

Results

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Qualifying

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Rank Heat Nation Cyclists Result[3] Notes
1 5  Great Britain Lora Fachie
piloted by Corrine Hall
3:19.483 QG, WR
2 4  Ireland Katie-George Dunlevy
piloted by Eve McCrystal
3:19.946 QG
3 2  Great Britain Sophie Unwin
piloted by Jenny Holl
3:22.670 QB
4 5  Belgium Griet Hoet
piloted by Anneleen Monsieur
3:25.418 QB
5 2  Poland Dominika Putyra
piloted by Ewa Bańkowska
3:26.483
6 4  Poland Justyna Kiryła
piloted by Aleksandra Tecław
3:31.875
7 3  Netherlands Larissa Klaassen
piloted by Imke Brommer
3:32.620
8 3  Great Britain Aileen McGlynn
piloted by Helen Scott
3:35.858
9 1  Sweden Louise Jannering
piloted by Jenny Eliasson
3:53.457

Finals

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Rank Nation Cyclists Result[4] Notes
Gold medal final
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain Lora Fachie
piloted by Corrine Hall
3:19.560
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ireland Katie-George Dunlevy
piloted by Eve McCrystal
3:21.505
Bronze medal final
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain Sophie Unwin
piloted by Jenny Holl
3:23.446
4  Belgium Griet Hoet
piloted by Anneleen Monsieur
3:25.654

References

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  1. ^ "Start list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  2. ^ "Cycling Track – Competition Schedule". TOCOG. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Cycling Track – Women's B 3000m Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 28 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Cycling Track – Women's B 3000m Individual Pursuit – Finals – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 28 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.