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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
VenueIzu Velodrome
Dates25 August 2021
Competitors6 from 5 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Emily Petricola  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shawn Morelli  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Keely Shaw  Canada
2016
2024

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]

Competition format

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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

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Date Time Round
25 August 10:56 Qualifying
14:00 Finals

Records

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World Record  Emily Petricola (AUS) 3:44.146 Milton, Canada 1 February 2021
Paralympic Record  Shawn Morelli (USA)) 3:57.741 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 8 September 2016

Results

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Qualifying

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Rank Heat Nation Cyclists Result[2] Notes
1 2  Australia Emily Petricola 3:38.061 QG, WR
2 3  United States Shawn Morelli 3:46.842 QG
3 2  Canada Keely Shaw 3:49.032 QB
4 3  Australia Meg Lemon 3:49.043 QB
5 1  New Zealand Anna Taylor 3:54.167
6 1  China Ruan Jianping 4:05.557

Finals

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Rank Nation Cyclists Result[3] Notes
Gold medal final
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia Emily Petricola
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States Shawn Morelli OVL
Bronze medal final
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada Keely Shaw 3:48.342
4  Australia Meg Lemon 3:49.972

References

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  1. ^ "Result and Start list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  2. ^ "Cycling Track – Women's C4 3000m Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 25 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.