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Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit B

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Men's individual pursuit B
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueIzu Velodrome
Dates25 August 2021
Competitors28 from 10 nations
Teams14
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tristan Bangma
piloted by Patrick Bos
 Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stephen Bate
piloted by Adam Duggleby
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexandre Lloveras
piloted by Corentin Ermenault
 France
2016
2024

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]

Competition format

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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.

Schedule

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

Date Time Round
25 August 11:52 Qualifying
14:50 Finals

Records

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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

Results

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Qualifying

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Rank Heat Nation Cyclists Result[3] Notes
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

Finals

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Rank Nation Cyclists Result[4] Notes
Gold medal final
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Netherlands Tristan Bangma
piloted by Patrick Bos
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain Stephen Bate
piloted by Adam Duggleby
OVL
Bronze medal final
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France Alexandre Lloveras
piloted by Corentin Ermenault
4:08.126
 Poland Marcin Polak
piloted by Michał Ładosz
4:07.850 (DSQ)*
  • Marcin Polak finished third, but was suspended and stripped of his bronze medal due to a failed doping test.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Result and Start list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-24. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  2. ^ "Cycling Track – Competition Schedule". TOCOG. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Cycling Track – Men's B 4000m Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 25 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Cycling Track – Men's B 4000m Individual Pursuit – Finals – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 25 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  5. ^ "UCI statement concerning Marcin Polak". paralympic.org. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  6. ^ Brennan, Eliott (1 June 2022). "Polak stripped of Paralympic medal and banned for four years after doping breach". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 1 June 2022.