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

Women's individual pursuit B
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Women's individual pursuit B; at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue	Izu Velodrome
Dates	28 August 2021
Competitors	18 from 7 nations
Teams	9
Medalists
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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

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

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

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

Records

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

Qualifying

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

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Result^[4]
Gold medal final
	Great Britain	Lora Fachie piloted by Corrine Hall	3:19.560
	Ireland	Katie-George Dunlevy piloted by Eve McCrystal	3:21.505
Bronze medal final
	Great Britain	Sophie Unwin piloted by Jenny Holl	3:23.446
4	Belgium	Griet Hoet piloted by Anneleen Monsieur	3:25.654

References

^ "Start list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
^ "Cycling Track – Competition Schedule". TOCOG. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ "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.
^ "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.

[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.

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