Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual pursuit B

The women's Individual Pursuit B track cycling event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place on September 11. This class is for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot. Fourteen pairs from 10 different nations compete.[1]

Cycling, Women's Ind. Pursuit B
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueRio Olympic Velodrome
DatesSeptember 8, 2016
Competitors14 from 10 nations
Medalists
Lora Turnham
pilot : Corrine Hall
 Great Britain
Emma Foy
pilot : Laura Thompson
 New Zealand
Sophie Thornhill
pilot : Helen Scott
 Great Britain

The competition began with seven head to head races between the 14 riders. These races were held over a 3000m course (12 laps of the standard velodrome) and each rider is given a time for their race. The fastest two riders are advanced to the gold medal final whilst the third and fourth fastest times race it out for the bronze. The medal finals are held on the same day as the heats.

Preliminaries

Q = Qualifier for gold final Qb = Qualifier for bronze final PR = Paralympic Record WR = World Record

RankNameCountryTimeAvg. SppedNotes
1 Lora Turnham
pilot : Corrine Hall
 Great Britain 3:27.460 52.058 PR Q
2 Emma Foy
pilot : Laura Thompson
 New Zealand 3:28.563 51.782 Q
3 Sophie Thornhill
pilot : Helen Scott
 Great Britain 3:32.609 50.797 Qb
4 Amanda Cameron
pilot : Hannah Van Kampen
 New Zealand 3:33.298 50.633 Qb
5 Katie George Dunleavy
pilot : Evelyn McCrystal
 Ireland 3:33.471 50.592
6 Yurie Kanuma
pilot : Mai Tanaka
 Japan 3:34.892 50.257
7 Griet Hoet
pilot : Anneleen Monsieur
 Belgium 3:40.770 48.919
8 Iwona Podkoscielna
pilot : Aleksandra Teclaw
 Poland 3:41.944 48.660
9 Jessica Gallagher
pilot : Madison Janssen
 Australia 3:45.744 47.841
10 Adamantia Chalkiadaki
pilot : Argyro Milaki
 Greece 3:46.620 47.656
11 Josefa Benitez Guzman
pilot : Beatriu Gomez Franquet
 Spain 3:46.984 47.580
12 Anna Duzikowska
pilot : Natalia Morytko
 Poland 3:48.026 47.363
13 Marcia Fanhani
pilot : Mariane Ferreira
 Brazil 4:10.058 43.189
14 Paraskevi Kantza
pilot : Vasiliki Voutzali
 Greece 4:14.308 42.468

Finals

Gold medal match
Name Time Rank
 Lora Turnham
(Pilot : Corrine Hall) (GBR)
3:28.050
 Emma Foy
(Pilot : Laura Thompson) (NZL)
3:31.569
Bronze medal match
Name Time Rank
 Sophie Thornhill
(Pilot : Helen Scott) (GBR)
OVL
 Amanda Cameron
(Pilot : Hannah van Kampen) (NZL)
caught 4

References

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