The 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling where athletes with a physical disability. The Championships took place at the Montichiari Velodrome in Montichiari, Italy from 17 to 20 March 2016. Great Britain were the most successful team of the competition in total medals (18) and in number of gold medals (8). The Championships saw 11 new world records set.
Classification
Sport class Cycling C1 - locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation C2 - locomotor disability: Neurological, decrease in muscle strength, or amputation C3 - locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation C4 - locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation C5 - locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation Tandem Tandem B - visual impairment
Event winners Men's eventsSprint Tandem B Neil FachiePeter Mitchell (pilot) Tristan BangmaTeun Mulder (pilot) James BallCraig MacLean (pilot) C1 Arnoud Nijhuis 1:12.423 WR Li Zhangyu 1:12.597 Rodrigo Fernando Lopez 1:20.296 C2 Tristen Chernove 1:13.279 Xie Hao 1:15.311 Louis Rolfe 1:15.925 C3 Joseph Berenyi 1:09.534 Alexsey Obydennov 1:10.120 Sergey BatukovEduardo Santas Asensio 1:10.317 C4 Jody Cundy 1:04.654 Jozef Metelka 1:06.046 Wei Guoping 1:08.590 C5 Alfonso Cabello 1:05.045 Jon-Allan Butterworth 1:05.549 Alistair Donohoe 1:05.629 Tandem B Neil FachiePeter Mitchell (pilot) 1:00.633 Tristan BangmaTeun Mulder (pilot) 1:01.780 Stephen De VriesPatrick Bos (pilot) 1:02.214 C1 Li Zhangyu 3:55.352 Ross Wislon 3:58.141 Arnoud Nijhuis C2 Tristen Chernove 3:44.498 Colin Lynch 3:53.694 Arslan Gilmutdinov C3 Joseph Berenyi 3:35.569 David Nicholas 3:36.371 Eoghan Clifford 4km pursuit C4 Jozef Metelka 4:28.000 Kyle Bridgwood 4:36.296 Sergey Pudov C5 Michael Gallagher 4:38.467 Alistair Donohoe 4:38.520 Yegor Dementyev Tandem B Kieran ModraDavid Edwards (pilot) 4:12.324 Ignacio Avila RodriguezJoan Font Bertoli (pilot) 4:16.406 Daniel ChalifourJean-Michel Lachance (pilot) C1-C3 Alexsey Obydennov Fabio Anobile Esneider Munoz MarinC4-C5 Kyle Bridgwood Jonathan Gildea Alistair Donohoe Women's eventsSprint Tandem B Jessica GallagherMadison Janssen (pilot) Sophie ThornhillHelen Scott (pilot) Larissa KlaassenHaliegh Dolman (pilot) C1Li Jieli 44.439 WR C2 Alyda Norbruis 40.260 Amanda Reid 42.147 Zhenling Song 44.237 C3 Megan Giglia 41.761 WR Denise Schindler 43.159 Jamie Whitmore 43.784 C4 Kadeena Cox 37.456 WR Ruan Jianping 37.835 Katherine Horan 39.730 C5 Jufang Zhou 37.389 Sarah Storey 37.589 Crystal Lane 37.7961km time trial Tandem B Larissa KlaassenHaliegh Dolman (pilot) 1:06.095 Sophie ThornhillHelen Scott (pilot) 1:07.483 Jessica GallagherMadison Janssen (pilot) 1:07.5753km pursuit C1 Li Jieli 4:45.304 C2 Zeng Sini 4:13.373 Alyda Norbruis 4:14.184 Daniela Munévar C3 Megan Giglia 4:09.367 Denise Schindler 4:13.947 Simone Kennedy C4 Shawn Morelli 3:55.006 WR Susan Powell 3:59.279 Alexandra Lisney C5 Sarah Storey 3:38.756 Jufang Zhou Anna Harkowska Tandem B Emma FoyLaura Thompson (pilot) 3:30.148 Yurie KanumaMai Tanaka (pilot) 3:35.526 Lora TurnhamCorrine Hall (pilot)C1-C3 Zeng Sini Daniela Munévar Denise SchindlerC4-C5 Anna Harkowska Sarah Storey Mariela Delgado Mixed eventsTeam sprint C1–5 Louis RolfeJon-Allan ButterworthJody Cundy 49.230 WR Hao XieGuoping WeiXinyang Liu 49.530 Amador Granados AlkortaEduardo Santas AsensioAlfonso Cabello
Li Zhangyu set a new world record of 3:51.961 in the men's C1 3km Individual Pursuit during the qualification stages. Jozef Metelka set a new world record of 4.26.924 in the men's C4 4km Individual Pursuit during the qualification stages. Jessica Gallagher and Madison Janssen set a new world record of 11.045 in the women's Tandem Sprint during the qualifying stages. Megan Giglia set a new world record of 4:06.756 in the women's C2 3km Individual Pursuit during the qualification stages. Sarah Storey caught Jufang Zhu with five laps to go. Storey's time is that given from her qualification round.
Medal table
Participating nations 32 nations participated.
References
External links The Official 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships results book