The women's individual pursuit class B track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 1 September 2024 at the Vélodrome National. 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 11 pairs (22 competitors athlete+pilots) from 8 different nations competing.
Competition format The competition starts with a qualifying round where a time trial basis will be between the 11 pairs; all 11 pairs will be divided into 6 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 Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Date Time Round1 September 11:26 Qualifying 14:31 Finals
Results Qualifying Rank Heat Cyclist Nationality Result Notes 1 4 Sophie UnwinPilot: Jenny Holl 3:17.643 , 2 5 Katie-George DunlevyPilot: Eve McCrystal 3:20.481 3 5 Lora FachiePilot: Corrine Hall 3:22.390 4 6 Elizabeth JordanPilot: Dannielle Khan 3:23.192 5 4 Josephine HealionPilot: Linda Kelly 3:27.425 6 3 Hannah ChadwickPilot: Skyler Espinoza 3:40.529 7 2 Jessica GallagherPilot: Caitlin Ward 3:46.294 8 3 Nur Azlia Syafinaz Mohd ZaisPilot: Nurul Suhada Zainal 3:49.029 9 1 Watcharobon BoonmalertPilot: Kanyarat Kesthonglang 3:56.599 10 2 María José QuirogaPilot: Micaela Barroso 3:58.786 6 Anne-Sophie CentisPilot: Élise Delzenne
Finals Rank Cyclists Nation Result NotesGold medal final Sophie UnwinPilot: Jenny Holl 3:19.149 Katie-George DunlevyPilot: Eve McCrystal 3:21.315 Bronze medal final Lora FachiePilot: Corrine Hall 3:20.488 4 Elizabeth JordanPilot: Dannielle Khan 3:25.430
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