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.
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)
Date Time Round25 August 10:00 Qualifying 11:47 Finals
Records
Results Qualifying Rank Heat Nation Cyclists Result Notes 1 5 Lora Fachiepiloted by Corrine Hall 3:19.483 , WR 2 4 Katie-George Dunlevypiloted by Eve McCrystal 3:19.946 3 2 Sophie Unwinpiloted by Jenny Holl 3:22.670 4 5 Griet Hoetpiloted by Anneleen Monsieur 3:25.418 5 2 Dominika Putyrapiloted by Ewa Bańkowska 3:26.483 6 4 Justyna Kiryłapiloted by Aleksandra Tecław 3:31.875 7 3 Larissa Klaassenpiloted by Imke Brommer 3:32.620 8 3 Aileen McGlynnpiloted by Helen Scott 3:35.858 9 1 Louise Janneringpiloted by Jenny Eliasson 3:53.457
Finals Rank Nation Cyclists Result NotesGold medal final Lora Fachiepiloted by Corrine Hall 3:19.560 Katie-George Dunlevypiloted by Eve McCrystal 3:21.505 Bronze medal final Sophie Unwinpiloted by Jenny Holl 3:23.446 4 Griet Hoetpiloted by Anneleen Monsieur 3:25.654
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