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

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

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The men's individual pursuit class B track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will be taking place on 25 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 14 pairs from 10 different nations competing[1]

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Competition format

The competition starts with a qualifying round where it comprises a head-to-head race between the 14 pairs; all 14 pairs will be divided into 7 heats (so 1 heat will consist of 2 pairs). 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 4000m. The medal finals are also held on the same day as the qualifying.

Schedule

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

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Records

World Record Marcin Polak
(pilot: Michał Ładosz) (POL)		4:03.528Milton, Canada31 January 2020
Paralympic Record Stephen Bate
(pilot: Adam Duggleby) (GBR)		4:08.146Rio de Janeiro, Brazil8 September 2016

Results

Qualifying

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Finals

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References

  1. [1]
    "Result and Start list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-24. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  2. [2]
    "Cycling Track – Competition Schedule". TOCOG. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Cycling Track – Men's B 4000m Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 25 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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    "Cycling Track – Men's B 4000m Individual Pursuit – Finals – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 25 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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