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.Rio 2016 - Paralympics, Women's B 4000m Individual Pursuit

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 RankName Country Time Avg. Speed Notes 1 Lora Turnhampilot : Corrine Hall 3:27.460 52.058 PR Q 2 Emma Foypilot : Laura Thompson 3:28.563 51.782 Q 3 Sophie Thornhillpilot : Helen Scott 3:32.609 50.797 Qb 4 Amanda Cameronpilot : Hannah Van Kampen 3:33.298 50.633 Qb5 Katie George Dunleavypilot : Evelyn McCrystal 3:33.471 50.592 6 Yurie Kanumapilot : Mai Tanaka 3:34.892 50.257 7 Griet Hoetpilot : Anneleen Monsieur 3:40.770 48.919 8 Iwona Podkoscielnapilot : Aleksandra Teclaw 3:41.944 48.660 9 Jessica Gallagherpilot : Madison Janssen 3:45.744 47.841 10 Adamantia Chalkiadakipilot : Argyro Milaki 3:46.620 47.656 11 Josefa Benitez Guzmanpilot : Beatriu Gomez Franquet 3:46.984 47.580 12 Anna Duzikowskapilot : Natalia Morytko 3:48.026 47.363 13 Marcia Fanhanipilot : Mariane Ferreira 4:10.058 43.189 14 Paraskevi Kantzapilot : Vasiliki Voutzali 4:14.308 42.468

Finals Gold medal match Name Time Rank 3:28.050 3:31.569 Bronze medal match Name Time Rank OVL caught 4

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