Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's time trial C4–5

The women's time trial class C4-5 track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 29 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines . This combine class (C4-5) under classification C is for cyclists who have impairments that affect their legs, arms, and/or trunk but are still capable to use a standard bicycle. 13 cyclists from 10 nations compete in this event.

The classifications are described as follows:

Records Source:https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/results/para-cycling-track/women-s-c4-5-500m-time-trial/qual000100-- Women's C4 500m Time TrialWorld Record34.812Kadeena Cox27 August 2021TokyoParalympic RecordWomen's C5 500m Time TrialWorld Record35.599Caroline Groot27 August 2021TokyoParalympic Record

Competition format The competition begins with a qualification round, where the 13 cyclists will compete in pairs against the clock. The fastest six cyclists will qualify to compete for gold, silver and bronze in the final that afternoon, setting off in reverse order sixth fastest, then fifth fastest, etc.. The distance of this event is 500m.

A cyclist may have a different 'result time' than their real-time due to this event being a combined class event (C4-5), and some cyclists in their own class may have a disadvantage over other classes (for example due to speed), thus athlete factoring is used.

Despite this, different classifications have their own world and paralympic Games records

Schedule All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round29 August 12:00 Qualifying 15:45 Final

Background Double Paralympic Games champion, World record holder and three-time World champion in the C4 event, Kadeena Cox returns to attempt to complete a hat-trick of time trial championships at the age of 33. She arrives off the back of a difficult year that included a series of injuries and a relapse in her Multiple sclerosis condition, but also as the reigning world champion in her C4 category, and with no 'divided loyalties' as Cox was not selected for the athletics squad on this occasion. Her nearest current rival, the Dutch C5 World champion Caroline Groot, now 27, also makes the start line, as does multiple world and Paralympic C5 medalist Nicole Murray of New Zealand. The time gap between Cox and Groot in the 2024 World championships - approximately 3 tenths of a second - means that factoring may have a crucial role to play in the final results.

Results Qualifying The C4–5 500 m time trial is a multi-classification event. To ensure fairness, factoring is applied to the times of each cyclist based on their classification, and it is this factored time represents their result, both in qualification and, if that cyclist qualifies, the final. In a women's C4-5 track event, the factor for a C4 rider is 98.67 and for a C5 is 100.00. The result of the cyclist is calculated as a percentage of the elapsed time, with the factor providing the relevant percentage.UCI 2024 paracycling factors

The six fastest times after factoring qualify for the final.Paris 2024 : Cycling Trach : Women's C4-5 TT Heat

Rank Heat Cyclist Nation Class Real Time Factor Result Notes 1 6 Caroline Groot C5 35.390 100.00 35.390 Q 2 7 Kadeena Cox C4 35.914 98.67 35.436 Q 3 6 Marie Patouillet C5 36.677 100.00 36.677 Q 4 2 Kate O'Brien C4 37.493 98.67 36.994 Q 5 5 Li Xiaohui C4 37.505 98.67 37.006 Q 6 7 Nicole Murray C5 37.367 100.00 37.367 Q 7 4 Claudia Cretti C5 38.929 100.00 38.929 8 5 Mariela Delgado C5 39.107 100.00 39.107 9 2 Franziska Matile-Dörig C4 39.945 98.67 39.414 10 3 Keely Shaw C4 40.431 98.67 39.893 11 4 Heïdi Gaugain C5 39.963 100.00 39.963 12 3 Samantha Bosco C4 40.558 98.67 40.048 13 1 Shawn Morelli C4 42.618 98.67 42.051

Final Rank Cyclist Nation Class Real Time Factor Result Notes Caroline Groot C5 35.566 100.00 35.566 Marie Patouillet C5 36.700 100.00 36.700 Kate O'Brien C4 37.037 98.67 36.873 4 Li Xiaohui C4 37.688 98.67 37.187 5 Nicole Murray C5 37.425 100.00 37.425 6 Kadeena Cox C4 DNF 98.67 DNF Cox fell to the track shortly after beginning her effort, and appeared to injure herself, being helped off the track. In the absence of clear evidence of mechanical failure, UCI rules prevented a restart.

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