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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.[1]

Women's time trial C4–5
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueVélodrome National, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Dates29 August 2024
Competitors13 from 10 nations
Winning time35.566
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Caroline Groot  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marie Patouillet  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kate O'Brien  Canada
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The classifications are described as follows:

  • C4: mild hemiplegic or diplegic spasticity; mild athetosis or ataxia; unilateral below knee or bilateral below elbow amputation, etc.
  • C5: mild monoplegic spasticity; unilateral arm amputation (above or below elbow), etc.

Records

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Source:[2]

Women's C4 500m Time Trial
World Record 34.812   Great Britain Kadeena Cox 27 August 2021 Tokyo
Paralympic Record
Women's C5 500m Time Trial
World Record 35.599   Netherlands Caroline Groot 27 August 2021 Tokyo
Paralympic Record

Competition format

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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

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All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)[3]

Date Time Round
29 August 12:00 Qualifying
15:45 Final

Background

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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.[4] 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

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Qualifying

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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.[5][6]

The six fastest times after factoring qualify for the final.[7]

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

Final

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Rank Cyclist Nation Class Real Time Factor Result[9] Notes
  Caroline Groot   Netherlands C5 35.566 100.00 35.566
  Marie Patouillet   France C5 36.700 100.00 36.700
  Kate O'Brien   Canada C4 37.037 98.67 36.873
4 Li Xiaohui   China C4 37.688 98.67 37.187
5 Nicole Murray   New Zealand C5 37.425 100.00 37.425
6 Kadeena Cox   Great Britain C4 DNF 98.67 DNF [10]

References

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  1. ^ "Start list". Retrieved 2024-08-26.
  2. ^ https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/results/para-cycling-track/women-s-c4-5-500m-time-trial/qual000100--
  3. ^ "Cycling Track – Competition Schedule" (PDF). COJOP. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  4. ^ Aldred, Tanya (2024-08-28). "Kadeena Cox fired up to rectify bittersweet feeling in Paris". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  5. ^ UCI 2024 paracycling factors
  6. ^ "Paris 2024". 2024-08-29. Archived from the original on 2024-08-29. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  7. ^ Paris 2024 : Cycling Trach : Women's C4-5 TT Heat
  8. ^ "Para Cycling Track – Women's C4-5 500m Time Trial – Qualifying – Results" (PDF). paralympic.org. COJOP. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Para Cycling Track – Women's C4-5 500m Time Trial – Final– Results" (PDF). paralympic.org. COJOP. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  10. ^ 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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