Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Mixed team sprint C1–5 explained

Event:Mixed team sprint C1–5
Games:2020 Summer
Venues:Izu Velodrome
Date:28 August 2021
Competitors:27
Nations:9
Gold:Kadeena Cox
Jaco van Gass
Jody Cundy
Goldnpc:GBR
Silver:Li Zhangyu
Wu Guoqing
Lai Shanzhang
Silvernpc:CHN
Bronze:Ricardo Ten Argilés
Pablo Jaramillo Gallardo
Alfonso Cabello
Bronzenpc:ESP
Prev:2016

The mixed team sprint C1–5 track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. The C category is for cyclists with a physical impairment (muscle power or range of motion, and impairments affecting the coordination) that prevents them from competing in able-bodied competition but still competes using a standard bicycle. 27 cyclist from 9 different nations participated in this event. The distance for this event will be 750m.[1]

Competition format

27 cyclist from 9 nations, 3 cyclists per team, is to be competing in the event. The 3 cyclists in a team can be all male, all female, or male and female. The three cyclists must be chosen from any of the C category events (C1-5) and more than one cyclist can be chosen from the same category. The full distance of this event is 750m or 3 laps so this would mean that 1 cyclist has to do 250m or one lap. All three will be group together when on track with the first cycler at the front while the other two behind follow, after the first cycler has completed one lap, he gets off the track and the next one behind takes the lead and cycles another one lap with the last cycler following behind, after the second complete one lap and gets off, the last cycler takes the lead and finishes off doing another one lap.

The event would start with a qualifying round, where each team in their own individual heat (so 1 heat has 1 team) would race off on a time-trial basis. In this case, the 2 fastest teams would qualify for the gold medal match to race for the gold medal, while the 3rd and 4th fastest teams would go compete in the bronze medal match to race for the bronze medal.

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The mixed team sprint C1–5 will be take place on a single day.[2]

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 28 August 2021 10:32 Qualifying
12:12Finals

Results

Qualifying

Rank Heat Nation Cyclists Class Gender Result[3] Notes
19C1 M 48.051 , WR
Lai ShanzhangC5M
Wu GuoqingC4M
28C4 F 48.524
Jaco van GassC3M
Jody CundyC4M
32Ricardo Ten ArgilésC1M49.571
Pablo Jaramillo GallardoC5M
Alfonso CabelloC5M
45Alexandre LéautéC2 M 50.344
Kévin Le CunffC5M
Dorian FoulonC5M
56Mohamad Yusof Hafizi ShaharuddinC1M50.532
Muhammad Hafiz JamaliC5M
Zuhairie Ahmad TarmiziC5M
67C1 M 52.051
Joseph BerenyiC3M
Christopher MurphyC5M
71C5 F 52.409
Alejandro Perea ArangoC3M
Edwin Fabián Mátiz RuizC5M
84C5 F 52.952
Mikhail AstashovC1M
Sergei PudovC4M
93Meg LemonC4 F 56.989
Amanda ReidC2F
Gordon AllanC2M

Final

Rank Nation Cyclists Class Gender Result[4] Notes
Gold medal final
C4 F 47.579WR
Jaco van GassC3M
Jody CundyC4M
C1 M 47.685
Wu GuoqingC4M
Lai ShanzhangC5M
Bronze medal final
Ricardo Ten ArgilésC1M49.209
Pablo Jaramillo GallardoC5M
Alfonso CabelloC5M
4Alexandre LéautéC2 M 49.567
Kévin Le CunffC5M
Dorian FoulonC5M

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Start list . 27 August 2021 . 27 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210827141125/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CTR/PG2020-_CTR_C51D_CTROSPRTEAM-05050-----QUAL--------.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Cycling Track - Mixed C1-5 750m Team Sprint Schedule. TOCOG. 24 August 2021. 24 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210824053331/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/cycling-track/event-schedule-mixed-c1-5-750m-team-sprint.htm. dead.
  3. Web site: Cycling Track – Mixed C1-5 750m Team Sprint – Qualifying – Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 28 August 2021. 28 August 2021. 28 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210828130002/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CTR/PG2020-_CTR_C73D1_CTROSPRTEAM-05050-----QUAL--------.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: Cycling Track – Mixed C1-5 750m Team Sprint – Finals – Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 28 August 2021. 28 August 2021. 28 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210828130103/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CTR/PG2020-_CTR_C73D2_CTROSPRTEAM-05050-----FNL---------.pdf. dead.