Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual pursuit B

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Cycling, Women's Ind. Pursuit B
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueExCeL Exhibition Centre
DatesSeptember 2
Competitors11 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Phillipa Gray
Laura Thompson
 New Zealand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Catherine Walsh
 Ireland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aileen McGlynn
Helen Scott
 Great Britain

The Women's Individual Pursuit B track cycling event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on September 2 at London Velopark. This class was for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot. Eleven pairs from nine different nations competed.

The competition began with five head to head races and one unpaired ride between the eleven riders. These races were held over a 3000m course and each rider was given a time for their race. The fastest two riders were advanced to the gold medal final whilst the third and fourth fastest times raced it out for the bronze.

Preliminaries[]

WR = World Record

Rank Name Country Time
1 Phillipa Gray
Pilot: Laura Thompson
 New Zealand 3:31.530
WR
2 Catherine Walsh
Pilot:
 Ireland 3:36.453
3 Aileen McGlynn
Pilot: Helen Scott
 Great Britain 3:36.930
4 Lora Turnham
Pilot:
 Great Britain 3:37.085
5 Katie George Dunlevy
Pilot:
 Ireland 3:42.445
6 Josefa Benitez Guzman
Pilot: Maria Noriega
 Spain 3:43.335
7 Robbi Weldon
Pilot: Lyne Bessette
 Canada 3:45.698
8 Henrike Handrup
Pilot:
 Germany 3:46.697
9 Felicity Johnson
Pilot: Stephanie Morton
 Australia 3:51.103
10
Pilot:
 Belarus 4:01.417
11
Pilot:
 Greece 4:01.449

Finals[]

Gold medal match
Name Time Rank
 Phillipa Gray (NZL)
Pilot:  Laura Thompson (NZL)
3:32.243 1st place, gold medalist(s)
 Catherine Walsh (IRL)
Pilot:   (IRL)
3:36.360 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Bronze medal match
Name Time Rank
 Aileen McGlynn (GBR)
Pilot:  Helen Scott (GBR)
3:40.138 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 Lora Turnham (GBR)
Pilot:   (GBR)
3:41.147 4

References[]

  • "Schedule & Results - Cycling Track". LOCOG. Retrieved 2012-09-05.


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