C3 (classification)

PBS defined this classification as "Cyclists with upper or lower limb disabilities and moderate neurological dysfunction."{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/medal-quest/sports/detail/cycling/|accessdate=14 June 2012|title=Competition at the Highest Levels, Cycling|publisher=Cycling}} The Telegraph defined this classification in 2011 as "C 1–5: Athletes with cerebral palsy, limb impairments and amputations."{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/paralympic-sport/8712223/London-2012-Paralympics-Road-cycling-guide.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828034020/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/paralympic-sport/8712223/London-2012-Paralympics-Road-cycling-guide.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-08-28|accessdate=14 June 2012|date=2011|title=London 2012 Paralympics: Road cycling guide|publisher=The Telegraph|location=London}} The UCI recommends this be coded as MC3 or WC3.{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTI2MzI&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=NjA1ODg&LangId=1|title=UCI Para-cycling Classification Guide|date=17 April 2012|publisher=UCI|page=4}}

{{See also|CP5 (classification)|CP6 (classification)}}

File:CP6_disability_profile.png

File:CP5_disability_profile.png

People with cerebral palsy are one of the groups covered by this classification, specifically the CP5 and CP6 classes. CP5 and CP6 competitors may compete using tricycles in the T2 class or they can choose to compete in the C3 class.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cpisra.org.za/files/classification/Classification_CPISRA_Brochure_Classification_Profiles.pdf|title=Classification Profiles|website=Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association|access-date=July 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818060111/http://www.cpisra.org.za/files/classification/Classification_CPISRA_Brochure_Classification_Profiles.pdf|archive-date=18 August 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.deporte.gob.mx/deporteadaptado/documentos/Handcycling/CLASIFICACIONES.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123132542/http://deporte.gob.mx/deporteadaptado/documentos/Handcycling/CLASIFICACIONES.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 November 2012|title=Clasificaciones de Ciclismo|last=|first=|date=|website=Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte|location=Mexico|language=es-MX|access-date=July 23, 2016}}

CP5 sportspeople in this class have greater functional control of their upper body. They may require the use of an assistive device when walking but they do not require use of a wheelchair.{{Cite web|url=https://queenslandschoolsport.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Documents/Officials%20and%20executives/classification-system-for-students-with-a-disability.docx |title=CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR STUDENTS WITH A DISABILITY |website=Queensland Sport |access-date=July 23, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404055316/https://queenslandschoolsport.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Documents/Officials%20and%20executives/classification-system-for-students-with-a-disability.docx |archivedate=4 April 2015 |df=dmy }}{{Cite web|url=http://sportabilitybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Microsoft_Word_-_Classification_Made_Easy.pdf|title=Classification Made Easy|last=|first=|date=July 2011|website=Sportability British Columbia|access-date=July 23, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.tyden.cz/rubriky/sport/olympiada/kategorie-postizeni-handicapovanych-sportovcu_80384.html|title=Kategorie postižení handicapovaných sportovců|last=|first=|date=September 12, 2008|website=Tyden|publisher=|language=Czech|access-date=July 23, 2016}} They often have problems with their dynamic equilibrium but not their static equilibrium.{{Cite web|url=http://www.deporte.gob.mx/deporteadaptado/documentos/Handcycling/CLASIFICACIONES.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123132542/http://deporte.gob.mx/deporteadaptado/documentos/Handcycling/CLASIFICACIONES.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 November 2012|title=Clasificaciones de Ciclismo|last=|first=|date=|website=Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte|location=Mexico|language=es-MX|access-date=July 23, 2016}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IOOEKhrn1IAC|title=Benchmark Games|last1=Cashman|first1=Richmard|last2=Darcy|first2=Simon|date=2008-01-01|publisher=Benchmark Games|isbn=9781876718053|language=en}} Quick movements can upset their balance.

CP6 sportspeople are able to walk without the need for an assistive device. They lack coordination in all their limbs, with the greater lack of coordination involving their upper body.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cpisra.org.za/files/classification/Classification_CPISRA_Brochure_Classification_Profiles.pdf|title=Classification Profiles|website=Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association|access-date=July 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818060111/http://www.cpisra.org.za/files/classification/Classification_CPISRA_Brochure_Classification_Profiles.pdf|archive-date=18 August 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.deporte.gob.mx/deporteadaptado/documentos/Handcycling/CLASIFICACIONES.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123132542/http://deporte.gob.mx/deporteadaptado/documentos/Handcycling/CLASIFICACIONES.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 November 2012|title=Clasificaciones de Ciclismo|last=|first=|date=|website=Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte|location=Mexico|language=es-MX|access-date=July 23, 2016}} Their bodies are often in motion, and they cannot maintain a still state. While CP2, CP3 and CP6 have similar issues with Athetoid or Ataxic, CP6 competitors have "flight" while they are ambulant in that it is possible for both feet to not be touching the ground while walking. CP2 and CP3 are unable to do this.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ifcpf.com/static/upload/raw/d4e7103a-d030-bef3-9eb6-51c529bd60e4/IFCPF+Classification+Rules+2015.pdf|title=Classification Rulebook|last=|first=|date=January 2015|website=International Federation of CP Football|access-date=July 23, 2016}}

Cycling first became a Paralympic sport at the 1988 Summer Paralympics.{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympiceducation.org.au/primary/cycling|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|title=Cycling|date=2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814210814/http://www.paralympiceducation.org.au/primary/cycling|archivedate=14 August 2016|df=dmy-all}} In September 2006, governance for para-cycling passed from the International Paralympic Committee's International Cycling Committee to UCI at a meeting in Switzerland. When this happened, the responsibility of classifying the sport also changed.{{cite web|accessdate=14 June 2012|url=http://www.cycling.org.au/?Page=7751|title=Para-cycling High Performance|publisher=Cycling Australia|location=Australia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615060403/http://www.cycling.org.au/?Page=7751|archive-date=15 June 2012|url-status=dead}}

For the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, the International Paralympic Committee had a zero classification at the Games policy. This policy was put into place in 2014, with the goal of avoiding last minute changes in classes that would negatively impact athlete training preparations. All competitors needed to be internationally classified with their classification status confirmed prior to the Games, with exceptions to this policy being dealt with on a case-by-case basis.{{Cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/sites/default/files/document/160404093217097_Classification+Guide+-+updated+version_0.pdf|title=Rio 2016 Classification Guide|last=|first=|date=March 2016|website=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=July 22, 2016}}

Classification is handled by Union Cycliste Internationale.{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/documents/locog-publications/london-2012-guide-to-the-paralympic-games.pdf|date=2011|accessdate=9 April 2012|title=Guide to the Paralympic Games – Appendix 1|page=42|publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|archive-date=26 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426013020/http://www.london2012.com/documents/locog-publications/london-2012-guide-to-the-paralympic-games.pdf|url-status=dead}} Classification for the UCI Para-Cycling World Championships is completed by at least two classification panels. Members of the classification panel must not have a relationship with the cyclist and must not be involved in the World Championships in any other role than as classifier.{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTI2MzI&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=NjA1ODg&LangId=1|publisher=UCI|title=UCI Para-cycling Classification Guide|date=17 April 2012|page=5}} In national competitions, the classification is handled by the national cycling federation. Classification often has three components: physical, technical and observation assessment.

This classification has UCI rankings for elite competitors.{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/templates/BUILTIN-NOFRAMES/Template3/layout.asp?MenuId=MTU3MTU&LangId=1 |accessdate=14 June 2012 |title=Ranking – PARA – Cycling 2012 |publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale |date=June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613225932/http://www.uci.ch/templates/BUILTIN-NOFRAMES/Template3/layout.asp?MenuId=MTU3MTU&LangId=1 |archivedate=13 June 2012 |df=dmy }}

Competitors in this class include Australia's Simone Kennedy and Ireland's Eoghan Clifford.{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/simone-kennedy |title=Simone Kennedy | APC Corporate |publisher=Paralympic.org.au |date= |accessdate=14 June 2012}}

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