C4 (classification)

PBS defined this classification as "Cyclists with upper or lower limb impairments and low-level neurological impairment."{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/medal-quest/sports/detail/cycling/|access-date=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|access-date=14 June 2012|date=2011|title=London 2012 Paralympics: Road cycling guide|publisher=The Telegraph|location=London}} The UCI recommends this be coded as MC4 or WC4.{{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|CP7 (classification)|CP8 (classification)}}

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One of the disability groups in this class is people with cerebral palsy from the CP7 and CP8 classes.{{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|website=Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte|location=Mexico|language=es-MX|access-date=July 23, 2016}} CP7 sportspeople are able to walk, but appear to do so while having a limp as one side of their body is more affected than the other.{{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 |archive-url=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 |archive-date=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|date=July 2011|website=Sportability British Columbia|access-date=July 23, 2016}}{{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|website=Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte|location=Mexico|language=es-MX|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|date=September 12, 2008|website=Tyden|language=cs|access-date=July 23, 2016}} They may have involuntary muscles spasms on one side of their body. They have fine motor control on their dominant side of the body, which can present as asymmetry when they are in motion.{{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}} People in this class tend to have energy expenditure similar to people without cerebral palsy.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3pcAgAAQBAJ|title=Sports Nutrition for Paralympic Athletes|last=Broad|first=Elizabeth|date=2014-02-06|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9781466507562|language=en}}

CP8 competitors must have cerebral palsy to such an extent that it impacts their sporting performance against able-bodied competitors to be eligible for this 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|website=Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte|location=Mexico|language=es-MX|access-date=July 23, 2016}} This is general manifested as spasticity in at least one limb. They are able to freely engage in a number of sport related motions including jumping. They also tend to have good balance and have minimal issues with coordination.{{Cite web|url=http://sportabilitybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Microsoft_Word_-_Classification_Made_Easy.pdf|title=Classification Made Easy|date=July 2011|website=Sportability British Columbia|access-date=July 23, 2016}} People in this class tend to have energy expenditure similar to people without cerebral palsy.

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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814210814/http://www.paralympiceducation.org.au/primary/cycling|archive-date=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|access-date=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}}

Below are some historical world records for this classification in the 200m men's Indoor track / Flying start.{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTI1Mzc&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=MzE5MTM&LangId=1|access-date=14 June 2012|title=Para-Cycling Track World Records Historical|publisher=UCI|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802064414/http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTI1Mzc&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=MzE5MTM&LangId=1|archive-date=2 August 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

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|date=March 2016|website=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=July 22, 2016}}

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 |access-date=14 June 2012 |title=Ranking – PARA – Cycling 2012 |publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale |date=June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613225932/http://www.uci.ch/templates/BUILTIN-NOFRAMES/Template3/layout.asp?MenuId=MTU3MTU&LangId=1 |archive-date=13 June 2012 |df=dmy }}

Competitors in this classification include Australia's Tyson Lawrence{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/tyson-lawrence |title=Tyson Lawrence | APC Corporate |publisher=Paralympic.org.au |access-date=14 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614080627/https://www.paralympic.org.au/team/tyson-lawrence |archive-date=14 June 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} and Britain's Jody Cundy.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/24388627 |title=Jody Cundy lets go of 'Commonwealth dream' |last1=Osborne |first1=Chris |date=4 October 2014 |website=bbc.co.uk |access-date=12 April 2014}}

In 2016, Bahman Golbarnezhad died while competing.

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|access-date=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.

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