LC4 (classification)
{{Short description|Para-cycling classification}}
LC4 is a para-cycling classification.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/7586684.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=9 April 2012|title=A-Z of Paralympic classification |date=28 August 2008}}
Definition
In 2000, BBC Sport defined this classification as "LC4 for riders with disabilities affecting both legs. "{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics2000/paralympics/959701.stm|accessdate=9 April 2012|title=Making sense of the categories|publisher=BBC Sport|location=United Kingdom|date=6 October 2000}} In 2008, BBC Sport defined this classification was "LC4: Riders with disabilities affecting both legs " In 2008, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation defined this classification was "Locomotor Disabilities (LC): Cyclists with a physical disability compete in four classes - LC1, LC2, LC3, LC4 - based on functional ability, with separate events for men and women.".{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354016.htm?site=paralympics/2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912225056/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354016.htm?site=paralympics/2008|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 12, 2008|title=Paralympics categories explained|first=Andrew |last=McGarry|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=9 April 2012|date=3 September 2008}} The Australian Paralympic Education Program defined this classification in 2012 as: "Riders with disabilities affecting both legs "
Historical world records
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|accessdate=14 June 2012|title=Para-Cycling Track World Records Historical|publisher=UCI|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802064414/http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTI1Mzc&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=MzE5MTM&LangId=1|archivedate=2 August 2012}}
| Time
|Cyclist |Country |Classification |Date and location |Country location |Reference |
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|17"000 |Maurice Chevrot |FRA |LC 4 Bicycle |01.06.1994 GENT |BEL |
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|16"980 |Alaric Pritchard |GBR |LC 4 Bicycle |17.08.2004 NEWPORT, WALES |GBR |
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|15"780 |Michael Teuber |GER |LC 4 Bicycle |08.05.2005 AUGSBURG |GER |
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Classification history
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|year=2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814210814/http://www.paralympiceducation.org.au/primary/cycling|archivedate=2016-08-14}} 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}}
Becoming classified
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|year=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|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426013020/http://www.london2012.com/documents/locog-publications/london-2012-guide-to-the-paralympic-games.pdf|archivedate=26 April 2012}}
See also
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