para-cycling
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{{Short description|Sport of cycling adapted for cyclists who have various disabilities}}
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Para-cycling (or paracycling/para cycling) is the sport of cycling adapted for cyclists who have various disabilities. It is governed by the {{lang|fr|Union Cycliste Internationale|italic=no}} (UCI). The sport consists of seven different events which include road and track races. The world's elite para-cyclists compete at Track and Road Worlds Championships since 1994, the Commonwealth Games, the Paralympic Games and the World Cup since 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.uci.ch/para-cycling/about/ |title=Para-cycling – About |publisher=Uci.ch |access-date=10 August 2015}}
History
Para-cycling originated in the 1980s, starting with visually impaired riders who competed on a tandem with a sighted partner. In New York 1984 it entered the Summer Paralympic Games, where it consisted of only road races for riders with cerebral palsy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/aboutpara-cycling?c=EN|title=About Para-Cycling|website=British Cycling|access-date=20 December 2019}} Over the next four Paralympic Games further events were added. In Atlanta 1996 track cycling was included as well as a variety of disabilities in various functional categories. Handcycling was included in the 2000 Sydney Paralympics as an exhibition event.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingireland.ie/page/disciplines/paracycling |title=Cycling Ireland | Paracycling |publisher=Cyclingireland.ie |access-date=10 August 2015}}
Events
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Para-cycling events consist of the following three road races and five track events:{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/para-cycling/about-paracycling|title=About Para-cycling|publisher=UCI|access-date=17 December 2019}}
=Road=
- Road race (men and women)
- Individual time trial (men and women)
- Handcycling team relay (men and women, mix)
=Track=
- Tandem sprint (men and women)
- Team sprint (men and women, mixed event)
- 500 m time trial (men and women) or kilometre time trial (men and women)
- Individual pursuit (men and women)
- Scratch race (men and women)
Classification
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Classification of riders consists of three broad groups; visual impairment, cerebral palsy and physical impairment. These are subdivided into 14 functional categories for men and women. Riders are placed in the appropriate category according to their functional ability.
B: blind (tandem) B1-2
C: cycle C1-5
H: handbike H1-5
T: tricycle T1-2
See also
References
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External links
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- {{cite web|accessdate=19 November 2022|url=https://www.paralympic.org/cycling
|title=Para Cycling |publisher=International Paralympic Committee}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/para-cycling| title = Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Para-Cycling Website}}
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