Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit (CP 3)

Men's individual pursuit (CP 3)
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Laoshan Velodrome
Dates 7 September
Competitors 8 from 7 nations
Winning time Rider caught
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Darren Kenny  Great Britain
2nd, silver medalist(s) Yong-Sik Jin  South Korea
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jean Quevillon  Canada

The Men's individual pursuit (CP 3) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on 7 August at the Laoshan Velodrome. The pre-event favorite to win the gold medal was reigning champion, Darren Kenny of Great Britain.

Preliminaries

Favourite, Kenny, managed to set a new world record in the preliminary round.[1] The new record was 5.812 seconds[2] faster than the previous record, which was set by Kenny in Alkmar in 2005.[3] Javier Ochoa was disqualified for riding too close to his opponent in the preliminary round, after he had been overtaken by Kenny.[4] Kenny stated that he was disappointed by this as he would have liked to compete against Ochoa in the final.[3]

Q = Qualifier PR = Paralympic Record WR = World Record

Rank Name Time
1 Darren Kenny (GBR)3:36.875 Q WR
2 Yong-Sik Jin (KOR)3:58.817 Q
3 Jean Quevillon (CAN)4:03.730 Q
4 Maurice Eckhard (FRA)4:09.119 Q
5 Tomas Kvasnicka (CZE)4:11.715
6 Rodrigo Lopez (ARG)4:13.850
7 Brayden McDougall (CAN)4:15.006
 Javier Ochoa (ESP)Disqualified

Finals

Kenny went on to catch his opponent, Yong-Sik Jin of South Korea, in the final round.[5]

Gold medal match
Name Time Rank
 Darren Kenny (GBR)caught opponent
 Yong-Sik Jin (KOR)caught
Bronze medal match
Name Time Rank
 Jean Quevillon (CAN)4:03:277
 Maurice Eckhard (FRA)4:08.4304

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Individual Pursuit (CP 3) Qualifying" (PDF). 2008GamesBeijing.com. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
  2. ↑ "Kenny's record could go in final". China.org.cn. 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
  3. 1 2 "Paralympics 2008 - Track Day 1". British Cycling. 2008-09-07. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
  4. ↑ "Three Paralympics Golds for GB". Velodrome.org.uk. 2008-09-08. Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
  5. ↑ "Men's Individual Pursuit (CP 3) Finals" (PDF). 2008GamesBeijing.com. Retrieved 2008-09-07.


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