Paracycling

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Start of a tandem with a visually impaired driver (Jessica Gallagher, behind) and a sighted driver (Madassin Janssen) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in London
Handbiker Nigel Barley at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Paracycling (also Para-Cycling ) describes the cycling of physically handicapped athletes.

term

The term "Paracycling" goes back to the word Paralympics . This was initially created as a combination of the words Paraplegic (English: paralyzed ) and Olympic . In order to also represent the affiliation of people with other types of disability, the term was redefined and traced back to the Greek words Para ( next to ) and Olympics to express the proximity to the Olympic movement and the coexistence of the Games.

Since the World Cycling Association Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) held the first UCI Paracycling World Track Championships and UCI Paracycling Road World Championships under its aegis in 2006, the international term paracycling has become increasingly established in cycling. Since 2011, the Federation of German Cyclists , the Swiss Association Swiss Cycling and the Austrian Cycling Association have also used the term paracycling for competitions with physically handicapped cyclists . Similar terms are used in other sports, such as para-rowing or para-swimming .

Performance classes

On October 1, 2010, the current classification of physical limitations in paracycling was introduced. This classification is carried out by the UCI in coordination with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Only cyclists who have received a license according to a classification are allowed to take part in paracycling competitions.

The 14 performance classes are in turn differentiated according to discipline, with the highest impairment being denoted by the lowest number:

In the case of women and men, a “W” or an “M” is placed in front of the description of the classification.

Web links

Commons : Paracycling  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the Paralympic Movement. paralympic.org, accessed March 12, 2014 .
  2. ^ UCI Para-cycling Classification Guide. UCI, accessed May 19, 2016 .
  3. Para-cycling - Regulations changes proposals. (No longer available online.) Para-cycling.de, February 1, 2014, archived from the original on February 17, 2015 ; accessed on March 18, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.para-cycling.de