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Amelia Cass
Amelia Cass (born 27 April 1999) is a British para-cyclist who competes in road and track events. She is a two-time medalist at the Road World Championships. Career Cass made her international debut for Great Britain at the 2023 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in August 2023, and finished in seventh place in the individual pursuit C2 event. The next week she then competed at the 2023 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships and won a bronze medal in the time trial C2 event. In March 2024, Cass competed at the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships and finished in fourth place in the individual pursuit C2 event. In September 2024, she then competed at the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships The 2024 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships was the 13th edition of World Championships for road cycling for athletes with a physical disability. The championships took place in Zurich, Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swis ... and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C2 (classification)
In Paralympic sports, C2 is a para-cycling classification. The UCI recommends this be coded as MC2 or WC2. Definition PBS defined this classification as "Riders with upper or lower limb impairments and moderate to severe neurological ." ''The Telegraph'' defined this classification in 2011 as "C 1–5: Athletes with cerebral palsy, limb impairments and ." Classification history Cycling first became a Paralympic sport at the 1988 Summer Paralympics. 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. At the Paralympic Games 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 trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Para-cycling
Para-cycling (or paracycling/para cycling) is the sport of cycling (sport), cycling adapted for cyclists who have various disability, disabilities. It is governed by the (UCI). The sport consists of seven different events which include Road bicycle racing, road and Track cycling, track races. The world's elite para-cyclists compete at UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Track and UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Road Worlds Championships since 1994, the Cycling at the Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Games, the Cycling at the Summer Paralympics, Paralympic Games and the UCI World Cups, World Cup since 2010. History Para-cycling originated in the 1980s, starting with visually impaired riders who competed on a tandem bicycle, 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. Over the next four Paralympic Games further events were added. In Atlanta 1996 track cycl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships
The UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships are the world championships for road cycling where athletes with a physical disability compete, organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The Championships were earlier administered by the International Paralympic Committee.Develop para-cycling together – Integration of Para-cycling within National Cycling Federations , (UCI) The UCI and the IPC organized the 2006 |
2023 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships
The 2023 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships was the 12th edition of the World Championships for road cycling for athletes with a physical disability. The championships took place in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland from 9 to 14 August 2023. The championships formed part of the inaugural cross-discipline 2023 UCI World Cycling Championships. Medalists Events are held in four broad categories, with four different types of bicycle, denoted by a letter-number code: * B1 are pairs races for blind and visually impaired cyclists, riding a tandem bicycle with a sighted 'pilot'. * C1-C5 are cyclists on standard or near-standard bicycles, with minor modifications to allow use by paracyclists, e.g. attachments on handlebars or pedals. * H1-H5 are hand cycling races using tricycles powered by hand-cranking of pedals from a recumbent position. Typically hand-cyclists share similar lower body disabilities to wheelchair racing athletes in para athletics, but in H1-H5 events, their p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships
The 2024 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships was the 13th edition of World Championships for road cycling for athletes with a physical disability. The championships took place in Zurich, Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ... from 21 to 29 September 2024. Medalists Events are held in four broad categories, with four different types of bicycle, denoted by a letter-number code: * B1 are pairs races for blind and visually impaired cyclists, riding a tandem bicycle with a sighted 'pilot'. * C1-C5 are cyclists on standard or near-standard bicycles, with minor modifications to allow use by paracyclists, e.g. attachments on handlebars or pedals. * H1-H5 are hand cycling races using tricycles powered by hand-cranking of pedals from a recumbent position. Ty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
The 2023 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships were held from 2 to 8 August 2023, at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, United Kingdom. It was held as part of the inaugural UCI Cycling World Championships. The event was held as part of an integrated programme with the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, which began, and will end, a day later. Results Men Women Mixed Medal table The event was dominated by the hosts, Great Britain who won 18 gold medals, and 30 medals in total. Their success was founded on dominance of both the men's sprint time trial events and the tandem events for blind cyclists. Despite this, 12 nations tasted gold medal success and 21 nations reached the podium. References {{reflist External linksResults [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
The 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships was held from 20 to 24 March 2024, at the Olympic Velodrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Results Men Women Mixed Medal table China topped the medal table with fourteen golds, but by the barest of margins from Great Britain (thirteen) and France (twelve). Great Britain's far higher silver medal count proving decisive as their 32 medals comfortably led the overall medals tally. Of the other nations to take part, only Australia with four and Netherlands with two got more than one gold medal, although Australia did reach double figures in medals overall, the only nation outside the 'Big three' to do so. References External linksResults in live HTLM format {{World championships in 2024 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1999 Births
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British Female Cyclists
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21st-century British Sportswomen
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