UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships

The UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships are the world championships for track 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.[1][2][3] The UCI and the IPC organized the 2006 IPC Cycling World Championships. The first UCI Para-cycling World Championships took place in 2007.[1]

The UCI awards a gold medal and a rainbow jersey to the winner and silver and bronze medals to the second and third.

Championships

Year City Country Date Velodrome No. of
Events
No. of
Athletes
2007
()
Bordeaux  France August – August
2009
()[4]
Manchester  United Kingdom 6 November – 8 November Manchester Velodrome
2011
()[5]
Montichiari  Italy 11 March – 13 March Montichiari Velodrome
2012
()[6]
Carson  United States 9 February – 12 February ADT Event Center
2014
()[7]
Aguascalientes  Mexico 10-13 April Aguascalientes Bicentenary Velodrome
2015
()
Apeldoorn  Netherlands 26-29 March
2016
()
Montichiari  Italy 17 March – 203 March Montichiari Velodrome

Classification

The classification system was reclassified in 2010/2011, and first used for the 2011 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.[8][9]

Sport class[10][11]

History

UCI classification was earlier divided into these disability categories: locomotor, cerebral palsy, visually impaired, handcycling. Each category have separate classifications.[12][13]

See also

References

External links

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