Para Cycling Rules
Classification On The Basis Of Impairments
Athletes with physical impairments compete in either of the following: - hand cycles, tricycles or bicycles. On the other hand the athletes with a visual impairment compete on tandems with a sighted partner known as “pilot.”
The athletes with visual impairment participate in this event in classes from B1 to B3. They compete on tandems along with a sighted partner “pilot” in the front.
The criterion for this profile is as follows-
All B1, B2 and B3 athletes compete with each other in one event.
B1
Have a very low visual acuity and/ or no light perception.
B2
Athletes in this sport class have a higher visual acuity than the ones competing in the B1 sport class and/ or a visual field of less than 5 degrees radius.
B3
Athletes in this class (or equivalent) sport class have the least severe visual impairment eligible for Paralympic sport. They have the highest visual acuity and/or a visual field of less than 20 degrees radius.
Hand Cycling
This event has 5 different sport classes from H1 to H5 whereas the lower numbers indicate more severe activity limitation.
Tricycles
It consists of two classes T1 and T2.
Bicycle
This is also divided into 5 classes from C1 to C5.
