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News posted on Tuesday 19th March, 2024

Catch the Kiwis at the 2024 Para Cycling Track World Championships

5 cyclists in skinsuits stand in front of a UCI media wall entitled "2024 Para Cycling Track World Championships"

Rio 2024 results day-by-day

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5

About the Rio 2024 Para Cycling Track World Championships

The 2024 Para Cycling Track World Championships take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from this Thursday 20 March through to Monday 24 March.

Rio 2024 is the first track Para cycling event of the Paralympic Year. The event is also one of the final opportunities to secure all-important qualification points for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (Aug-Sep 2024). The 5-strong squad will be looking to deliver their best and secure qualification points for New Zealand at the Paralympics – with results counting towards booking an all-important ticket to Paris.

New Zealand took home a record 10 track medals from the last World Championships. They will be hoping to defend the haul in Brazil next week. 

Who is competing from New Zealand?

Check out our Para cyclist selection announcement to find out about the squad, or click their names below to read their profiles.

What should you watch out for?

Paralympians #222 Nicole Murray (C5) and #225 Anna Taylor (C4) will be heading to the Championships as favourites, having been crowned Omnium world champions at the last edition.

Para Cycling World Championships stalwart Nick Blincoe will have a packed schedule at the event, competing alongside fellow C4 Para athlete Ben Westenberg. Westenberg, who is 18, had his debut in the 2023 World Championships, bringing home a silver and a bronze medal.

Multiple World Championships medallist Devon Briggs (C3) will be looking to build on last year’s four medals in 2024. Just days too young to compete in Tokyo 2020, Briggs will be hungry to show he’s got what it takes to go to Paris.

What’s the Rio 2024 schedule?

Find a description of the different race types on the official website.

Time in NZST

Event

Athlete

Result

Day 1

Thursday 1.00am-6.30am

Qualifying WC5 500m Time Trial

Nicole Murray

Qualifying WC4 500m Time Trial

Anna Taylor

Thursday 7.30am-10.45am

MC4 Omnium 200m Flying Start

Nick Blincoe
Ben Westenberg

8th
9th

WC5 500m Time Trial

Nicole Murray

Bronze

WC4 500m Time Trial

Anna Taylor

Silver

Qualifying MC4 7.5km Scratch Race

Nick Blincoe
Ben Westenberg

Day 2

Friday 1.00am-6.20am

Qualifying MC4 4km Individual Pursuit

Nick Blincoe
Ben Westenberg

WC5 Omnium 200m Flying Start

Nicole Murray

 3rd

Friday 7.00am-10.50am

WC4 Omnium 200m Flying Start

Anna Taylor

5th

MC3 Omnium 200m Flying Start

Devon Briggs

World Record!

1st (non medal event)

Day 3

Saturday 1.00am-6.15am

Qualifying MC3 3km Individual Pursuit

Devon Briggs

Qualifying WC5 3km Individual Pursuit

Nicole Murray

Qualifying WC4 3km Individual Pursuit

Anna Taylor

Saturday 7.30am-11.00am

MC4 15km Scratch Race

Nick Blincoe
Ben Westenberg

14th
7th

MC3 3km Individual Pursuit

Devon Briggs

Bronze

WC5 3km Individual Pursuit

Nicole Murray

Silver

 WC4 3km Individual Pursuit

Anna Taylor

4th

Day 4

Sunday 5.45am-9.00am

Qualifying MC4 1km Time Trial

Nick Blincoe
Ben Westenberg

Qualifying MC3 1km Time Trial

Devon Briggs

 World record!

Sunday 5.45am-9.00am

WC4 10km Scratch Race

Anna Taylor

4th

MC3 1km Time Trial

Devon Briggs

World record!

Gold

Day 5

Monday 1.00am-5.15am

Qualifying 750m Team Sprint

Anna Taylor
Nick Blincoe
Devon Briggs

Monday 6.15am-8.45am

750m Team Sprint

Anna Taylor
Nick Blincoe
Devon Briggs

6th

WC5 10km Scratch Race

Nicole Murray

Bronze

Monday 8.50am-9.10am

WC5 Omnium Award Ceremony

Monday 9.15am-11.30am

 MC3 15km Scratch Race

Devon Briggs

5th

WC Elimination Race (exhibition)

Anna Taylor
Nicole Murray

Gold

MC Elimination Race (exhibition)

Ben Westenberg
Nick Blincoe
Devon Briggs

Bronze

Monday 8.50am-9.10am

Award Ceremonies

Omnium placings

Women's C4

Anna Taylor

Bronze

Women's C5

Nicole Murray

 Silver

Men's C3

Devon Briggs

 Silver

How can you support and follow the Kiwi Para cyclists?

Can you watch the 2024 Para Cycling Track World Championships live?

The event will be live streamed by the Brazilian Paralympic Committee on YouTube.

Where to find Para cycling results from the 2023 Cycling World Championships

All results will be shared live by the organisers. But to make things even easier, we’ll share results on this site, and as they happen on our Instagram and Facebook  accounts. Follow us there to stay up to date with all the action.

Find more event information on the official website.

How can you show your support for the Para cyclists?

Here are some great ways to show your support:

  • Go to the athlete’s profile on this site and leave a message of support.
  • Like and comment on their results on Facebook and Instagram.
  • Share our results posts so your friends can hear about them too.
  • Follow the Para cyclists on their own social media (you can find links on their profiles).
  • Donate to Paralympics New Zealand. We need your support to get to Paris 2024.

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