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12th Paralympic Games - JO
Athens, September 18-27, 2004
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Day 3 - September 20
Australians dominate third track day
The third day of track racing at the Paralympic Games saw more of the dominant riding that the Australia's able-bodied riders displayed a few weeks earlier in the Olympics as Australia took three of the four gold medals on offer, plus a silver and bronze, moving Australia to the top of the overall medal table.
Lindy Hou and Janelle Lindsay took gold in the tandem sprint, managing to retain their focus despite a serious crash involving their team-mates Lyn Lepore and Jenny Macpherson who were competing in the ride-off for bronze. Lepore and Macpherson were stretchered off the track and later taken to hospital, resulting in a forfeit to their American opponents. A decision is still to be made on whether they will be fit enough to continue their competitive schedule this week.
The gold medal race was brought forward as a result and Hou and Lindsay clamped on the pace to defeat the British pairing of Aileen Mcglynn and Ellen Hunter in back-to-back rides, giving Hou her second gold medal in two days.
"Like everyone we were shocked by the crash and concerned for Lyn and Jenny, but the Aussie spirit helps lift you above such circumstances," said Hou. "We stayed focused; it is what you train for, and it's what your team mates ask of each other. This is very much a team performance."
In a generous gesture, the silver medalists McGlynn and Hunter donated their presentation posy to Lepore and Macpherson.
Australian team captain Chris Scott was spurred on to gold in the 3km Individual Pursuit (CP) by thoughts of not letting the side down.
"I just kept thinking that if I didn't win this event I would not be able to show my face in the Village… I just wanted it so much," said an emotional Scott, whose time of 3.32.958 bettered his own world and Paralympic records in the event.
Nicknamed "Gecko from Gympie", Scott proudly did a victory lap of the Velodrome with an Australian flag draped super-hero style on his back and a tear in his eye. Beside him was team mate Peter Homann, of Melbourne, who finished in a time of 3.41.437 to gain silver.
The "gold rush" continued when Greg Ball, of Ipswich, broke the world record in the 1km Time Trial with a blistering time of 10.07.672 - more than a second faster than Laurent Thirionet of France who picked up silver.
Ball, competing in his second Paralympic Games, was jubilant. "Everything came together in that ride…all that hard training meant I was able to get the bike going exactly the way I wanted… it felt fantastic seeing that record time up on the big screen."
Another record fell in the CP3 3km individual pursuit as Britain's Darren Kenny beat former Kelme professional Javier Otxoa (Spain). Kenny's time of 3.46.260 demolished the previous record of 3.57.480 set just the day before by Otxoa.
Results
Women B1-3 Tandem Sprint
Semi-Finals
Heat 1
1 Lindy Hou (Australia) 12.973 13.920
Janelle Lindsay
2 Lyn Lepore (Australia)
Jenny Macpherson
Heat 2
1 Aileen Mcglynn (Great Britain) 13.117 14.363
Ellen Hunter
2 Karissa Whitsell (USA)
Katie Compton
Finals
For gold and silver
1 Lindy Hou (Australia) 13.174 12.819
Janelle Lindsay
2 Aileen Mcglynn (Great Britain)
Ellen Hunter
For bronze
3 Karissa Whitsell (USA) 13.925
Katie Compton
4 Lyn Lepore (Australia) DNS
Jenny Macpherson
Final classification
1 Lindy Hou (Australia)
Janelle Lindsay
2 Aileen Mcglynn (Great Britain)
Ellen Hunter
3 Karissa Whitsell (USA)
Katie Compton
4 Lyn Lepore (Australia)
Jenny Macpherson
5 Yi Mei Xu (China)
Xiaolei Yan
6 Shawn Marsolais (Canada)
Lisa Sweeney
Men B1-3 Tandem Sprint
Qualification
1 Kieran Modra (Australia) 10.771 (66.846 km/h) PR
David Short
2 Anthony Biddle (Australia) 10.800 (66.666 km/h)
Kial Stewart
3 Vladislav Janovjak (Slovakia) 10.958 (65.705 km/h)
Juraj Petrovic
4 Daniel Adam Gordon (Great Britain) 10.991 (65.508 km/h)
Barney Storey
5 Shigeo Yoshihara (Japan) 10.997 (65.472 km/h)
Takuya Oki
6 Achim Moll (Germany) 11.108 (64.818 km/h)
Torsten Goliasch
7 Patrice Senmartin (France) 11.113 (64.788 km/h)
Frederic Janowski
8 Tatsuyuki Oshiro (Japan) 11.237 (64.074 km/h)
Hideki Tanzawa
9 Matthew King (USA) 11.461 (62.821 km/h)
Eric Degolier
10 Krzysztof Kosikowski (Poland) 11.484 (62.695 km/h)
Lukasz Tunkiewicz
11 Brian Cowie (Canada) 11.521 (62.494 km/h)
Murray Solem
12 Christos Kalimeris (Greece) 12.730 (56.559 km/h)
Symeon Triommatis
DNS Raphael Ioset (Switzerland)
Beat Howald
Quarter-Finals
Heat 1
1 Kieran Modra (Australia) 11.216 11.373
David Short
2 Tatsuyuki Oshiro (Japan)
Hideki Tanzawa
Heat 2
1 Anthony Biddle (Australia) 11.378 11.160
Kial Stewart
2 Patrice Senmartin (France)
Frederic Janowski
Heat 3
1 Vladislav Janovjak (Slovakia) 11.319 11.326
Juraj Petrovic
2 Achim Moll (Germany)
Torsten Goliasch
Heat 4
1 Shigeo Yoshihara (Japan) 11.612
Takuya Oki
2 Daniel Adam Gordon (Great Britain) 11.553 REL
Barney Storey
Ride for 5th-8th
5 Achim Moll (Germany) 12.047 (59.765 km/h)
Torsten Goliasch
6 Daniel Adam Gordon (Great Britain)
Barney Storey
7 Tatsuyuki Oshiro (Japan) 11.826 (60.882 km/h)
Hideki Tanzawa
8 Patrice Senmartin (France)
Frederic Janowski
Men CP4 3km Individual Pursuit
Round 1
Heat 1
1 Lubos Jirka (Czech Republic) 3.53.358 (46.280 km/h)
2 Klaus Lungershausen (Germany) 3.55.596
Heat 2
1 Jiri Bouska (Czech Republic) 3.43.611 (48.298 km/h)
2 Stephan Herholdt (South Africa) Caught
Heat 3
1 Peter Homann (Australia) 3.40.651 (48.946 km/h)
2 Janos Plekker (South Africa) Caught
Heat 4
1 Christopher Scott (Australia) 3.35.901 (50.022 km/h)
2 Albert Michini (USA) Caught
Finals
For gold and silver
1 Christopher Scott (Australia) 3.32.958 (50.714 km/h) WR
2 Peter Homann (Australia) 3.41.437
For bronze
3 Jiri Bouska (Czech Republic) 3.46.623 (47.656 km/h)
2 Lubos Jirka (Czech Republic) 3.52.216
Final classification
1 Christopher Scott (Australia)
2 Peter Homann (Australia)
3 Jiri Bouska (Czech Republic)
4 Lubos Jirka (Czech Republic)
5 Klaus Lungershausen (Germany)
6 Janos Plekker (South Africa)
7 Stephan Herholdt (South Africa)
8 Albert Michini (USA)
9 Michael Kurz (Austria)
10 Michel Alcaine (France)
11 Petr Plihal (Czech Republic)
Men CP3 3km Individual Pursuit
Finals
For gold and silver
1 Darren Kenny (Great Britain) 3.46.260 (47.732 km/h) WR
2 Javier Otxoa (Spain) 3.54.173
For bronze
1 Andrew Panazzolo (Australia) 3.58.868 (45.213 km/h)
2 Maurice Eckhard (Spain) 4.07.406
Final rankings
1 Darren Kenny (Great Britain)
2 Javier Otxoa (Spain)
3 Andrew Panazzolo (Australia)
4 Maurice Eckhard (Spain)
5 Daniel Nicholson (USA)
6 Rodrigo Lopez (Argentina)
DSQ Jean Quevillon (Canada)
Men LC 1-4 Kilometre Time Trial
Div. Actual time % Factor Corrected time
1 Greg Ball (Australia) LC4 1.21.767 82.763 1.07.672 WR
2 Laurent Thirionet (France) LC3 1.19.294 86.966 1.08.958 WR
3 Tobias Graf (Germany) LC3 1.19.754 86.966 1.09.358
4 Michael Teuber (Germany) LC4 1.24.155 82.763 1.09.649
5 Peter Brooks (Australia) LC1 1.10.250 100 1.10.250
6 Fabrizio Macchi (Italy) LC3 1.20.980 86.966 1.10.425
7 Wolfgang Eibeck (Austria) LC1 1.10.741 100 1.10.741
8 Antonio Garcia (Spain) LC3 1.21.415 86.966 1.10.803
9 Jiri Jezek (Czech Republic) LC2 1.12.078 98.986 1.11.347
10 Victor Marquez (Venezuela) LC3 1.22.697 86.966 1.11.918
11 Bradley Cobb (USA) LC3 1.22.884 86.966 1.12.080
12 Fabio Triboli (Italy) LC1 1.12.670 100 1.12.670
13 Amador Granado (Spain) LC2 1.13.629 98.986 1.12.882
14 Michal Stark (Czech Republic) LC3 1.23.875 86.966 1.12.942
15 Walter Marquardt (Germany) LC1 1.13.056 100 1.13.056
16 Ivan Renggli (Switzerland) LC1 1.13.277 100 1.13.277
17 Paul Martin (USA) LC2 1.14.148 98.986 1.13.396
18 Robinson Martinez (Colombia) LC3 1.24.987 86.966 1.13.909
19 Guenter Schambeck (Germany) LC1 1.14.364 100 1.14.364
20 Juanjo Mendez (Spain) LC4 1.30.007 82.763 1.14.492
21 Hans Peter Beier (Germany) LC4 1.30.810 82.763 1.15.157
22 David Mercier (France) LC1 1.15.293 100 1.15.293
23 Roman Marcek (Slovakia) LC1 1.16.021 100 1.16.021
24 Pierangelo Vignati (Italy) LC1 1.16.217 100 1.16.217
25 Sebastien Serriere (France) LC2 1.17.526 98.986 1.16.739
26 Akio Sakuma (Japan) LC1 1.16.919 100 1.16.919
27 Erich Winkler (Germany) LC4 1.33.046 82.763 1.17.007
28 Marc Breton (Canada) LC1 1.18.210 100 1.18.210
29 David Kuster (Slovenia) LC2 1.19.031 98.986 1.18.229
30 Wolfgang Dabernig (Austria) LC4 1.34.934 82.763 1.18.570
31 Alfred Kaiblinger (Austria) LC2 1.19.558 98.986 1.18.751
32 Bruce Penner (Canada) LC4 1.36.732 82.763 1.20.058
33 Mahmood Meili (Iran) LC3 1.33.726 86.966 1.21.509
34 Loukas Anestis (Greece) LC1 1.22.316 100 1.22.316
35 Panagiotis Paterakis (Greece) LC2 1.26.882 98.986 1.26.001
DNS Paul Jesson (New Zealand) LC3
DNS Patrick Ceria (France) LC2
DNS Beat Schwarzenbach (Switzerland) LC3
