The Men's individual pursuit (CP 3) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

2008 Summer Paralympics

The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the thirteenth Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to September 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao....

took place on 7 August at the Laoshan Velodrome

Laoshan Velodrome

The Laoshan Velodrome is a velodrome that is located in Laoshan, Shijingshan District, Beijing, China. It was built for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The venue was tested during the UCI Track World Cup in December 2007....

. The pre-event favorite to win the gold medal was reigning champion, Darren Kenny

Darren Kenny

Darren Kenny OBE is a British road and track racing cyclist and Paralympian. Kenny's results have made him one of his sport's biggest stars.-Career:...

 of Great Britain

Great Britain

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Preliminaries

Favourite, Kenny, managed to set a new world record in the preliminary round. The new record was 5.812 seconds faster than the previous record, which was set by Kenny in Alkmar in 2005. Javier Ochoa was disqualified for riding too close to his opponent in the preliminary round, after he had been overtaken by Kenny. Kenny stated that he was disappointed by this as he would have liked to compete against Ochoa in the final.

Q = Qualifier
PR = Paralympic Record
WR = World Record

Rank	Name	Time
1		3:36.875 Q WR
2		3:58.817 Q
3		4:03.730 Q
4		4:09.119 Q
5		4:11.715
6		4:13.850
7		4:15.006
		Disqualified

Finals

Kenny went on to catch his opponent, Yong-Sik Jin

Yong-Sik Jin

Yong-Sik Jin is a Korean disabled cyclist. He won two medals at the 2008 Summer Paralympics: a silver medal in the Men's Individual Pursuit and a bronze medal in the Time Trial .- References :...

 of South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

, in the final round.

Gold medal match

Name	Time	Rank
	caught opponent
	caught

Bronze medal match

Name	Time	Rank
	4:03:277
	4:08.430	4