Athletes compete within the UCI Paracycling Highway World Cup highway races in Huntsville, Ala., in Might 2023. The fifth annual U.S. Paralympics Biking Highway Open will happen at Texas A&M-RELLIS in Bryan in April.
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U.S. Paralympics Biking right this moment introduced the U.S. Paralympics Biking Highway Open, hosted by Texas A&M College and the town of Bryan. The 2-day competitors, operating April 6-7 at Texas A&M-RELLIS will function the choice occasion for the nation’s prime Para-cyclists to qualify for the European leg of the 2024 UCI Para-Biking World Cup season, which is without doubt one of the most vital components for qualification for the Paralympic Video games Paris 2024 this summer time.
The annual U.S. Para-cycling highway open, which takes place in numerous places across the nation, will come to Bryan for its fifth version. The competitors stays essentially the most prestigious home occasion for the highest U.S. Para-cyclists to showcase their skills.
“The town of Bryan is proud to associate with Texas A&M to carry the U.S. Paralympics Biking Highway Open to our neighborhood,” mentioned Mayor Bobby Gutierrez. “We’re able to cheer on the athletes and honored to be part of their Paralympic journey.”
The 2024 occasion is particularly distinguished as a result of it falls in a Paralympic yr, because the nation’s prime athletes put together to go toe-to-toe with the world’s greatest on the most important worldwide stage the game has to supply.
“That is an important home occasion we could have for highway biking main into the Paris Paralympics,” Ian Lawless, director, U.S. Paralympics Biking, mentioned. “Partnering with each the college and the town of Bryan has been so essential for us as we construct towards the 2024 Video games, and we’re so excited to have this function a key cease in our highway to Paris.”
Racing, which can function time trial and highway race codecs, will happen throughout the Texas A&M–RELLIS campus.
“Texas A&M has hosted some unbelievable occasions through the years, and now we’re proud so as to add the U.S. Para-Biking Open to the record,” mentioned Gen. (Ret.) Mark A. Welsh III, president of Texas A&M College. “As one of many remaining stops on the highway to Paris, we in Aggieland can’t wait to increase a heat ‘Howdy!’ to those athletes, their households and mates, and the various biking and para-cycling fanatics who will come to cheer them on.”
Dr. Lisa Colvin, medical affiliate professor in Kinesiology and Sport Administration at Texas A&M, performed a major position in connecting the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and Texas A&M. Because the USOPC looked for schooling companions to host paralympic occasions, she and her group highlighted the excellent services out there and the way the academic and analysis mission of the college and historical past of robust veteran assist aligned with the missions of the USOPC. Texas A&M’s Division of Kinesiology and Sport Administration is house to a top-ranked Doctoral Program in Kinesiology, based on the Nationwide Academy of Kinesiology
Following competitors, U.S. Paralympics Biking will announce the athletes chosen to its highway world cups in Ostend, Belgium, and Maniago, Italy, this Might.
The occasion is free, household pleasant, and open to the general public. Spectators are inspired to line the race course and cheer for the nation’s premier Para-cyclists. Be taught extra concerning the occasion at paracycling.bryantx.gov.
