Mark wins silver in the C1 Individual Time Trial!
Mark wins silver in the C1 Individual Time Trial! Mark Colbourne has added yet another Paralympic medal to his collection after winning silver in the C1 Individual Time Trial! He won his third medal of his first Paralympic Games after completing the 16km course in 25:29 minutes, but Michael Teuber of Germany picked up gold [...]
Mark Colbourne’s First Paralympic Gold Medal
Mark Colbourne today set a new world record as he won his first ever Paralympic gold medal in the C1 Individual 3km Pursuit! The Welshman punched the air with delight as he smashed the world record he set in the qualifying heat this morning and proudly waved a GB flag in the air on his [...]
Mark Colbourne Breaks World Record
Mark Colbourne Breaks World Record and Qualifies for C1 Individual Pursuit Final! Mark Colbourne has broken the C1 3k Individual Pursuit world record with a blistering time of 3.53.970 and will battle for gold with Zhang Yu Li of China in the final this evening! Mark had a good clean start to the race and [...]
Mark Colbourne Wins Great Britain’s First Paralympic Medal
Mark Colbourne wins Great Britain’s first Paralympic medal as he takes Silver in the 1Km Time Trial on Day 1 of London Paralympic Games! Mark Colbourne has achieved what would have been thought impossible three years ago after breaking his back in a paragliding accident; winning a silver medal in the 1km Time Trial, [...]
Para-Cycling Explained
A simple guide to para-cycing classification.
Hello!
Mark Colbourne and I have produced a video featuring the Para-cycling team. As myself, Mark and the rest of the Para-cycling team are unable to attend the Opening Ceremony tonight due to the cycling events starting tomorrow, we wanted to share a little video with you to say “Hello!” We shot, directed and edited the [...]
Mark’s Paralympics Schedule
Mark Colbourne’s Paralympics Schedule (Cycling, Track and Road): 30/08/12 – C1-3 1km Time Trial Final 31/08/12 – C1 4km Pursuit Qualification in the morning and Final in the afternoon if qualified 05/09/12 – C1 Road Time Trial 06/09/12 – C1–3 Road Race Ahead of his first competition at a Paralympic Games, Mark [...]
The Final Push
The first week in July saw all the GB Para-cycling team members who had been selected for the 2012 London Paralympics, travel to and stay at the St Pierre & Country Club in Chepstow for the week, while we trained at the National Velodrome in Newport. This hotel will be our venue for our holding [...]
123 Days and Counting!
With only 123 days to go until the London 2012 Paralympic Games, I decided to start writing a blog to keep you all in the loop of how things are going and I hope you will all enjoy reading my monthly updates. 2012 has already been quite a year for me having made my international [...]
Para-Cycling World Championships – Day 2
Mark Colbourne Today saw Mark racing in the 1km Time Trial, after he managed to take his first ever Para-Cycling World Championship Gold in his first International track competition! As a track debutant, Mark had to go off as one of the first riders with 10 more riders to come after his heat. Motivated by [...]
