The United States para-cycling tandem team of Hannah Chadwick and her pilot, Skyler Samuelson Espinoza, a Freeport native, finished sixth Friday night in a 1,000-meter time trial at the Paris Paralympics.

The tandem event is for visually impaired cyclists who combine with an able-bodied cyclist, called the pilot, in the front seat of the bike. Ten teams competed from seven countries.

Competing on the steeply banked track at the National Velodrome, Chadwick and Espinoza had the sixth best time in qualifying heats on Friday morning. Their factored time was 1 minute, 9.581 seconds, with an average speed of 51.738 kilometers an hour. The fastest team – eventual gold medalists Elizabeth Jordan and Kannielle Khan of Great Britain– had a time of 1:06.870 (53.836 kph).

In the finals, the order of the six qualifiers did not change. Jordan and Khan recorded a time of 1:06.976 (53.751 kph). Chadwick and Espinoza finished in 1:10.187 (51.292 kph), about 2.3 seconds off the podium.

Chadwick and Espinoza, 30, who now lives in Menlo Park, California, are scheduled to be back on the track Sunday in the 3,000 individual pursuit.

Clara Brown, who grew up in Falmouth and now lives in Cumberland, will begin her Paralympic competition Wednesday in an individual time trial on the roads in Clichy-sous-bois. Brown is also scheduled to compete in the road race on Sept. 7.