The International Olympic Committee
Executive Board has today approved the event programme and athlete quotas for
the Olympic Games Paris 2024, in which triathlon will again have three medal
events - the individual men, individual women and mixed relay - while the
athlete quota will also stay the same, with 110 athletes in total.
“World Triathlon had requested that
the IOC include two more medal events, as well as increasing the athlete quota,
as we strongly believe that triathlon can have an even greater presence in the
Olympics but, after many discussions with the IOC Sport department, we
understand that this move was just not feasible right now, with most sports reducing
the number of athletes that will compete in Paris”, explained World Triathlon
President and IOC Member, Marisol Casado.
“We are happy and proud that the
Mixed Relay will be staying in the Olympic programme, and we will continue
working so that we can have more medal events, and increase the athlete quota,
for Los Angeles 2028. We will incorporate across the upcoming seasons the
proposed Eliminator format, so that we can gain more momentum and experience
and prove to the IOC that this will be a great addition to the schedule, with
its modern, fast and furious format that will attract millions of fans, both
on-site and watching on TV, to the Olympics. We look forward to working with
the IOC to increase the athlete quota, so as to give more National Federations
the chance of sending their triathletes to the Olympics,” she added.
The IOC received petitions for 41
additional medal events to be included in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, but the
Programme Commission decided that no IF will increase their medal events, and
to make a reduction in the overall number of events, with a final programme of
329 medal events planned for Paris 2024.
Regarding the athlete quota, the
10,500-athlete quota set for Paris 2024, including new sports, will lead to an
overall reduction in the number of athletes – 592 fewer compared to Tokyo 2020
(11,092). It will also lead to a reduction in the number of officials, and
therefore in the overall size and complexity of the Games.
Most sports in the Programme have
seen a reduction of their quota, with Triathlon being one of the very few
sports that maintain their number of athletes competing, currently set on 110
-55 men and 55 women-.
The Paris 2024 Games will have
exactly 50 per cent male and female participation, following on from the gender
equality already achieved for Tokyo 2020, which will have 48.8 per cent female
participation.
The Programme will also have a growth
of mixed gender events, from 18 to 22, compared to Tokyo 2020. Skateboarding,
sport climbing, surfing and breaking confirmed as additional sports based on a
proposal by Paris 2024. Breaking will make its Olympic debut in Paris as well.
“With this programme, we are making
the Olympic Games Paris 2024 fit for the post-corona world. We are further
reducing the cost and complexity of hosting the Games. While we will achieve
gender equality already at the upcoming Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, we will see
for the first time in Olympic history the participation of the exact same
number of female athletes as male athletes. There is also a strong focus on
youth,” said IOC President Thomas Bach.
In addition, the IOC EB strove to
provide further reassurance to the athletes during this difficult time,
consistent with the “athletes-first” approach of the IOC and the Paris 2024
Organising Committee. It therefore retained the vast majority of the current
events, given the short three-year period between the Olympic Games Tokyo and
Paris 2024.
ABOUT WORLD TRIATHLON
World Triathlon is the international governing body for the Olympic sport of
triathlon and all related multisport disciplines around the world, including
duathlon, aquathlon, cross triathlon and winter triathlon. Triathlon made its
Olympic debut in Sydney 2000, with a third medal event, the Mixed Team Relay,
added to the programme at Tokyo 2020, while paratriathlon was first added to
the Paralympic programme at Rio 2016. World Triathlon is proudly committed to
the development of the sport worldwide, with inclusion, equality,
sustainability and transparency at our core as we seek to help triathletes at
all levels of the sport to be extraordinary.
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