In a
meeting held on 4 February via teleconference, the World Triathlon Executive
Board discussed the re-start of the Olympic and Paralympic qualification
periods. After consultation with the Athletes, Coaches, Medical and Technical
Committees, the Board approved a decision to wait a few more weeks to see how
the current situation with the Covid pandemic evolves before having the final
say on the Olympic and Paralympic rankings.
The
Board has decided that the Olympic and Paralympic qualification will not
re-start before 1 May and the final decision about this will be made on 18 March. The standings were frozen last March,
with events that took place at the end of the 2020 season not counting for
either the Olympic or the Paralympic rankings
The
Executive Board reviewed the planned calendar for the 2021 season, with the
World Triathlon Championship Series and the World Triathlon World Cups due to
restart after 1 May as well. World Triathlon Cup Miyazaki, due to take place on
20 March, unfortunately had to be canceled by the Japanese Triathlon Union and
the local organizing committee, due to the current travel restrictions in the
region.
The
Board also approved, with the full support of the Para Triathlon Committee, to
nominate Katerina Magkou (Greece) as Head of Classification and Javier Martinez
Gramaje (Spain) as Deputy Head. Alan Beckford (Jamaica) has been appointed as
member of the Women’s Committee.
The
World Triathlon Executive Board also approved the Athlete’s Agreement that will
be in place for the 2021 season, and gave the green light to the report on the
current situation of Winter Triathlon, a discipline that has the full support
of the Board to continue growing within World Triathlon.
In
addition, the EB approved the development agreement with the European
Continental Confederation for the 2021 year.
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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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