The Executive Board of World
Triathlon has today approved the restart of the Olympic and Paralympic
Qualification rankings from 1 May, 2021. The Asian Championships will also be
counted as an exception as it takes place prior to the date of the restart.
Concurrently, the IOC and IPC have been asked for the relevant qualification
criteria to be updated. The Olympic Qualification Period will remain open until
no later than 21 June, while for the Paralympics the Qualification Period will
be open until 15 July.
The restart of the Olympic
qualification period will mean that athletes will have the opportunities to
compete in a total of 6 events, including World Triathlon Championship Series
Yokohama and Leeds and World Triathlon Cups in Osaka, Lisbon, Arzachena and
Huatulco, with racing planned in three continents during the window. The
remaining Continental Championships and the Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification
events are also planned to be held during the qualification period. The world
rankings will also reopen on 1 May.
The restart of the Paralympic
qualification period will mean that athletes will have the opportunities to
compete in at least 4 events, including World Triathlon Para Series and World
Triathlon Para Cups, with racing planned on two continents during the window.
The remaining Continental Championship events are also to be held during the
qualification period. The para triathlon world rankings will also be reopened
on 1 May.
The standings were frozen last March
due to the worldwide impact of the pandemic and the subsequent travel
restrictions that forced athletes around the globe to limit their training and
travel, and led to many events being postponed and cancelled. The World
Triathlon events that took place at the end of the 2020 season, including the
World Championships, did not count for the Olympic nor the Paralympic rankings.
More specific details regarding this
process, and the updated qualification criteria, will be communicated to all
National Federations in the coming days.
The World Triathlon Executive Board
has also approved the rules for the Eliminator format, that will make its debut
in the World Triathlon Championship Series this year, and the World Games
qualification criteria.
In the Board meeting, held once more
via videoconference, it was approved the appointment of the new members of the
World Triathlon Tribunal: Ize Matebese (NIR), Judge Jones (USA), Judge Tom
O’Donnell (IRL) and Stephen Sampson (UK). The Board also approved to appoint
Bela Varga (HUN) as a member of the Competition Jury for the Tokyo Olympic
Games, after the resignation of one of the previously selected members. Byambaa
Tsagaanbaatar (MON) has been nominated as a Technical Official for the Tokyo
Paralympic Games, also in replacement of a TO that resigned.
The Executive Board approved in the
same meeting the Development contracts with Americas Triathlon, Africa
Triathlon and Asia Triathlon, which will grant these continents funds for
development activities during the 2021 season.
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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