With the closure of the 2021 Olympic Qualification period after the weekend’s World Triathlon Cup Huatulco, the start lists for Tokyo 2020 individual Men’s and Women’s Triathlon and the Mixed Team Relay are now starting to be defined. The 39 National Federations and respective National Olympic Committees have been informed and they now have until 5 July to confirm their entries. Let the countdown to the Olympic Games begin!
While the very first names confirmed
were revealed after the results of the 2019 Tokyo Test Event, of the 39
countries that will be sending athletes to compete, it is now certain that 17
will also have a team in the inaugural Mixed Team Relay when the fast and
furious format makes its Olympic debut on 31 July. The ASICS World Triathlon
Team, the development programme that supports athletes from smaller nations in
their bid to reach the Olympics, has six members heading to Tokyo.
“With the qualification period now
over and many national federations having already selected their athletes,
final preparations for this most eagerly awaited Olympic Games can begin. We
are delighted to see 39 nations will be represented on the start line in Tokyo,
the second-highest number in the proud Olympic history of our sport, and six athletes
representing ASICS World Triathlon development squad. There is no doubt that
the 17 teams taking part in the Games’ first Mixed Relay event will also
provide the kind of entertainment and inspiration to viewers the world over
that will be an enormous boost for triathlon,” said World Triathlon President
and IOC member Marisol Casado.
Australia is the only country to have
qualified its full quota of three men and three women, thereby also giving them
the maximum options for their relay squad. France, Spain and Norway are the
only other teams to have qualified three men, while Great Britain, Italy and
USA are the only other nations to have filled all three of their available
women’s spots.
Set your calendars for the Tokyo 2020
men’s race taking place on Monday 26 July at 06.30 and the women’s on Tuesday
27 July at the same time. The Mixed Team Relay gets underway on Saturday 31
July, with the start horn sounding at 07.30.
You can follow the announcements of
the confirmed athletes, as well as all the build up to Tokyo 2020, on
triathlon.org, via our social media channels and the exclusive previews and
interviews coming up on TriathlonLive.tv.
ABOUT WORLD TRIATHLON
World Triathlon is the international
governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic 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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