After an exciting Paralympic debut at Rio 2016, Para Triathlon will take centre stage, across Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 August, at Tokyo 2020. With Para Triathlon having four medal events for each gender on the Tokyo 2020 schedule, the men and women PTWC and PTVI athletes will compete along with the PTS2 and PTS5 women and PTS4 and PTS5 men.
On Saturday the Para Triathlon
competition starts at from 06:30am (JST) and will include Men’s PTS4, Women’s
PTS2, Men’s PTVI and Women’s PTVI races. On Sunday the stars of PTWC men’s and
women’s fields will take to the Paralympic stage from 06.30am (JST) followed by
the PTS5 men and women.
The venue https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/paralympics/sports/triathlon/?mc_cid=0e314eb7d7&mc_eid=6139649918
Odaiba Marine Park will be the venue
for all Para Triathlon events. The small island in Tokyo Bay lies to the south
of the metropolitan centre, between Koto City and Shinagawa City, with
incredible views back to the city across Rainbow Bridge.
The course https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/paralympics/sports/triathlon/?mc_cid=0e314eb7d7&mc_eid=6139649918
The swim will consist of a single
750m lap of the Bay, followed by four 5km laps of a flat and technical bike
course towards Ariake Tennis Park then heading north over Fujimi Bridge and
doubling back towards Odaiba. The final run segment will see four laps of
1.25km, finishing in front of the grandstands on Odaiba Beach
Saturday 28 August
The men’s PTS4 race field is highly
competitive event at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Over the past four years
Frenchman Alexis Hanquinquant leads in as a top contender, as he dominates over
all segments. In principle there are four other medal contenders to mention
including Jiachao Wang (CHN), Hideki Uda (JPN), Alejandro Sanchez (ESP) and
Michael Taylor (GBR). Jorge Fonseca (BRA) and Antonio Franko (CRO) are para
athletes on the rise and ones to watch, with their recent performances. Fonseca
secured bronze medals at the 2021 World Triathlon Para Cup A Coruna and at the
Americas Triathlon Para Championships Pleasant Prairie. Mikhail Kolmakov (RPC)
could also prove a threat to the field. Team USA has two qualified para
athletes in this class including Jamie Brown, who brings a wealth of race
experience with him to the Games and debutant Eric McElveny.
In the women’s PTS2 field all eyes
will be on Rio 2016 Paralympic champion Allysa Seely (USA) to defend the title.
Seely has been dominating the event for several years. Recently we have seen
Great Britain’s Fran Brown and USA’s Hailey Danz moving through this class so
it will come down to who can produce the best performance in the arduous Tokyo
conditions. Brown is recovering from a partial bowel removal that has left her
with hydration and nutrition issues, from which she has not fully recovered.
Italy’s Veronica Yoko Plebani is a para athlete on the the rise and will surely
chasing a medal. Melissa Stockwell (USA) is always strong competitor and
Japan’s Yukako Hata will be looking to rely om her swim skills to ensure she
keeps within the higher position in the final rankings. Veronika Gabitova
(RPC), will make her debut at Tokyo 2020.
The men’s PTVI will make its debut at
these Paralympic Games as the newest medal event. The battle is going to be
fierce as the field is stacked with world class talent. Hector Catala (ESP) and
Dave Ellis (GBR) are among the favourites to medal in this event. Kyle Coon
(USA) and fellow compatriot Brad Snyder, Antoine Perel, Thibaut Rigaudeau (FRA)
and Jose García from Spain cannot be discarded at all. Although we haven’t seen
the Australian para triathletes race much over the past year, due to the
pandemic, Jonathan Goerlach from Australia has arrived in incredible form.
Rio 2016 saw one of the most incredible
finishes in Para Triathlon in the women’s PTVI category with Katie Kelly
securing a dream gold with her guide Sydney 2000 Olympic triathlon silver
medallist Michellie Jones. Kelly returns to the Paralympic stage in Tokyo with
Rio 2016 silver medallist Alison Peasgood (GBR), both lining up to defend their
medal performances. Spain’s Susana Rodríguez has produced extraordinary results
since 2019, when she won World Para Triathlon gold in Yokohama and has been on
a winning streak ever since. Jessica Tuomela (CAN) shown tremendous progress in
the last couple of years and will make her Paralympic debut, in Para Triathlon,
this weekend. Amy Dixon brings a wealth of experience to the field as a
multiple gold medallist on the world stage and two-time National champion.
Italy’s Anna Barbaro, Annouck Curzillat (FRA), Elizabeth Baker (USA) and Vita
Oleksiuk will be looking to make an impact on the field.
Sunday 29 August
The PTWC men will take to the stage
first on Sunday (0630am JST) and Paralympic champion Jetze Plat (NED) is the
man to beat. Plat returns to defend his title and is the indisputable favourite
headlining Sunday’s medal event. Compatriot Geert Schipper (NED) will be ready
to put down a fight, having Italy’s Giovanni Achenza also on the start list,
both men have shared podiums over the years since Rio. Florian Brungraber (AUT)
has results to show that he’s up there with the world’s best to be marked as a
medal prospect, together with the two French athletes, Ahmed Andaloussi and
Alexandre Paviza. This field could produce surprise performances with the likes
of Australia’s Nic Beveridge coming in with incredible form, despite not having
raced internationally in over a year. Japan’s Jumpei Kimura (JPN) and Pier
Alberto Buccoliero (ITA) also among the men to watch and Tunisia’s Fathi
Zwoukhi (TUN) known for his explosive power on the race course.
In the women’s PTWC event you can’t
look beyond Australia’s Lauren Parker (AUS) and Kendall Gretsch from the USA.
Emily Tapp (AUS), although not having been competing since Devonport 2020, was
a regular podium athlete. Spain’s Eva Moral, Jessica Ferreira (BRA) and Margret
Ijdema (NED) have also contested for the podium at many races and prove threats
to the top women in this field. Mona Francis (FRA), Rita Cuccuru (ITA), Wakako
Tsuchida (JPN) and Brenda Osnaya (MEX) will be looking to be in the mix for
medal contention during Sunday’s showdown.
Stefan Daniel (CAN) will headline the
elite men’s PTS5 and has assured his status as gold medal favourite, with victories
in this event since 2017 despite one silver medal performance. However
Paralympic champion Martin Schulz (GER) will be looking to snare the win for
this one and is looking to defend his title. The men’s field is highly
competitive with the likes of Spain’s Jairo López, Great Britian’s George
Peasgood (GBR) and run specialists Carlos Viana (BRA) and Chris Hammer (USA).
Ronan Cordeiro (BRA), David Bryant (AUS), Guenther Matzinger (AUT) and the
veteran Yannick Bourseaux (FRA) could also be aiming for the top of the podium
if they’re having a good day in Tokyo.
Paralympic and World Para Triathlon
champion Grace Norman returns, in the women’s PTS5 event, to defend the title
however she will be up against tough competition again with the dynamic duo and
both world champions from Great Britain, Lauren Steadman (Rio 2016 silver
medallist) and Claire Cashmore. The three women race each other on the Para
Triathlon circuit regularly. Steadman and Cashmore have been sharing podiums on
the Para Triathlon circuit since 2019, although Lauren seems to have a slight
advantage in the last few head-to-head confrontations. Kamylle Frenette (CAN),
Gwladys Lemoussu (FRA) and Ukraine’s Alisa Kolpakchy will be up against each
other as medal prospects. Japan’s Mami Tani will be looking to produce a podium
performance at a home Paralympic Games and 2019 world champion Kelly Elmlinger
of the USA will also be one to keep in range, come Sunday at Odaiba Marine
Park.
How to watch
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
action is available to watch throughout the world all
thanks to IPC’s official broadcast
partners. Subject to geo-block restrictions, the IPC will live-stream 19 sports
-including all Para triathlon races on Paralympic.org and the Paralympics LIVE
app, via the OBS’s Paralympic Video Player, where visitors can choose between
up to 16 parallel live streams covering streamed sports.
Review the Tokyo 2020 Para Triathlon
start lists. https://triathlon.org/events/start_lists/2020_tokyo_paralympic_games?mc_cid=0e314eb7d7&mc_eid=6139649918
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 para triathlon 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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