World Triathlon is pleased to
announce that Montreal will be joining the World Triathlon Para Series circuit
in 2022, with an event that will welcome the 80 best para triathletes of the
world.
The World Triathlon Para Series
Montreal will be hosted on Friday July 8, two weeks after the Montreal Sprint
& Relay Championships. The Parc Jean Drapeau, where the Formula 1 circuit
is located, will be the perfect scenario for medal events - six male and six
female - scheduled for the second stage of the Para Series in 2022.
The spectacular venue at the Parc
will see the athletes take to the Bassin Olympique for the 750m swim before
transitioning out and onto five laps of the Gilles-Villeneuve race track, home
of the F1 Grand Prix. The race concludes with one lap of the lake, giving the
athletes an iconic setting to finish the race.
The Montreal Para Series will be the
second stop of the series this year, after Yokohama and before Swansea, with
the para triathletes then ready for the World Championships that will take
place in Abu Dhabi in November 2022.
The 2022 season will bring perfect
opportunities for all para triathletes to test their performances before the
Paralympic qualification period starts in June 2023. For the Paris 2024
Paralympic Games, three more medal events have been added to the programme,
which means that all classes except the PTS3 women will have a medal event at
the Paralympics.
World Triathlon wants to thank
Triathlon Canada, the local organisers, Sport Canada, the Quebec government as
well as the city of Montréal, for again showing their total support for our
sport and helping us delivering another magnificent event in the Canadian city,
as well as providing great racing opportunities for all athletes.
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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