More than 250 elite triathletes will
compete this weekend in Montevideo, Uruguay, on the 2022 Americas Triathlon
Championships, an event that will place at the iconic Ramírez beach of
Uruguay’s capital, and with Junior, Elite, U23 and Age Group athletes vying for
the Continental crowns. The Elite and U23 races will be broadcasted live on
PanAm Sports Channel, and streamed on TriathlonLive.tv.
The Americas Triathlon Championships
for the elite athletes, as well as the Mixed Relay Americas Championship, will
give very valuable points for the Olympic Qualification rankings.
On Saturday, the first athletes
toeing the start line will be the Juniors, with the Junior Women start planned
for 6.50am local time, followed by the Men at 8.35am. Among the athletes
competing in these two races will be Mathis Baulieu (CAN), Jorge Raul Cabinal
Gramajo (GUA), Andree Buc (CHI), Diego Lucero (PAN) or Keller Norland (USA),
while wearing number 1 on the women’s race will be Noemie Baulieu (CAN), with
Jimena Renata de la Peña Schott (MEX), Marcela Alvarez Solis (MEX), Faith Dasso
(USA) or Clara Dormand (CAN) among the ones to watch.
On the U23 Men’s race, Miguel Hidalgo
(BRA) will be wearing number 1, and will be indeed hard to beat after the successful
season he has had this year on the World Triathlon circuit, including a bronze
medal at the Huatulco World Cup. Along him, Aram Michell Peñaflor Moysen (MEX),
Antonio Bravo Neto (MEX), Liam Donnelly (CAN) or Nicholas Holmes (USA) will be
indeed among the ones to keep an eye on.
Manoel Messias (BRA) will try to
prove that his podium at WTCS Cagliari three weeks ago was not casual, and will
be looking for the victory on the Men’s field. Mexico’s Irving Perez, Crisanto
Grajales and Rodrigo Gonzalez will try to put up a fight, with the likes of
Charles Pacquet (CAN), Diego Moya (CHI) or Darr Smith (USA) always with
credentials to be considered for the fight for the podium.
On the Women’s side, the U23 race
have another strong field with the likes of Anahi Alvarez Corral (MEX) willing
to deliver another great race in Montevideo, after finishing in second place in
the Valencia World Cup. On the Elite Women’s race, USA’s Gina Sereno is looking
for her first mayor podium of her career, but Canadians Dominica Jamnicky and
Emy Legault, or the Brazilians Djenyfer Arnold, Vittoria Lopes or Luisa
Baptista will not be easy contendants to beat.
Sunday in Montevideo will be the day
for the Mixed Relay American Championship, with 18 teams registered, all
looking for some really valuable points for the Olympic qualification rankings.
USA, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, Argentina and Venezuela will have two
teams competing.
On Friday, more tan 25 National
Federations from the whole Continent will participate in the Congress of
Americas Triathlon, organized by the Uruguay Federation and presided by Líber
García. World Triathlon President and IOC Member, Marisol Casado, will
participate at Congress and stay during the weekend for the Americas
Championship as well as the Iberoamerican Congress, also hosted in Montevideo
this weekend.
Follow the U23 and Elite Americas
Championship LIVE this Saturday on TriathlonLIVE.tv. Races start at 10.20am
local time.
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.
No comments:
Post a Comment