World Triathlon is pleased to announce that the Tokyo 2020 paralympic Games qualification period for Para triathlon has been successful and by now it is closed. After the allocation of spots, the Bipartite Commission (World Triathlon and IPC) has decided to offer an invitation to the following athletes:
PTWC-W: Wakako TSUCHIDA (JPN)
PTS2-W: Melissa STOCKWELL (USA)
PTS5-W: Petra LEVAY (HUN)
PTVI-W: Annouck CURZILLAT (FRA)
PTWC-M: Fathi ZWOUKHI (TUN)
PTS4-M: Jorge FONSECA (BRA)
PTS5-M: Ronan CORDEIRO (BRA)
PTVI-M: Anatolii VARFOLOMIEIEV (UKR)
From World Triathlon, the members of
the Bipartite Invitation panel were:
- Ian Howard (World Triathlon Vice
President)
- Antonio Arimany (World Triathlon
Secretary General)
- Gergely Markus (World Triathlon
Sports Director)
The main aspects the Bipartite
Allocation considered were the following:
Performance of the athletes,
according to competition results, to have the most competitive field
World Triathlon Paralympic
Qualification Rankings
Specific head to head results of
athletes applying for a slot in the same medal event
The most possible NPCs to be
represented
All the qualification slots and
Bipartite invitations have been communicated to the nations involved through
their National Paralympic Committees. NPCs have until no later than next Monday
12th of July 23:59 CET, to confirm in writing to World Triathlon the use of all
awarded slots.
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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