Sunday morning local time, two days ahead of the Women’s Olympic Triathlon (Tuesday 06:30am local time), the draw was made for the athletes’ pontoon positions on the start line. As with the men’s draw 24 hours earlier, the possibility of choosing the straightest line to the first buoy, or starting alongside some of the strongest swimmers in the field, was the first strategic moment ahead of the races. And just as with the men’s draw, there were plenty of early talking points.
Olympic Triathlon pontoon positions
are chosen in order of the athletes’ Olympic ranking, the first ten choosing
their position anonymously, the rest of the field’s slots being updated live
for the briefing room to see. Once all the remaining athletes had chosen their
start slot, the first ten were then revealed.
The top seven-ranked athletes in
Tokyo all chose their slots starting at the far end of the pontoon nearest the
bridge, so Katie Zaferes (USA), Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR), Jessica Learmonth
(GBR), Vicky Holland (GBR), Summer Rappaport (USA), Laura Lindemann (GER) and
Rachel Klamer (NED) will line up shoulder-to-shoulder on Tuesday morning.
USA’s Taylor Knibb was the first to
break rank and opt for the position nearest to the transition. She will be
joined by some equally powerful swimmers, including Maya Kingma (NED) and
Valerie Barthelemy (BEL). Vittoria Lopes (BRA) and Cassandre Beaugrand (FRA)
are usually two of the strongest in the water who will be starting towards the
middle of the line, Flora Duffy (BER) and Nicola Spirig (SUI) in positions 15
and 12 respectively.
For information on how to watch the
race, click here. https://triathlon.org/news/article/how_to_watch_triathlon_at_the_tokyo_2020_olympic_games?mc_cid=8cdac6d262&mc_eid=6139649918
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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
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sport to be extraordinary.
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