2022 World Para Triathlon Series
lands in Montreal on Friday 8th July, after a brilliant season starter in
Yokohama in May. The fields are stacked with world champions, Paralympic gold
medallists and Paralympic hopefuls aiming for Paris 2024. Parc Jean Drapeau,
where the Formula 1 circuit is located, will set the scene for the para
triathlon medal events, six male and six female, scheduled for the second stage
of the World 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 two laps of the lake, providing
triathletes with 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 in
August, with the para triathletes then ready for the World Championships that
will take place in Abu Dhabi in November.
An extended highlights package of the
World Para Triathlon Series in Montreal will be available to watch on
TriathlonLIVE.tv. Coverage of the World Para Triathlon Series racing in Swansea
will be live and on-demand at TriathlonLIVE.tv.
Preview the races
In contention for gold in the men’s
PTS5 category will be Paralympic medallist and world champion Stefan Daniel
(CAN) and Paralympian Chris Hammer USA. Daniel will be vying for glory in front
of a home crowd while Hammer will be setting up for a repeat performance of his
gold in the 2021 World Triathlon Para Championships Abu Dhabi. There will be an
intense battle for medals between Brazil compatriots Ronan Cordeiro and Carlos
Rafael Viana, Australia’s David Bryant and Portugal’s Filipe Marques.
In the women’s PTS5 category
Paralympic champion Grace Norman will be the one to beat however Canada’s
Kamylle Frenette, who earned fourth place in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games,
will be after a gold medal performance at home.
USA’s Kyle Coon claimed gold at the
season opener in Yokohama and will be hard to beat in the men’s PTVI category.
Fellow team member Owen Cravens, Spain’s Jose Luis Garcia Serrano and
Australia’s Jonathan Goerlach will challenge Coon to a battle for the medals.
Goerlach will be determined to improve on his 6th place in Yokohama and step
onto the World Para Series Podium in Montreal. Great Britain’s Oscar Kelly, who
showed outstanding form in the 2021 World Triathlon Para Championships Abu
Dhabi, is a favourite for the medals.
Paralympic champion Susana Rodriguez
(ESP) will want to continue her winning form and earn WTPS gold in the PTVI
women’s race in Montreal. Rodriguez’s will plan to establish an early lead from
Italy’s Francesca Tarantello to seize the title.
Paralympic silver medallist Hailey
Danz of the USA is a firm favourite for the victory in the women’s PTS2 race
while fellow USA team member Kelly Elminger is down as the main contender for
the gold in the PTS4 women’s race, after taking the tape in the 2021 World
Triathlon Para Championships Abu Dhabi.
The men’s PTS4 category is stacked
with talent with the likes of Australia’s Liam Twomey and Jeremy Peacock, Great
Britain’s Finley Jakes and USAs’ Eric McElhenny.
Spain’s Lionel Morales claimed
victory in the World Para Triathlon Yokohama and will be aiming to remain
upfront of the PTS2 men’s field with USAs Mohamed Lahna, who is chasing one
better than his WTPS silver in Yokohama.
Kini Carrasco of Spain will re-acquaint
his rivalry with four-time Series winner Nico Van Der Burgt (NED) joining the
fray with Australia’s Justin Godfrey in contention for the PTS3 men’s podium.
Montreal will see a star-studded and
world class field in the PTWC races including dual Paralympic champion and
five-time world champion Jetze Platz from the Netherlands making his 2022
Series debut in the Parc alongside teammate Geert Schipper. In Yokohama
Australia’s Nic Beveridge found another gear to punch the Series tape and is
arriving in Canada in superb form, after the impressive season-opening
performance. In the women’s field, USA’s Paralympic gold medallist Kendall
Gretsch will renew the rivalry with Australia’s Lauren Parker, who will be
commencing her 2022 World Para Triathlon Series season in Montreal.
World Triathlon want to thank
Triathlon Canada, the local organisers, Sport Canada, the Quebec government as
well as the city of Montréal, for ongoing support for our sport and helping to
deliver another splendid event in the Canadian city, as well as providing great
racing opportunities for all triathletes and para triathletes. The World Para
Series Montreal comes just two weeks after the World Triathlon Sprint and Relay
Championships Montreal.
Review the start lists in full and
the para triathlon athlete guide on the website. https://www.triathlon.org/events/start_lists/2022_world_triathlon_para_series_montreal?mc_cid=111cc1019d&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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