Europe Triathlon

Paratriathlon returns in Tokyo after its debut event at the 2016 Paralympics Games in Rio.

The Paralympic Games give the opportunity to compete on the international stage, to impaired athletes with events separated into several categories to ensure a fair competition.

The Paralympics grew from a small group of World War II veterans in 1948, with the first official Games held in Rome in 1960.

Paratriathlon is one of the newer additions to the Paralympics following its introduction in 2016, and this Games will see an additional two medal events held.

That takes the total number of races to eight, evenly split between men and women, with the total number of athletes competing in the sport increasing from 60 in Brazil to 80 in Japan.

Made up of a 750m swim, 20km bike ride and 5km run, the Paratriathlon course is set at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo Bay – the same venue as the Olympic Games Triathlon.

The Paralympic Paratriathlon gets under way on Saturday August 28 with the men’s PTS4, followed by the PTVI event and then the women’s PTS2 and PTVI races.

The action begins from 06:30 Japanese Standard Time (JST), 22:30 British Summer Time (BST) (Friday 27 August) and 17:30 Eastern Standard Time (EST) (Friday 27 August).

The men’s and women’s PTWC races will be followed by the PTS5 events on Sunday August 29 from 06:30 JST, 22:30 BST (Saturday 28 August) and 17:30 EST (Saturday 28 August).

Women’s PT2 results in  Rio 2016

Gold – Allysa Seely (USA)
Silver – Hailey Danisewicz (USA)
Bronze – Melissa Stockwell (USA)

Women’s PT4 results  in Rio 2016

Gold – Grace Norman (USA)
Silver – Lauren Steadman (GBR)
Bronze – Gwladys Lemoussu (FRA)

Women’s PT5 results  in Rio 2016

Gold – Katie Kelly (AUS)
Silver – Alison Patrick (GBR)
Bronze – Melissa Reid (GBR)

All starting lists