Paratriathlon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's PTWC

The Paratriathlon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's PTWC event at the 2024 Paralympic Games will take place at 07:15 CET on 2 September 2024 at Pont Alexandre III, Paris.[1]

Women's PTWC
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenuePont Alexandre III
Dates2 September 2024
Competitors9 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lauren Parker  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kendall Gretsch  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leanne Taylor  Canada
2020
2028

Venue

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The Para triathlon course will start from Pont Alexandre III bridge near Seine River and will end at the same place. The event will be over sprint distance. There will be 750 metre Swim through Seine River, 20 km para cycling at Champs-Élysées, Avenue Montaigne, crossing the Seine by the Pont des Invalides and reaching the Quai d'Orsay and last leg of 5 km run will end at Pont Alexandre III bridge.[2]

Entry List

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World Triathlon confirmed the final entry list for the event in August 2024. Women's PTWC is a combined classification event, including PTWC1 (more impaired) and PTWC2 (less impaired) athletes. As such, the race will use an interval start as set out in World Triathlon competition rules, with PTWC2 athletes entering the water three minutes and thirty-eight seconds after their PTWC1 colleagues. The three minutes thirty-eight is included in the final time.

PTWC2 athletes are marked : §

Rank Name Nationality c.t. Swim T1 Bike T2 Run Time Notes
  Lauren Parker
  Australia - 13:19 1:48 36:39 0:49 13:48 1:06:23
  Kendall Gretsch §
  United States +3:38 16:19 1:13 36:28 0:33 13:13 1:07:46
  Leanne Taylor
  Canada - 14:31 1:43 41:07 0:50 14:00 1:12:11
4 Eva María Moral Pedrero
  Spain - 14:25 1:57 41:00 0:53 14:03 1:12:18
5 Emelia Perry
  United States - 16:33 1:30 40:47 0:59 14:14 1:14:03
6 Mona Francis §
  France +3:38 16:22 1:05 40:52 0:40 15:25 1:14:24
7 Melissa Nicholls
  Great Britain - 15:06 1:54 42:03 0:48 14:52 1:14:43
- Jéssica Ferreira
  Brazil - 15:10 1:44 38:15 0:59 Did not finish
- Brenda Osnaya Alvarez
  Mexico - 14:27 1:27 41:31 0:53 14:07 1:12:25 DQ

Key : T = Transition; L = Lap

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References

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  1. ^ https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/paralympic-games/schedule/para-triathlon Paris 2024 Schedule.
  2. ^ "Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic triathlon route revealed, with races taking place in the heart of the city", Olympics.org, 27 April 2023
  3. ^ "Women's PTWC – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.