Category: Para-Triathlon

Grace Norman the Pick of Stellar Para Performances in Sarasota

Benjamin Eastman

PTS Women As a reminder, the PTS categories run from PTS2 to PTS5 and refer to the amputee athletes. PTS2 describes the athletes with the most severe physical impairment while PTS5 contains athletes with milder impairments. All athletes in the PTS groups may race using prosthetics or other supportive devices, subject to World Triathlon approval. You can view the various Para-Triathlon categories here. Grace Norman led the way in the PTS5 category. The defending world champion produced a consummate performance, logging the fastest split in every discipline. Perhaps most impressive was…

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Strong Starts to the Year at the Abu Dhabi Para World Cup

Benjamin Eastman

PTWC Florian Brungraber kicked off his season in style with a comprehensive win in the men’s PTWC category. Last time out, Brungraber won the silver medal at the World Championships in November. The silver medallist today, Jose Cristobal Ramos Jimenez, had the novelty of logging identical swim and run times. For both disciplines, he produced splits of 13:13. This time round, Eva Maria Moral Pedrero was the only woman competing in the PTWC category. She put together a very balanced race to finish in 1:14:09. Moreover she narrowly missed matching…

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Abu Dhabi to Host First World Para Cup of 2023

Benjamin Eastman

Para-Triathlon at the world level returns for 2023 with the first World Cup of the year. The athletes will be racing in Abu Dhabi alongside those taking on the opening WTCS race of the season. Abu Dhabi will also represent a valuable opportunity for athletes to score points towards qualifying for the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. PTWC and PVTI In the wheelchair racing category, a big name will be absent in the form of Jetze Plat. Plat was dominant in 2022 (as he has been for years) and we suggested…

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Para-Triathlon Confirms Place at Los Angeles Paralympics

Benjamin Eastman

Earlier today, World Triathlon publicly confirmed that Para-Triathlon will continue as a sport in the Paralympic Games in 2028. Having made its debut in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, Los Angeles will represent Para-Triathlon’s fourth Games appearance. In Rio, Para-Triathlon had six gold medal opportunities on offer. One of the gold medallists in 2016 was Jetze Plat who continues to lead the way in the PTWC class. Such is his dominance, we suggested him as an Alternative Global Triathlon Awards Male Athlete of the Year. Five years later, at the…

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Incredible Performances Abound in the PTS Classes

Benjamin Eastman

The PTS categories run from PTS2 to PTS5 and refer to the amputee athletes. PTS2 describes the athletes with the most severe physical impairment while PTS5 contains athletes with milder impairments. All athletes in the PTS groups may race using prosthetics or other supportive devices, subject to World Triathlon approval. You can view the various Para-triathlon categories here. S2 Frenchman Jules Ribstein took gold in Abu Dhabi with a consummate all-round performance. After swimming the fastest split of the field, Ribstein went on to record the second fastest bike time…

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Ellis and Rodriguez Take World Titles In Style – PTVI

Benjamin Eastman

The PTVI classification refers to athletes that compete with visual impairment, varying from totally blindness to partially sighted (from B1 to B3). Each athlete must race with a guide and completes the bike leg on a tandem. A full breakdown of the World Triathlon categories can be found here. In order to equalise the race, female B2 and B3 athletes received an additional 3 minutes 19 seconds to their time while male B2 and B3 athletes received 2 minutes 46 seconds. Rodriguez Extends Winning Run Susan Rodriguez (B1) of Spain…

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Plat and Parker Brilliant at World Para-Tri Champs – PTWC

Benjamin Eastman

Para-triathlon is a growing and exciting part of triathlon and is home to a range of talented athletes. The categories for Para-triathlon can be viewed here. The PTWC categories (PTWC1 and PTWC2) are designated for the most impaired wheelchair users through to the least impaired wheelchair users. Athletes use a recumbent handcycle on the bike and a racing wheelchair on the run. At Abu Dhabi, PTWC2 athletes received an additional 3 minutes 42 seconds to their total time to equalise the difference to the PTWC1 athletes. Lauren Parker Overcomes Kendall…

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