Paratriathlon at the Summer Paralympics
| Paratriathlon at the Summer Paralympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Governing body | ITU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Events | 6 (men: 3; women: 3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paratriathlon will debut at the 2016 Summer Paralympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1][2][3]
Paratriathlon is a variant of the triathlon for athletes with a variety of physical disabilities. The sport is governed by the International Triathlon Union (ITU).[4] The Paralympic event will be a sprint race consisting of 750 m swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running stages.[5] Athletes of both sexes compete in six categories according to the nature of their physical impairments.[6]
References
- ↑ "Paratriathlon added to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games | Triathlon.org – International Triathlon Union". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
- ↑ "Paratriathlon". Rio 2016. 1989-08-06. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
- ↑ "Rio ready to emulate London". Sport24.co.za. 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
- ↑ "Para-Triathlon | IPC". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
- ↑ "Para-Triathlon | IPC". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
- ↑ "Paratriathlon – Triathlon.org – The Official Triathlon Resource". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/15/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.