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Entries now open for Paratriathlon in London

By Merryn Sherwood | 09 May, 2011

Entries for the elite Paratriathlon in London on August 7, which is part of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship London, are now open.

The event is the third World Championship Series Elite Paratriathlon held in London, but the first one since Paratriathlon was officially accepted into Paralympic Games for Rio 2016.

Paratriathletes will compete in a 750m open-water swim, a 20km closed road cycle leg, before a 5km closed circuit run that also takes in parts of the London 2012 Olympic triathlon course. The swim takes place in The Serpentine and the remainder of the course is all within London’s Hyde Park and takes place on wide closed roads, offering a safe, multi-lap environment that will lend itself to fast-paced and thrilling racing.  Plenty of fans and invited International Paralympic Committee representatives are expected to take in the spectacular action.

The event is fully inclusive and entries will be accepted across all six of the ITU paratriathlon classification categories.

Entry is free and will only be accepted through affiliated National Federations, so please contact your own National Federation by June 24 for further details on entry, accommodation and classification.

British Triathlon aims to showcase an equitable event, and the initial aim will be to have a field split equally between gender and classification.  Should this not be possible a first registered, first selected policy will operate.

This year is already shaping up as the biggest in Paratriathlon history so far, with the announcement just before the start of the new year that the International Paralympic Committee had accepted Paratriathlon in to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. More than 5000 fans had signed up to support the ITU’s ‘Paratriathlon for Paralympics’ bid.

Even before that announcement, Paratriathlon had achieved another goal with 27 countries, from all five continents, committing to compete in the 2011 ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in Beijing. That number will be the most in history to compete at a Paratriathlon world titles and each of those national federations has also committed to hold national championships from 2011 onwards.

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Related Event: 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series London
06 - Aug, 2011 • event pageall results
Results: Elite Women
1. Helen Jenkins GBR 02:00:34
2. Gwen Jorgensen USA 02:00:41
3. Anja Dittmer GER 02:00:49
4. Emma Jackson AUS 02:00:51
5. Emma Snowsill AUS 02:00:52
6. Andrea Hansen NZL 02:00:54
7. Sarah True USA 02:00:58
8. Nicola Spirig SUI 02:01:04
9. Ashleigh Gentle AUS 02:01:07
10. Emmie Charayron FRA 02:01:10
Results: Elite Men
1. Alistair Brownlee GBR 01:50:09
2. Alexander Bryukhankov RUS 01:50:34
3. Jonathan Brownlee GBR 01:51:04
4. Javier Gomez Noya ESP 01:51:16
5. Steffen Justus GER 01:51:25
6. Laurent Vidal FRA 01:51:27
7. David Hauss FRA 01:51:32
8. Brad Kahlefeldt AUS 01:51:40
9. Sven Riederer SUI 01:51:41
10. Vincent Luis FRA 01:51:41
Results: Para Triathlon Male TRI-6
1. Sean Grundy GBR 01:12:21
2. Haseeb Ahmad B1 GBR 01:12:22
3. Jack Garner GBR 01:41:34
Results: Para Triathlon Male TRI-5
1. JP Theberge USA 01:11:58
2. Martin Falch AUT 01:12:29
3. Matthew Emmerson GBR 01:16:20
4. Mikel Garmendia ESP 01:18:10
5. Kev Flint GBR 01:18:38
6. Adrian Howden GBR 01:23:45
7. Edson Dantas BRA 01:27:34
8. Raul Zambrana Romero ESP 01:33:44
DNF. Yan Guanter FRA DNF
Results: Para Triathlon Male TRI-4
1. Péter Boronkay HUN 01:09:11
2. Martins Drusts LAT 01:11:04
3. Tommy Knapp USA 01:13:18
4. Tom Perkins GBR 01:14:46
5. Rob Noordzij NED 01:15:07
6. Alastair Mckean GBR 01:15:55
7. Stephen Webb GBR 01:19:44
8. Arnaud Hutinet FRA 01:23:28
9. Alexandre Meunier FRA 01:23:45
10. Ioannis Chatzimpeis GRE 01:25:34
Results: Para Triathlon Male TRI-3
1. Steven Judge GBR 01:16:37
2. Sebastian Averesch GER 01:20:51
3. James Smith GBR 01:26:16
4. Paul Thomas GBR 01:43:56
DSQ. Chris Wagner RSA DSQ