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Record number of Paratriathletes to contest 2013 World Championships

By Merryn Sherwood | 11 Sep, 2013

As Paratriathlon ramps up competition ahead of its debut at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, a record-breaking 210 athletes from 26 nations will compete in London, which is nearly double the field from last year’s World Championships.

Great Britain’s powerful paratriathlon team will be back and aiming to defend its five gold medals at home when the races start in Hyde Park on Friday.

Last year in Auckland Great Britain topped the medal tally with its five gold, including Iain Dawson in the men’s TRI-6, Matthew Emmerson in the men’s TRI-5, Faye McClelland in the women’s TRI-4, Steven Judge in the men’s TRI-3, and Karen Darke in the women’s TRI-1.

Darke, McClelland, Judge, Emmerson and Dawson are all back to defend their titles and Team GB will be one of the largest on the start line with 19 competitors. One new face to watch is Phil Hogg, a successful wheelchair athlete who also represented his country in wheelchair basketball before switching to triathlon in 2013. Hogg’s first major event was the 2013 European Championships in Turkey, where he won the TRI-1 category. He’ll be joined on the start list by Joe Townsend who hit headlines last year when he carried the Paralympic Flame into the London 2012 stadium during the opening ceremony.

However, the home favourites will be tested by the likes of the US team that won 13 overall medals in Auckland last year and who have bought the largest team to London with 40 athletes. Rookie Chris Hammer is one to keep an eye on, as he competed in athletics at the London Paralympics and in three paratriathlon races this year, collecting two wins and one silver in the men’s TR1-4 category. This year the US team also welcomes back two-time World Champion Megan Fisher after a three-year break from ITU racing to focus on Paralympic cycling instead. Fisher won the women’s TRI-5 world title in 2009 and 2010, and the London paratriathlon event in 2010, as well as took wins in the San Diego Paratriathlon Event and the U.S.A nationals this year.

The Japanese team also includes many Paralympians like Masazumi Soejima and Daisuke Ejima. Soejima is a two-time Paralympian who won a bronze medal at Athens in the wheelchair relay, while Ejima is a three-time Paralympian who won a silver medal in the medley relay at the Athens Paralympics.

As Rio prepares to host the first Paralympic paratriathlon event, expect the growing Brazilian team to contend as well. Marcelo Collet finished 7th in the men’s TRI-5 category in Auckland, but this year has collected wins in San Diego, Yokohama and the PATCO championships.

One of the most interesting races though is set to be the men’s TRI-1. Last year’s podium, Australia’s Bill Chaffey, the USA’s Andre Kajlich and Kennedy Geoffrey are all back, but this year there is a total of 23 athletes on the start line. While Chaffey has won three Paratriathlon World Championships already, he faces a tough battle to defend in 2013 with the depth in the field.

In London, the paratriathlon sprint distance course consists of a 750m swim, 20km bike (handcycle/tandem) and 5km run (wheelchair).

The 2013 season was another huge year of growth for paratriathlon, with three international events at the San Diego, Yokohama and Edmonton and continental championships in Wellington, Subic Bay, Agadir, Alanya and Itaparica, Vila Velha.

View the course details for Paratriathlon categories TRI- and TRI-2 here, and the course for categories TRI-3 TRI-6 here.

Related Event: 2013 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final London
11 - Sep, 2013 • event pageall results
Results: Elite Men
1. Javier Gomez Noya ESP 01:48:16
2. Jonathan Brownlee GBR 01:48:17
3. Mario Mola ESP 01:49:10
DNF. Ivan Ivanov UKR DNF
DNF. Martin Van Barneveld NZL DNF
DNF. Ákos Vanek HUN DNF
DNF. Jarrod Shoemaker USA DNF
DNF. Luciano Taccone ARG DNF
DNF. Ryosuke Yamamoto JPN DNF
DNF. Tamás Tóth HUN DNF
Results: Elite Women
1. Non Stanford GBR 02:01:32
2. Aileen Reid IRL 02:01:57
3. Emma Moffatt AUS 02:02:00
DNF. Beatriz Neres BRA DNF
DNF. Gwen Jorgensen USA DNF
DNF. Emma Pallant GBR DNF
DNF. Michelle Flipo MEX DNF
DNF. Romina Biagioli ARG DNF
DNF. Yuka Sato JPN DNF
DNF. Vanessa Raw GBR DNF
Results: Junior Men
1. Dorian Coninx FRA 00:51:57
2. Marc Austin GBR 00:52:00
3. Grant Sheldon GBR 00:52:01
DNF. Itamar Alster ISR DNF
DNF. Ryousuke Maeda JPN DNF
DNF. Delian Stateff ITA DNF
DNF. Shichao An CHN DNF
DNF. Kristian Blummenfelt NOR DNF
DNF. Frantisek Linduska CZE DNF
DNF. Sean, Wee Kiat Chan SGP DNF
Results: Junior Women
1. Tamara Gorman USA 00:57:08
2. Georgia Taylor-Brown GBR 00:57:31
3. Laura Lindemann GER 00:57:34
4. Jaz Hedgeland AUS 00:57:39
DSQ. Nicole Van Der Kaay NZL DSQ
DNF. Romana Gajdošová SVK DNF
DNF. Emy Legault CAN DNF
DNF. Su Yin Denise Chia SGP DNF
DNF. Flóra Bicsák HUN DNF
DNF. Marika Zahradnickova CZE DNF
Results: U23 Men
1. Pierre Le Corre FRA 01:42:47
2. Fernando Alarza ESP 01:42:51
3. Declan Wilson AUS 01:42:55
DNF. Ron Darmon ISR DNF
DNF. Tak Hei, Arthur Cheung HKG DNF
DNF. Neil Peters LUX DNF
DNF. Peter Denteneer BEL DNF
DNF. John Chicano PHI DNF
DNF. Ognjen Stojanovic SRB DNF
DNF. Min Ho Heo KOR DNF
Results: U23 Women
1. Charlotte McShane AUS 01:55:38
2. Ellen Pennock CAN 01:55:39
3. Amelie Kretz CAN 01:55:41
4. Hanna Philippin GER 01:55:43
5. Joanna Brown CAN 01:55:49
6. Tamara Gomez Garrido ESP 01:55:57
7. Sophie Corbidge NZL 01:56:18
8. Tamsyn Moana-Veale AUS 01:56:31
DNF. Rebecca Kingsford NZL DNF
DNF. Monika Orazem SLO DNF
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