On Thursday 27 April, Paris 2024 revealed the route for the Olympic and Paralympic triathlon occasions, which can each happen within the coronary heart of the town of Paris.
The person triathlon occasions of Olympic Video games Paris 2024 will happen on 30 and 31 July 2024, beginning at 8:00 am CET. The 55 male and 55 feminine triathletes who qualify for the Video games will compete to win gold, following within the footsteps of Kristian Blummenfelt (Norway) and Flora Duffy (Bermuda) who each triumphed in Tokyo.
“At Paris 2024, we needed to amplify the triathlon, which has been a well-liked Olympic sport since its debut on the Olympic programme at Sydney 2000. Due to this fact, we have now taken particular care to design the triathlon and Para triathlon course, which can each be spectacular, within the coronary heart of the town and on the foot of among the most stunning monuments in Paris,” defined Tony Estanguet, President of Paris 2024.
The beginning will happen on a floating pontoon under the Pont Alexandre III bridge. After a 1.5 km swim by means of the River Seine (masking two laps, with a 910m first lap and a 590m second lap), the triathletes will attain the transition zone (swim to bike) for the primary time on the Pont Alexandre III bridge, after climbing 32 stairs – a primary within the historical past of the Olympic Video games.
Biking on the Champs-Élysées
Opponents will then cycle for 40 km (7 laps of 5.715 km), driving alongside the Avenue Winston Churchill, and passing in entrance of the Grand Palais and the Petit Palais, earlier than arriving at two of essentially the most stunning avenues on the planet, the Champs-Elysées and the Avenue Montaigne, crossing the Seine by the Pont des Invalides and reaching the Quai d’Orsay. They are going to then head for the Boulevard Saint-Germain, earlier than returning to the banks of the Seine through the Rue du Bac, the Quai Anatole France and Quai d’Orsay.
After biking seven laps, which embody sections on cobbled roads, the triathletes will once more attain the transition zone for the third and final a part of the occasion: the run. On the menu is a 10 km (four laps of two.5 km) race by means of the center of Paris to the end line on the Pont Alexandre III bridge, the place 1,00zero spectators might be ready for them.
“The course of the triathlon and Para triathlon occasions in Paris is simply every thing that the household of triathlon has been dreaming of for years. The heartbeat of the town might be echoed within the rhythm of the race, as athletes swim, bike and run proper by means of the center of the Metropolis of Lights,” stated Marisol Casado, President of World Triathlon.
Leo Bergere, the 2022 world champion and two-time combined relay world champion, was thrilled by the announcement of the route, which can cross by means of among the world’s most iconic areas.
“It is going to be one thing fairly particular as a result of we might be lucky sufficient to sightsee whereas competing within the Olympic Video games,” he stated, earlier than including: “I feel the tide of the River Seine and the cobbled streets within the bike journey will permit the strongest, and likewise the neatest, to win. You will not simply need to push laborious on the pedals or swim as quick as potential but in addition use your mind to attain one of the best place potential.”
And two-time Olympic gold medallist and triathlon legend, Alistair Brownlee was equally excited in regards to the course announcement as he makes plans to observe the race in Paris.
“We’ve seen some wonderful triathlon venues for the reason that Sydney Video games,” he stated, “The course in Paris continues the fantastic legacy of placing triathlon within the coronary heart of the host metropolis and showcasing its well-known landmarks; a swim within the Seine; biking and operating on the Champs-Elysées; a spectacular end on Pont Alexandre III. I can’t wait to be there to observe the motion unfold in such an iconic location.’
The route might be primarily the identical for the Paralympic Video games Paris 2024.
With some exceptions, the Para triathlon occasion will observe the identical course because the Olympic triathlon. These exceptions embody the primary transition happening on the decrease banks of the Seine quite than on the Pont Alexandre III bridge, and the cycle and run happening on totally different roads as a result of begin occasions of various classes.
At Paris 2024, 120 para-triathletes in six classes will set off on 1 and a couple of September 2024 with the goal of successful the 11 Paralympic titles on supply.
Three programs might be examined throughout the take a look at occasions organised by Paris 2024 from 17 to 20 August 2023, providing a gown rehearsal for the Video games in the very same location.
Particular person occasions – commonplace distance: Swimming, 1,5 km; Street Biking, 40 km; Operating, 10 km
Males: Tuesday 30 July 2024 – Begin at 8:00 am – Pontoon Alexandre III
Girls: Wednesday 31 July 2024 – Begin at 8:00 am – Pontoon Alexandre III
Combined group occasion – tremendous dash distance – four athletes (2 ladies/2 males): Swimming, 300 m; Street Biking, 5,Eight km; Operating, 1,Eight km
Monday 5 August 2024 – Begin at 8:00 – Pontoon Alexandre III
*Paralympic Video games Paris 2024 *
Particular person occasions – dash distance: Swimming, 750 m; Para biking, 20 km; Operating, 5 km
Males and Girls – Classes PTS2 à PTS5 – Sunday 1 September 2024 – Begins from 8:15 am – Pontoon Alexandre III
Males and Girls – Classes PTVI et PTWC – Monday 2 September 2024 – Begins from 8:15 am – Pontoon Alexandre III. Olympics.com