Paratriathlon

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Paratriathlon Promo

The ITU has committed to support the development of paratriathlon for over 15 years. There are currently six categories for physically challenged athletes to compete in over the sprint paratriathlon distance of 750m swim, 20km bike (handcycle/tandem), 5km run (wheelchair) at the ITU World Triathlon Championships each year.

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Paratriathlon has an outstanding case for inclusion in the IPC’s Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Here are 10 reasons why!

Paratriathlon offers a unique and inclusive global opportunity for athletes of all disabilities to perform at elite levels in a modern, exciting and dynamic sport.
It is close to the environment, universally attractive and understandable to spectators and media alike.
Paratriathlon is accessible, equitable, viable, sustainable and well balanced in every way imaginable, incorporating, in its subdisciplines, three of the most prolific and recognisable medal sports in the history of the Paralympic Games.
The International Triathlon Union has, since inauguration, actively demonstrated its readiness to develop and evolve, and has encouraged athletes to achieve much more than just their individual sporting goals, whatever they may be.
Triathlon is a rare sport in which able-bodied athletes compete, side-by-side, with disabled athletes at both the national and international levels.
While paratriathlon has the potential to be the fastest growing sport in the Paralympic Movement, in that process we are accomplishing something that goes well beyond the expansion of Para-sport: we are helping to create inspirational role models for the world.
Ethical governance, fair play and mutual respect belong to the ethos of our organisation.
ITU has long upheld the principles of equality of opportunity, recognition and reward to create uplifting, motivational and life changing experiences for all who compete in our sport.
The triathlon world is inspired by IPC’s invitation to live and breathe all of the Paralympic Programme Guiding Principles.
ITU therefore aspires, on behalf of our charismatic international paratriathletes of today and tomorrow, to be selected as a programme sport in the Paralympic Games.

The goals of the ITU Paratriathlon Committee are:

To oversee the development of Paratriathlon within the triathlon community by growing participation at all levels, building a pathway to, developing, elite performance, evolving events and building profile.
To uphold ethical principles and fair play at all times including moving towards evidence based assessment of Classification.
To lobby the IPC Executive Board for Paratriathlon’s inclusion in the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, and to grow and become an integral and contributing part of the Paralympic movement.