The first quotas for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games will be put into play this weekend at the Grand Quay of the Old Port of Montreal, in the first World Championships of sprint and relay triathlon.
These precious passes will be given to the best of the 20 national teams made up of two men and two women who will participate in the mixed relay on Sunday, with the exception of France, which already has four quotas allocated as host country.
It should be noted that if France retains its world title in this event, it will therefore be the vice-world champions who will be qualified for the next Olympics.
A total of 1,500 participants from more than 40 countries will compete in various categories in the metropolis over the weekend.
This will be the largest international triathlon competition held in Quebec since the 1999 World Championships. The format of the competition, which will run from Friday to Sunday, will however be slightly different from that in effect at the turn of the century. .
Elite athletes will set off for two days on a course of 300 meters of swimming, 7.2 kilometers of cycling and 2 kilometers of running.
The format of the competition will be as follows: 60 men and 60 women will start on Friday. The fastest 30 will be in the second round the following day. The 10 slowest will be cut for the third round. Same thing for the fourth round, until only 10 athletes remain for the final.
Among the athletes to watch are Frenchman Dorian Coninx, winner in Montreal last year, and Britain’s Georgia Taylor-Brown, one of the favorites to clinch the title of world champion.
I am very happy to find the Montreal stagelaunched Coninx.
” Last year’s format left me with very good memories and I love the atmosphere and the atmosphere of the city. It will be, once again, intense with a lot of speed. “
There will also be Canadians Jérémy Briand, Emy Legault, Charles Paquet, Dominika Jamnicky and Tyler Mislawchuk.
Legault, of Ile-Perrot, stood out with his second place in the individual event at the World Cup in Huatulco, Mexico, last week. It was his best World Cup finish since finishing 14th last year at the same venue.
On the men’s side, Mislawchuk also distinguished himself by finishing 2nd in the individual event in Huatulco. The 27-year-old Winnipegger, however, was trying to score a third straight victory there.
Montreal is hosting the fifth stop of the World Triathlon Championship Series season after Hamburg, Abu Dhabi, Yokohama and Leeds.
The Canadian Press
Source: Radio-Canada
