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Paris 2024 PARAlympic GAMES
Paratriathlon was first included in the Paralympic Games for Rio 2016, with Great Britain winning one gold, two silver and one bronze medal.
The sport saw more classifications added for Tokyo 2020, with Lauren Steadman winning gold having claimed silver in Rio, George Peasgood earning silver, and Claire Cashmore taking home bronze in her first Games since moving from para-swimming.
Paris 2024 will again see an increase in the classifications included in the Games, with 11 different races taking place across two days.
Results
Location: Pont Alexandre III
PTVI Men - Dave Ellis and Luke Pollard 1st, Oscar Kelly and Charlie Harding 7th
PTVI Women - Alsion Peasgood and Brooke Gillies 4th
PTS3 Men - Henry Urand 4th
PTS4 Men - Michael Taylor 6th, Finley Jakes 11th
PTS4 Women - Megan Richter 1st, Hannah Moore 3rd
PTS5 Women - Claire Cashmore 2nd, Lauren Steadman 3rd
PTWC Women - Mel Nicholls 7th
Meet the PARALYMPIC team
Great Britain’s largest ever Paralympic paratriathlon team won five medals in Paris.
Medals were won by Dave Ellis and guide Luke Pollard (gold), Megan Richter (gold), Claire Cashmore (silver), Hannah Moore (bronze) and Lauren Steadman (bronze).
DavE Ellis
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Luke Pollard
Dave and Luke won the men's PTVI category in Paris. They have been racing together since 2019 and have won three world titles since, as well as becoming Commonwealth Champions in 2022.
Classification: PTVI
Hometown: Derby and Telford
Paralympic record: Paris 2024 - Gold, Tokyo 2020 - DNF (Beijing 2008 - 5th, Swimming Individual Medley)
Training base: Loughborough
Oscar Kelly
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Charlie Harding
Oscar and Charlie finished their Paralympic Games debut in seventh. They began racing as a duo in 2019 and have won World Triathlon Para Series and Para Cup medals. They were also selected to race together at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Classification: PTVI
Hometown: Leytonstone and Penrith
Paralympic record: Paris 2024 - 7th
Training base: Loughborough
Alison Peasgood
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BROOKE Gillies
Having first joined forces in 2021, the Scottish pair have secured multiple medals together. They finished fourth at their first Paralympic Games together in Paris.
Classification: PTVI
Hometown: Dunfermline and Glenrothes
Paralympic record: Paris 2024 - 4th, Rio 2016 - Silver, Tokyo 2020 - 4th
Training base: Loughborough
Hannah Moore
Hannah Moore, who returned to the sport in 2023, won a bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
Classification: PTS4
Hometown: Stalbridge
Paralympic record: Paris 2024 - Bronze
Training base: Loughborough
Megan Richter
An accomplished medal-winning para-swimmer before turning to paratriathlon, Megan won gold in her Paralympic Games debut in Paris.
Classification: PTS4
Hometown: Birmingham
Paralympic record: Paris 2024 - Gold
Training base: Loughborough
Claire Cashmore
Paris saw Claire win her tenth Paralympic medal as she finished second. Her first medal as a paratriathlete came in Tokyo, while she won 8 medals in four Games as a swimmer.
Classification: PTS5
Hometown: Kidderminster
Paralympic record: Paris 2024 - Silver, Tokyo 2020 - Bronze, (Athens 2004 – Rio 2016 eight swimming medals including one Gold, three Silver, four Bronze)
Training base: Loughborough
Lauren Steadman
Lauren completed her set of Paralympic Games medals in Paris coming third.
Classification: PTS5
Hometown: Peterborough
Paralympic record: Paris 2024 - Bronze Tokyo 2020 - Gold, Rio 2016 - Silver
Training base: London
Mel Nicholls
Mel was seventh on her Paratriathlon Paralympics debut after taking up the sport in 2022.
Classification: PTWC
Hometown: Tewkesbury
Paralympic record: Paris 2024 - 7th (London 2012 - 7th, 200m T34, Rio 2016 - 5th, 800m T34 both a track athlete)
Training base: Tewkesbury
Henry Urand
Henry first came into paratriathlon in 2022 having previously been a para-cyclist. On his Paralympic Games debut he came fourth in Paris.
Classification: PTS3
Hometown: Ashford
Paralympic record: Paris 2024 - 4th
Training base: Loughborough
Michael Taylor
Paris was Michael's second Paralympic Games having finished eighth in Tokyo. He came sixth in the French capital.
Classification: PTS4
Hometown: Barnstaple
Paralympic record: Parais 2024 6th, Tokyo 2020 - 8th
Training base: Bath
Finley Jakes
Fin has developed through the British Triathlon Pathway having first come into the sport through a Talent ID Day. In what was his Paralympics debut he came 11th in Paris
Classification: PTS4
Hometown: Eastbourne
Paralympic record: Paris 2024 - 11th
Training base: Loughborough
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More about PARAlympic PArATRiathlon
Paris 2024 Explainer
Get the inside track on the Paris Paralympic paratriathlon racing. When and where to watch, who's racing for ParalympicsGB and a guide to classifications...FIND OUT MORE
Tokyo Race Reports
Catch up on the action from both days of paratriathlon from Tokyo 2020. Day one saw Fran Brown, Michael Taylor, Alison Peasgood and Nikki Bartlett, Melissa Reid and Hazel Macleod and Dave Ellis and Luke Pollard race. Day two saw Lauren Steadman, Claire Cashmore and George Peasgood compete.DAY ONE DAY TWO
ParalympicsGB Paratriathlon History
First Paralympic paratriathlon: 2016First Paralympic men's medal: 2016 - Andy Lewis gold
First Paralympic women's medal: 2016 - Lauren Steadman silver
Best Paralympic performance: 2016 - one gold, two silver, one bronze
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