The Mixed relay triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place at the Pont Alexandre III in Paris on 5 August 2024.[1] The mixed team event features teams of four (two men and two women). Each athlete swims 300 m (330 yd), cycles 8 km (5.0 mi), and runs 2 km (1.2 mi) in a relay format.[2][3]
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| Venue | Pont Alexandre III, Paris | ||||||||||||
| Date | 5 August 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 60 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:25:39 | ||||||||||||
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The Tokyo 2020 medallists - Morgan Pearson and Taylor Knibb of the United States, Alex Yee and Georgia Taylor-Brown of the Great Britain, and Cassandre Beaugrand of France, took part in the event. Prior to this, several changes were occurred. In the United States' team, Pearson and Knibb retained while Kevin McDowell and Katie Zaferes were replaced with Seth Rider and Taylor Spivey. In the Great Britain's team, Yee and Taylor-Brown retained while Jonny Brownlee, now retired, and Jess Learmonth replaced with Sam Dickinson and Beth Potter. For the host country's team, Vincent Luis, Dorian Coninx and Léonie Périault are all replaced with Pierre Le Corre, Léo Bergère and Emma Lombardi while Beaugrand is the only athlete who retained from the previous Olympics. Laura Lindemann anchored Germany to the gold, finishing just ahead of the United States' Knibb and Great Britain's Potter. All three athletes finished within one second of each other.[4] Great Britain were originally announced as having secured the silver but after a review of the photo finish, it was confirmed just before the medal ceremony that Knibb had slightly edged out Potter for second place.[5] The race was originally supposed to be contested by 16 teams but Belgium was forced to drop out after one member of the team, Claire Michel, fell ill.[6] The Swiss team also had to shuffle its lineup as a result of illness. Simon Westermann was originally supposed to replace Adrien Briffod after he came down with a stomach infection.[7] However, after falling ill from a stomach bug himself, Westermann was replaced by Sylvain Fridelance.[8]
Results
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References
edit- ^ "Triathlon - Mixed Relay Schedule". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024 – Triathlon". Paris 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ Cernuda, Olalia (28 June 2022). "Dates announced for Paris 2024 Olympic Games Triathlon events". World Triathlon. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "Race Results" (PDF). IOC. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "GB take bronze in thrilling triathlon mixed team relay". BBC. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Belgium withdraws from mixed relay triathlon after athlete who swam in Seine River falls ill". Associated Press. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Swiss triathlete gets stomach infection, out of mixed relay". ESPN. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Another change in the Swiss mixed relay team". Blue News. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.