When to watch triathlon during the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games
Para triathlon events will be held from Sunday, September 1 and Monday, September 2 at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.
Athletes from nine classifications will compete in six events. All three traditional triathlon disciplines are included during events at the Paralympics. The event starts with a 750m swim, followed by 20km of cycling and ends with a 5000m run. Handlers assist athletes who require help during event transitions.
| PTWC 1-2 | Athletes with limitations in their lower and upper limbs. They utilize a handcycle for the cycling portion and a racing chair for the running segment. Athletes compete in combined events and use interval starts to ensure a level playing field. |
| PTS 2-5 | Athletes do not require a handcycle or a racing chair. Prosthetic legs as well as bike modifications are allowed. |
| PTVI 1-3 | Athletes have vision impairment and may or may not require a guide while competing. Event uses interval starts. |
Venue
Pont d’Iéna, one of 37 bridge crossings in Paris, will be decked out during the Olympic and Paralympic Games and will serve prominently during triathlon competitions.
Events
- PTWC (women’s, men’s)
- PTS2 (women’s, men’s)
- PTS3 (men’s)
- PTS4 (women’s, men’s)
- PTS5 (women’s, men’s)
- PTVI (women’s, men’s)
Competition Schedule
| Date | Event | Time (ET) |
| September 1 | Men's PTS2-5; Women's PTS2, 4, 5 | 2:15a-7:15a |
| September 2 | Men's and Women's PTVI 1, 2/3; M/W PTWC1, 2 | 2:15a-6:15a |
Para triathletes to watch on Team USA
Ohio native Grace Norman is set for her third Paralympic Games appearance in Paris. Having already earned three Paralympic medals (gold in the women’s PT4 in Rio, silver in PTS5 in Tokyo, plus a Rio bronze in the 400m T44), Norman will shoot for a fourth in Paris. She was born with congenital constriction band syndrome in her left leg and had to have her left leg amputated below the knee as a child.
“I grew up in a town (where) I never saw anyone like me," she told NBC Olympics Research last year. "I didn't even know there was a thing such as the Paralympics until my parents took me to watch the Paralympic Trials in 2012. And I saw people just like me for the first time. And I realized that this could actually be a dream, it could be a career."
Fellow Ohioan Kelly Elmlinger makes her second Paralympic appearance at age 45. She enters as a gold medal favorite in the women’s PTS4 after previously finishing seventh in the PTS5 at the Tokyo Games. Elmlinger is a veteran of the U.S. Army, where she served as a medic in Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2013, she was diagnosed with synovial sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, and she had to have her left leg amputated in 2017.