OLYMPIC GAMES
Paris 2024 unveils its triathlon courses through the heart of Paris
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Paris 2024 has today unveiled the courses for the Olympic Games triathlon events (individual men's and women's events and mixed relay).
The individual triathlon events of the Olympic Games will take place on 30th and 31st of July 2024, starting at 8am.
On 30th and 31st of July 2024, the 55 male and 55 female triathletes who have qualified for the Olympic Games will compete to determine the successors to Kristian Blummenfelt (NOR) and Flora Duffy (BER).
The start will take place from a floating pontoon at the base of Pont Alexander III. After a 1.5km swim in the Seine the triathletes will arrive in the transition zone (swim to bike) on Pont Alexandre III after climbing 32 steps, a first in the history of the Olympic Games.
They will then mount their bikes for a 40km bike race (seven loops of 5.715km). They will head along Avenue Winston Churchill, passing in front of Le Grand Palais and Le Petit Palais before reaching two of the most beautiful avenues in the world, the Champs-Elysées and Avenue Montaigne, crossing the Seine over Pont des Invalides and onto Quai d'Orsay. Onwards onto Boulevard Saint-Germain before returning to the banks of the Seine via Rue du Bac and Quai Anatole France and Quai d'Orsay.
At the end of the seven bike laps, the triathletes will reach the transition zone (again on Pont Alexandre III) for the third and last phase of the event, the run. On the programme, 10km (4 laps of 2.5km) through the heart of Paris with the finish line on Pont Alexandre III in front of 1,000 spectators, for what is sure to be one of the highlights of the Olympic fortnight.
One week later, the Olympic Games triathlon mixed relay event will take place on 5th August 2024 at 8am.
On 5th August 2024, around 18 teams of four triathletes (two women and two men per nation) will compete in the mixed relay event to try and emulate Great Britain, the champions at Tokyo 2020.
In Paris, the female athletes will be closing the race with a relay order as follows: male athlete; female athlete; male athlete; female athlete.
Each athlete will complete a 300m swimming loop in the Seine between Pont Alexandre III and Pont des Invalides, 5.8km of biking (two laps of 2.9km) via Pont Alexandre III, the Champs-Elysées and Avenue Montaigne, Rue François 1er, Place du Canada, Pont des Invalides and Quai d'Orsay. To finish, the athletes will complete their race with a 1.8km run (two 900m laps) between Pont Alexandre III and Pont des Invalides, with some of the most beautiful monuments in Paris as a backdrop.