Olympic organizers remain confident, though, that there will be a swim in the Seine for the triathlon event at some point this week. Athletes can qualify for the Games as individuals or as part of a country’s mixed relay team. Unfortunately Canada only qualified three athletes this year, so the country won’t be involved in the mixed relay next week. “The course of the triathlon and Para triathlon events in Paris is just everything that the family of triathlon has been dreaming of for years,” says Marisol Casado, President of World Triathlon and IOC member. For last year’s test event, the elite individual races did include the swim, but the swim was cancelled for the Para and mixed relay races.

Source: CBC News July 29, 2024 15:44 UTC