{"id":7804,"date":"2021-03-15T00:34:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T00:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=7804"},"modified":"2021-03-15T00:34:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T00:34:21","slug":"the-paralympic-paratriathlon-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=7804","title":{"rendered":"The Paralympic paratriathlon course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p ><strong><\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p ><strong>The Swim\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p >It\u2019s a fairly non-technical swim, with only one full 180\u00b0 turn round three buoys, so will favour weaker swimmers. But if the water\u2019s choppy, this will play more into the stronger swimmers\u2019 hands. Having a good sighting reference on the way back into the beach will be key.<\/p>\n<p ><strong>\u00a0<br \/><\/strong><strong>Transition 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.ifootballshop.com\/liverpool-424.html' title='liverpool mens jersey'>liverpool mens jersey<\/a><\/p>\n<div    >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p >Out of the water into T1 is quick and sharp. If bunches form on the swim, this will be a key time to try and get ahead of others leading into the non-drafting bike element. Therefore stronger runners could find this advantageous.<\/p>\n<p ><strong>The <\/strong><strong>Bike Start<\/strong><\/p>\n<p >Like the Olympic course, the bike course features a 180\u00b0 turn 100-200m after transition. Getting feet in shoes quickly will allow athletes to get the power on the road sooner; therefore maximising aerodynamics. The two long straights (per lap) are well over 1km long, so being able to maintain a good TT position at speed is key to a fast bike time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p ><strong>\u00a0<br \/><\/strong><strong>The Bike<\/strong><\/p>\n<p >The three dead turns at the north end of the course are quite wide and bike handling to maintain speed through them may well be key to the overall outcome of the race. British athletes such as Alison Patrick with Hazel Smith as her guide (PT5), Andy Lewis (PT2) and Joe Townsend (PT1) will enjoy these turns as their handling skills are among the best of their respective categories.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p ><strong>\u00a0<br \/><\/strong><strong>The Run<\/strong><\/p>\n<p >The run incorporates two turns per lap. With the south turn being wide and sweeping it will be a quick course, but for the athletes racing later in the day the main focus will be trying to run in the shade. Also, if it\u2019s windy, running on competitors\u2019 shoulders will provide great cover for the 800m stretches.<\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p ><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paratriathlon: the ultimate guide<br \/>\nGB paratriathlon squad: the women<br \/>\nGB paratriathlon squad: the men<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Swim\u00a0 Advertisement It\u2019s a fairly non-technical swim, with only one full 180\u00b0 turn round three buoys, so will favour weaker swimmers. But if the water\u2019s choppy, this will play more into the stronger swimmers\u2019 hands. Having a good sighting reference on the way back into the beach will be key. \u00a0Transition 1 Click Here:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}