{"id":8414,"date":"2021-05-08T06:38:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T06:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=8414"},"modified":"2021-05-08T06:38:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T06:38:30","slug":"new-para-tri-series-a-great-opportunity-says-british-paralympian-david-weir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=8414","title":{"rendered":"New Para Tri Series \u2018a great opportunity\u2019, says British Paralympian David Weir"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Weir, a British paratriathlete with six Olympic golds to his name, has said that the new Para Tri Series being launched today by fellow Paralympian Sophia Warner is a \u201cgreat opportunity\u201d for disabled people to have fun and take part in triathlon.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Speaking to broadcaster Chris Evans on the Radio 2 breakfast show this morning, Weir \u2013 described as one of the best athletes this country has ever produced \u2013 said the aim is to get disabled people into sport.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat\u2019s my dream as well, I want to see people get involved in sport. As a disabled athlete myself, when I started I just wanted to do some form of sport. I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d get to elite level and it was hard to find clubs that did that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Para Tri Series will begin with a launch event at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic rowing venue Dorney Lake on Sunday 9 August. It was created last November by Paralympian Sophia Warner, and will offer five different paratriathlon events, ranging from a \u2018Sprint Para Tri\u2019 for beginners (150m swim\/3km bike\/1km run) up to \u2018Full Para Tri\u2019 (750m swim\/20km bike\/5km run).<\/p>\n

Further information, including how to register for the inaugural event, is available at\u00a0www.paratri.com, with regular updates available on\u00a0Twitter\u00a0and\u00a0Facebook.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Weir also said on the Radio 2 breakfast show this morning that he\u2019s committed himself to racing both the Boston Marathon (20 April) and London Marathon (26 April) this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought why not give it a shot now because it\u2019s Olympic year next year and I won\u2019t be doing it then, I\u2019ll be saving myself for Rio. There\u2019s a great opportunity to try and win both marathons in a week.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Weir has already won the London Marathon a stunning six times, taking 2012 gold with a time of 1:32:26 and equalling Baroness Tanni-Grey Thompson\u2019s record of six wins. He also placed on the podium 11 years in a row before a fifth-place finish in 2013. In 2014 he came a close second.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

For more info on the new Para Tri Series head to www.paratri.com.<\/p>\n

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David Weir, a British paratriathlete with six Olympic golds to his name, has said that the new Para Tri Series being launched today by fellow Paralympian Sophia Warner is a \u201cgreat opportunity\u201d for disabled people to have fun and take part in triathlon. Advertisement Speaking to broadcaster Chris Evans on the Radio 2 breakfast show…<\/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-8414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8414","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=8414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}