Summer Paralympic Games Paris 2024

[hoversaBR 430]

It was good while it lasted. Bye third place. 

[Fer GUA 463]

 now joins the list of Latin American countries with a medal at this Paralympic Games.

 

 

[Josh 10,323]

Completely forgot the para triathlon was going on until now 

Come on  Taylor! 

[Grassmarket 3,362]

I've overslept. 

 

Going to be a bit complicated because not only do we have two races going on at once,  but those races have handicapped starts for different categories.  The

 

Also, think it is old rules, so no draughting on the bikes, just solo time trialling.

Edited September 2 by Grassmarket

[heywoodu 14,917]

12 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

I've overslept. 

 

Going to be a bit complicated because not only do we have two races going on at once,  but those races have handicapped starts for different categories.  The

 

Also, think it is old rules, so no draughting on the bikes, just solo time trialling.

This ended up not being too complicated after all. They're not too competitive in terms of having very 'wide' fields, so it was still fairly easy to follow  

[heywoodu 14,917]

The four PTWC2 athletes making up the entire top-4 of the PTWC triathlon may suggest that maybe the 3 minute compensation time is a bit too little  

 

(I know one of the PTWC1 athletes would have been 4th, but he got DQ'ed)

[Grassmarket 3,362]

Right, NOW it is complicated because I think we've got 4 races going on.....

[heywoodu 14,917]

4 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Right, NOW it is complicated because I think we've got 4 races going on.....

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One women's race and two men's races. For now you can kind of keep an eye on the women's timing only, since not much is happening there yet.

[heywoodu 14,917]

Wow, Lahna's blade with a special space above it for his actual leg, cool  

[Josh 10,323]

That sprint by  Tesfaw in the women’s 1500m T11 final 

 

4:27.68 WORLD RECORDDDDDDDDD!! 

Demolished her previous mark by over 5 seconds!