Triathlon

Triathlon and Paratriathlon are multi-discipline competitions involving three continuous endurance sports (swimming, cycling, and running); it is a unique inclusion in the competition schedule.

Triathletes compete for the fastest overall course completion time, including the two transition phases (T1 and T2) where competitors change equipment for each discipline. Paratriathlon is a variant of triathlon for athletes with physical disabilities.

Athletes compete in six categories according to the nature of their physical impairments, and will often involve athletes racing on handbikes, tandem bicycles with a guide, and racing chairs. There are many different distances, ranging from races for young children over very short distances to long distance Ironman events (3.8 km swim, 180km bike, 42km run).

One of the challenges of putting on a triathlon event is ensuring there are appropriate venues for all three disciplines in the same area, meaning courses often vary hugely. The swim element can be pool-based, but for elite events it is normally in open-water such as the sea, lakes and rivers. The cycling element is normally draft-legal in elite Olympic racing and non-drafting in Paratriathlon racing.

Drafting is a technique used to reduce wind resistance, and save energy, when riding in a pack. The run element is normally on tarmac. There are many other multi-sport events associated with triathlon, the two most common being Aquathlon (swim > run) and Duathlon (run > bike > run).

Squads

England Midlands

Andrew De Koning
Emma Graham-Brown
Henry Lewis
Jonathan Brown
Laura Graham-Brown
Olive Thomas
Poppy Tilley
William Hughes

England North

Adam Bell
Anna Archibald
Emilia Waugh
Isla Butterworth
Kristy Leitch
Luke Davison
Omar Wilson
Oonagh McManus
Penelope Boyle
Ruth Friend
Simeon Tedd
Sophie Mitchell
Tom McCann
William Grundy
William Kershaw
William Oakden

England South

Ayotunde Dauda
Bibi Abernethy
Connie Rendell
Edward Hare
Edward Styles
Ellie Birchall
Freya Smith
Heidi Woodley
Kitty Scott
Leo Blyton
Leon Boulting
Max Hilton
Mollie Davis
Oliver Brophy
Oliver Goodman
Ollie Squire
Sophie Maxwell
Sophie Richmond
Summer Smith
Thomas Harvey

Paratri

Alex Moran
Ethan Dent
Harry Hughes
Hattie Woodhouse
Isaac Fawell
Jake Bailey
Josh Jennings
Josh Pullen
Ollie Scott
Ollie Smith
Seraphina Harris
Sophie Green
Verity Toplis

Scotland

Olivia Lyne
Rachel Caves
Ross Allan
Tymek Chmielowski

Wales

Grace Brady
Harri Roberts-Truman
Macsen Watts
Olivia Ling