Paralympics triathlons to go ahead on Monday after postponement

The Para-triathlon events at the Paris 2024 Paralympics will go ahead on Monday a day after they were postponed by 24 hours because of poor water quality in the River Seine.

All 11 triathlon races had been due to take place on Sunday but heavy rain in Paris caused water quality in the Seine to drop, World Triathlon said in a statement.

The events will now take place on Monday, organisers confirmed on Sunday night.

“The results analysed today indicate that water quality continues to improve and will be within the World Triathlon thresholds on race day,” added the organisers.

The Paralympic triathlon was originally supposed to take place over two days – Sunday 1 and Monday, 2 September – before all the events were switched to Sunday because of the forecast of bad weather.

That weather arrived earlier than expected, meaning the triathlon is now due to happen on Monday – the day initially vacated by organisers.

Two days of familiarisation sessions in the Seine took place last week for competitors.

Sunday’s postponement was the latest in a series of difficulties for Paris 2024 organisers surrounding Olympic and Paralympic events taking place in the River Seine.

The Olympic triathlon events were subject to several delays caused by heavy rain during the early stages of the Games.

Great Britain has 11 athletes competing across seven of the triathlon events at the 2024 Paralympics.

These include reigning PTS5 women’s Paralympic champion Lauren Steadman, who is set to defend her gold against team-mate Claire Cashmore.

The world, European and Commonwealth champion Dave Ellis will look to finally win Paralympic gold in the men’s PTVI, while Rio 2016 silver medallist Alison Peasgood will try to go one better in the women’s PTVI.

The triathlon evens begin at 07:15 BST on Monday.