Tokyo Americas championships
Americas Triathlon Championships 2021
Pleasant Prairie
Charming Grassland, Wis. — The US’s top tip top para tri competitors showed their status for the forthcoming Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 on Sunday at the Americas Marathon Para Titles in Charming Grassland, Wisconsin, getting back eight golds and 17 decorations in general on the day. The race was held as a component of the Wonderful Grassland Marathon facilitated by Race Day Occasions.
While the race didn’t fill in as an auto-qualifier or Paralympic Preliminaries, it’s anything but a key determination occasion for the 2020 U.S. Paralympic Marathon Crew. Solid exhibitions in Charming Grassland will be considered by USA Marathon’s Match-ups Competitor Determination Panel. Different factors, for example, exhibitions at 2019, 2020, and 2021 World Marathon and USA Marathon endorsed occasions, positioning on the World Marathon Paralympic Capability list, no holds barred exhibitions, and important and confirmed preparing information, will likewise be considered for Games determination.
The race additionally filled in as a World Marathon Paralympic Games country qualifier, as competitors from North, South, and Focal America attempted to procure capability focuses and competitor share spots for their country for the Tokyo Games.
Sunday’s race covered a run distance 750-meter swim in Lake Andrea, trailed by a 20-kilometer bicycle through Charming Grassland and adjoining Kenosha and getting done with a 5-kilometer run on a cleared way around the lake.
In the ladies’ PTS2 classification, the three competitors who cleared the platform at the Paralympic Games Rio 2016 — Allysa Seely (Glendale, Ariz.), Hailey Danz (Colorado Springs, Colo.), and Melissa Stockwell (Colorado Springs, Colo.) — hustled no holds barred interestingly since September of 2018. Danz beat the competition, taking the success in 60 minutes, 14 minutes, 35 seconds. Seely was second in 1:17:03, and Stockwell balanced the platform in 1:18:26.
Adam Popp (Arlington, Va.) was the solitary rival in the men’s PTS2 class, and he got done with a period of 1:15:51.
The men’s PTS4 race was a fight between rising star Eric McElvenny (Pittsburgh, Dad.) and 2019 public hero Jamie Brown (Oceanside, Calif.). After a race-driving swim, McElvenny lost ground to Brown on the bicycle — yet then surpassed his U.S. contender by over a moment to recover the lead, completing in 1:05:37. Brown was eight seconds behind in second, in 1:05:45.
In the ladies’ PTS4 race, Kelly Elmlinger (San Antonio, Texas), took gold in 1:16:18, proceeding with a five-race undefeated streak tracing all the way back to October 2019. Kelly Worrell (Cherry Slope, N.J.) was second in 1:32:12.
Canada’s Stefan Daniel, the 2016 Paralympic silver medalist, won the men’s PTS5 race in 57:56. Chris Sledge (Elkins, W.V.) utilized a race-driving 29:33 bicycle split and second-quickest 16:32 race to guarantee the silver award in 59:46, outclassing bronze medalist Carlos Rafael Viana of Brazil by over a moment (1:00:53).
In the ladies PST5 race, Effortlessness Norman (Jamestown, Ohio) drove out of the water and never thought back, getting done with a 19:36 5k to go too far in 1:04:48 — over four minutes clear of Canada’s Kamille Frenette (1:09:13).
“I had a solid race today, and I adored the course,” Norman said. “I’m pleased with my endeavors — and it’s consistently extraordinary to bring home the success. I’m feeling solid going into Tokyo.”
The men’s PTVI division saw a breakout execution, as multi-time Paralympic swimming gold medalist Brad Snyder (Baltimore, Md.) acquired his first-since forever world-class para triathlon win in 1:01:43, directed by 2016 U.S. Olympian Greg Billington (San Francisco, Calif.). Kyle Coon (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and his aide, 2004 U.S. Olympian Andy Potts (Colorado Springs, Colo.) took silver in 1:02:35, while seven-time title holder Aaron Scheidies (Seattle, Wash.) and guide Ben Collins (Seattle, Wash.) finished the platform in 1:02:52.
Canada’s Jessica Tuomela surprised the ladies’ PTVI division, getting gold with a period of 1:13:53. Elizabeth Pastry specialist (Signal Mountain, Tenn.) and guide Jillian Elliott (Gig Harbor, Wash.) procured the silver award in 1:16:23, as Amy Dixon (Encinitas, Calif.) and guide Kirsten Backtalk (McKenzie, Tenn.), making their 2021 season debut, took bronze in 1:25:06.
Howie Sanborn (Denver, Colo.) won the men’s PTWC division by almost two minutes, completing in 1:08:55 for his first platform of the 2021 season. Brazil’s Fernando Aranha was the sprinter up in 1:10:32. Zachary Stinson (Chambersburg, Dad.), hustling in his first-since forever tip-top worldwide race, took bronze in 1:13:06.
For Sanborn, the triumph in Charming Grassland denoted a compensating get back to his para-triathlon roots.
“Eight years prior, I did my first para-triathlon camp with Dare2tri here at the Charming Grassland Rec Plex,” Sanborn said. “In 2017, I won a Public Title here — so it’s wonderful to win my first Americas Marathon Para Title back here also.”
In the ladies PTWC class, Kendall Gretsch (Killjoys Forest, Poorly.) took the gold award in 1:09:14, completing almost three minutes in front of Brazil’s Jessica Ferreira (1:12:02) and over seven minutes clear of bronze medalist Brenda Osnaya Alvarez of Mexico (1:16:34).
The marathon contests at the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 will occur Friday, Aug. 27, and Saturday, Aug. 28, at 5:30 p.m. ET in the U.S. (Saturday, Aug. 28, and Sunday, Aug. 29 at 6:30 a.m. in Tokyo). Paratriathlon decoration occasions in Tokyo incorporate PTWC people, PTVI people, PTS4 men, PTS2 ladies, and PTS5 people. Competitors whose orders are excluded from the Tokyo Games are allowed to “class up” and race in a higher classification against competitors with less extreme debilitations if they meet capability and determination models.
For more data about USA Marathon’s groundwork for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, visit usatriathlon.org/tokyo2020.
2021 Americas Marathon Para Titles Wonderful Grassland
750m swim, 20k bicycle, 5k run — Complete Outcomes
PTWC Men
1. Howie Sanborn (Denver, Colo.), 1:08:55
2. Fernando Aranha (BRA), 1:10:32
3. Zachary Stinson (Chambersburg, Dad.), 1:13:06
PTWC Ladies
1. Kendall Gretsch (Killjoys Forest, Sick.), 1:09:14
2. Jessica Ferreira (BRA), 1:12:02
3. Brenda Osnaya Alvarez (MEX), 1:16:34
PTVI Men
1. Brad Snyder (Baltimore, Md.) with guide Greg Billington (San Francisco, Calif.), 1:01:43
2. Kyle Coon (Colorado Springs, Colo.) with guide Andy Potts (Colorado Springs, Colo.), 1:02:35
3. Aaron Scheidies (Seattle, Wash.) with guide Ben Collins (Seattle, Wash.), 1:02:52
PTVI Ladies
1. Jessica Tuomela (CAN),1:13:53
2. Elizabeth Bread cook (Signal Mountain, Tenn.) with guide Jillian Elliott (Gig Harbor, Wash.), 1:16:23
3. Amy Dixon (Encinitas, Calif.), with guide Kirsten Backtalk (McKenzie, Tenn.), 1:25:06
PTS2 Men
1. Adam Popp (Arlington, Va.), 1:15:51
PTS2 Ladies
1. Hailey Danz (Colorado Springs, Colo.), 1:14:35
2. Allysa Seely (Glendale, Ariz.), 1:17:03
3. Melissa Stockwell (Colorado Springs, Colo.), 1:18:26
PTS4 Men
1. Eric McElvenny (Pittsburgh, Dad.), 1:05:37
2. Jamie Brown (Oceanside, Calif.), 1:05:45
3. Jorge Luis Fonseca (BRA), 1:07:55
PTS4 Ladies
1. Kelly Elmlinger (San Antonio, Texas), 1:16:18
2. Kelly Worrell (Cherry Slope, N.J.), 1:32:12
PTS5 Men
1. Stefan Daniel (CAN), 57:56
2. Chris Mallet (Elkins, W.V.), 59:46
3. Carlos Rafael Viana (BRA), 1:00:53
PTS5 Ladies
1. Elegance Norman (Jamestown, Ohio), 1:04:48
2. Kamille Frenette (CAN), 1:09:13
About Tokyo Joined together
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