Triathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's PTVI

The men's PTVI triathlon is part of the Triathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games program. The competition will be held on 31 July 2022 in Sutton Park near Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands.[1] The event will feature eleven triathletes from six nations, and eleven sighted guides. This is the second men's paratriathlon at the Commonwealth Games, and the first for athletes with a visual impairment.[2]

Men's triathlon PTVI
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
VenueSutton Park, West Midlands
Date31 July 2022
Competitors10 from 5 nations
Medalists
gold medal    England
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    Australia
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Schedule

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All times are British Summer Time

Date Time Round
Sunday 31 July 2022[1] 09:31 Final race

Competition format

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The race will be held over the "sprint distance" and consist of swimming, road bicycling, and road running.[3] Triathletes were selected on the basis of World Triathlon para-triathlon PTVI rankings, with one quota held over for the bitartite invitation process, awarded to James Njorogi of Kenya,[4][5] though ultimately he did not contest the race.

Results

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Rank Triathlete Class Comp Swimming T1 Cycling T2 Running Total
time
Diff
    Dave Ellis (ENG)
Guide : Luke Pollard
PTVI 2:46 9:46 1:07 26:57 0:25 16:38 57:39
    Sam Harding (AUS)
Guide : Luke Harvey
PTVI 2:46 10:52 1:02q 28:46 0:35 18:08 1:02:09 +4:30
    Jonathan Goerlach (AUS)
Guide : David Mainwaring
PTVI 2:46 13:00 1:24 28:46 0:31 18:54 1:05:21 +7:42
4   Rhys Jones (WAL)
Guide : Rhys James
PTVI 2:46 13:07 1:19 28:50 0:29 19:31 1:06:02 +8:23
5   Oscar Kelly (ENG)
Guide : Charlie Harding
PTVI 2:46 10:22 1:01 34:18 0:26 17:45 1:06:38 +8:59
6   Gerrard Gosens (AUS)
Guide : Hayden Armstrong
PTVI 0:00 13:40 1:49 30:35 0:36 22:01 1:08:41 +11:02
7   Gavin Kilpatrick (RSA)
Guide : Casper Moodie
PTVI 2:46 13:13 1:30 30:09 0:33 21:46 1:10:07 +12:28
8   Iain Dawson (ENG)
Guide : Duncan Shea-Simonds
PTVI 2:46 14:21 1:26 30:27 0:33 22:35 1:12:08 +14:29
9   Oliver Gunning (NIR)
Guide : Kyle Duncan
PTVI 2:46 13:03 1:15 35:45 0:37 24:09 1:17:35 +19:56
DNS   David Jones (RSA)
Guide : Rohan Kennedy
PTVI

References

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  1. ^ a b The Games, from British Triathlon
  2. ^ A Home Games in Birmingham, from Triathlon England
  3. ^ Triathlon, From Birmingham 2022.
  4. ^ Matthew Curtain (2021-01-29). "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). 3. Commonwealth Sport. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  5. ^ Njoroge and Mwongeli secure Bipartite spots from The Kenyan Star