Seven Canadians, including four Quebecers, will take part in the Montreal triathlon, which will take place on June 24 and 25, the event’s organizing committee announced Thursday.
Amélie Kretz, who could become the first Quebecer to participate in the Olympic Games three times in this discipline, will be on the starting line for the women’s event, as will her compatriot Emy Legault, from Île-Perrot. Ontario’s Dominika Jamnicky will complete the local trio.
On the men’s side, Quebecers Jérémy Briand and Charles Paquet will be joined by Manitoban Tyler Mislawchuk, third in Montreal in 2019, and Martin Sobey, from Prince Edward Island.
A mixed relay event is also scheduled.
The men’s sprint and women’s sprint sections will each consist of 750 m of swimming in the basin of the Old Port of Montreal, followed by 20 km of cycling in the streets of the city and 5 km of running.
As for the mixed relay event, each team will be made up of two men and two women who will each have to complete a triathlon (300 m swim, 6.6 km bike and 2 km run). The composition of the teams will be revealed at a later date.
Some 110 triathletes (men and women) from some 20 countries will compete in the sprint distance and in the mixed relay event at the only stage of the World Triathlon Championship series presented in North America.
Several headliners will be part of this group, including the leader in the world ranking, the American Taylor Spivey, and the British Georgia Taylor-Brown, champion in Cagliari, Italy, last Sunday, and Beth Potter. On the men’s side, Olympic medalists Kristian Blummenfelt and Alex Yee will notably be there.
The Montreal triathlon is part of the qualification process for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
The Montreal stopover will be the fourth on the calendar, which has seven in total, including the finals which will take place in Pontevedra, Spain, from September 22 to 24.