Digital magazines from the International Triathlon Union (ITU) and the World Triathlon Series
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24 Sep 2023 Open Mixed Relay The World Triathlon Para Championships closed with the sport's second ever Para Mixed Relay open event, which was the perfect ending after a breathless day of individual titles and celebrations. The race followed on from a successful debut in Abu Dhabi last November, six nation teams - USA (2), France, Brazil, Australia and Spain - and two world teams that also included athletes from Mexico and Japan all taking to the start line. Each of the athletes had to complete a 125m swim, 3.5km bike and 780m run (910m for the last leg) before tagging their teammate, the key rule regarding team composition being that the wheelchair athletes had to go out first. The fourth and final leg saw a brilliant comeback from Team Brazil's Ronan Cordeiro to take the bronze, Alexis Hanquinquant helping Team France to the silver, but it was newcomer Carson Clough who brought home the gold for Team USA. 126 contents