The Oceania 2020 sprint champion and World Cup circuit podium winner has her eyes set on Tokyo. Thorpe, from Cambridge, is coming into the Games on top form, with a recent second place in U-23 category at the World Triathlon Oceania’s in Port Douglas in June and fourth overall. It’s a satisfying feeling.” commented Wilde. It has been a dream for many, many years and it is now becoming a reality. “It is an absolute honour and privilege to be selected for the New Zealand Olympic team. He posted a fifth on the World Cup circuit in Leeds this month and third over the line in the elite men’s at the European Championships in Austria. Ranked 12th in the world, Whakatane’s Wilde claimed a bronze medal at the 2019 Tokyo ITU World Triathlon Olympic Qualification event and is currently in Europe competing on the World Triathlon Championship series. The race usually lasts less than 90 minutes making for exciting viewing, with each triathlete’s effort generally lasting around 20 minutes.Īll four athletes will also compete individually in the respective men’s and women’s Olympic individual distance race, which consists of a 1500m swim, 40km bike and 10km run. This exciting new format for the world of triathlon is a four-person female and male relay race over a super sprint distance of 300m swim, 8km bike and 2km run. * Olympic Sevens draws completed with interesting matches aheadįor the first time at an Olympic Games, the athletes will compete as a team in the mixed team relay, known as the MTR or MR. * Steel show shooting prowess to beat Magic in netball premiership * New Zealand Olympic surfers confirmed for Tokyo * Wallabies Sekope Kepu signs for Counties Manukau in NPC * Black Ferns win Oceania Sevens title ABs Sevens lose final Van der Kaay, coached by Stephen Sheldrake, and Thorpe, coached by Bruce Hunter, will compete in the women’s individual event, while Reid, also coached by Sheldrake, and Wilde, coached by Craig Kirkwood are the men’s representatives. * Host nation indicated in bold.The New Zealand triathlon team for the Tokyo Olympics has been announced, with Hayden Wilde, Tayler Reid, Nicole van der Kaay and Ainsley Thorpe all named to compete. The list shows the number of participating athletes from each nation. Schedule Īll times and dates use Japan Standard Time (UTC+9). The final two spots per gender are awarded through Tripartite Commission invitations. The host, Japan, is guaranteed two spots per gender. One additional spot for each continent will go to the highest-ranked competitor from an NOC that has not yet earned a qualifying spot. Individual rankings of are considered next, with the top 26 individuals per gender qualifying, subject to the limit of three per NOC and ignoring the first two from each NOC that qualified via mixed teams. Three more NOCs can earn four quota spots apiece at the 2020 ITU Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification Event. Qualification places are awarded first through the ITU mixed relay rankings of 31 March 2020, with seven NOCs each earning four quota spots (two per gender). A total of 110 athletes (55 for each gender) vied for the coveted spots with a maximum of three per gender for each NOC. The qualification period spanned from to. Main article: Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification
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