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2016

Full results of 2016 Rotterdam ITU Paratriathlon World Championships 7 Japanese Paratriathlon National Team members competed in Rotterdam on Sunday 24th July. Flat but very technical with two U-turns each lap on bike, unpaved road on run made the race very difficult. PT1: 12th Jyumpei Kimura, PT2: 10th Kenshiro Nakayama, PT3: 6th Hideki Uda, PT4: 11th Keiichi Sato, PT5: 12th Ryu Nakazawa, PT2: 5th Yukako Hata, PT5 7th Atsuko Yamada. You can find the race review and highlight video here:
Paratriathletes selected to Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games Triathlon makes its Paralympic Games debut in Rio. A total of 60 athletes will race for Paralympic gold on September 10-11 in the women’s PT2, PT4 and PT5 and the men’s PT1, PT2 and PT4 sport classes. Japan Triathlon Union is pleased to announce the National Team member for Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games as follows. Women PT2, Yukako Hata - Mars Flag, INAGE Inter, Chiba PT5, Atsuko Yamada - ALCARE, Hyogo Man PT1 Jumpei Kimura - NTT East, Tokyo ...Read more
Sato Keiichi finishes 6th in the final race of Paralympic qualification opportunity Due to flooded river and strong currents, the 2016 ITU Besancon World Paratriathlon Event turned to Duathlon with 2.5km Run, 22km Bike and 5km Run on 19th June 2016. France dominate in the race, collect 5 gold medals out of 9. It was the final race of the one-year Paralympic qualification period. Full results:
Hideki Uda, PT3, captures a third consecutive podium finish in 2016 Another ITU World Paratriathlon Event was held in Strathclyde, Great Britain on Sunday 5th June. Hideki Uda finished 2nd overall behind the 2015 Grand Final Champion, Oliver Dreier, AUT. Atsuko Yamada finished 3rd in PT5 women and Keiichi Sato ranked 6th in PT4 men. Race results
Ryu Nakazawa takes on the top of podium in PT5 men's category Ryu Nakazawa gets gold medal with his guide Yutaro Harada at 2016 Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon Event on Saturday 14th May in Yokohama, Japan. A total of 56 athletes competing in PT1- PT5 categories including some of the world's best taking to the course as they too looked to earn spots at the Rio Olympic Games or build on their preparations for the biggest event of the year. Result here
Japanese paratriathletes won in seven of the 8 featured races in Asian Championships 28 Paratriathletes competed Hatsukaichi ASTC Triathlon Asian Championships on 29th April in Japan. The winners are; Men PT1 Jumpei Kimura, PT2 Kenshiro Nakayama, PT3 Jiachao Wang, PT4 Keiichi Sato, PT5 Ryu Nakazawa and Women PT2 Yukako Hata, PT4 Mami Tani, PT5 Atsuko Yamada.

Full results of 2016 Rotterdam ITU Paratriathlon World Championships

7 Japanese Paratriathlon National Team members competed in Rotterdam on Sunday 24th July. Flat but very technical with two U-turns each lap on bike, unpaved road on run made the race very difficult. PT1: 12th Jyumpei Kimura, PT2: 10th Kenshiro Nakayama, PT3: 6th Hideki Uda, PT4: 11th Keiichi Sato, PT5: 12th Ryu Nakazawa, PT2: 5th Yukako Hata, PT5 7th Atsuko Yamada.

You can find the race review and highlight video here:

Paratriathletes selected to Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games

Paratriathletes selected to Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games Triathlon makes its Paralympic Games debut in Rio. A total of 60 athletes will race for Paralympic gold on September 10-11 in the women’s PT2, PT4 and PT5 and the men’s PT1, PT2 and PT4 sport classes. Japan Triathlon Union is pleased to announce the National Team member for Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games as follows.
Women
PT2, Yukako Hata - Mars Flag, INAGE Inter, Chiba
PT5, Atsuko Yamada - ALCARE, Hyogo
Man
PT1 Jumpei Kimura - NTT East, Tokyo ...Read more

Sato Keiichi finishes 6th in the final race of Paralympic qualification opportunity

Brownlee brother's home town Leeds ready to host the World Triathlon Series Due to flooded river and strong currents, the 2016 ITU Besancon World Paratriathlon Event turned to Duathlon with 2.5km Run, 22km Bike and 5km Run on 19th June 2016. France dominate in the race, collect 5 gold medals out of 9. It was the final race of the one-year Paralympic qualification period.
Full results:

Hideki Uda, PT3, captures a third consecutive podium finish in 2016

Another ITU World Paratriathlon Event was held in Strathclyde, Great Britain on Sunday 5th June. Hideki Uda finished 2nd overall behind the 2015 Grand Final Champion, Oliver Dreier, AUT. Atsuko Yamada finished 3rd in PT5 women and Keiichi Sato ranked 6th in PT4 men.
Race results

Ryu Nakazawa takes on the top of podium in PT5 men's category

Ryu Nakazawa takes on the top of podium in PT5 men's category Ryu Nakazawa gets gold medal with his guide Yutaro Harada at 2016 Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon Event on Saturday 14th May in Yokohama, Japan. A total of 56 athletes competing in PT1- PT5 categories including some of the world's best taking to the course as they too looked to earn spots at the Rio Olympic Games or build on their preparations for the biggest event of the year. Result here

Japanese paratriathletes won in seven of the 8 featured races in Asian Championships

Japanese paratriathletes won in seven of the 8 featured races in Asian Championships 28 Paratriathletes competed Hatsukaichi ASTC Triathlon Asian Championships on 29th April in Japan. The winners are; Men PT1 Jumpei Kimura, PT2 Kenshiro Nakayama, PT3 Jiachao Wang, PT4 Keiichi Sato, PT5 Ryu Nakazawa and Women PT2 Yukako Hata, PT4 Mami Tani, PT5 Atsuko Yamada.