The Commonwealth Games are taking place this year.
After a four-year wait, the event this year has been shifted to Birmingham, England.
We are just over a hundred days away from one of the world’s most important and entertaining
sporting events.
The games are scheduled to begin on July 28th and continue until August 8th in the beautiful
city of Birmingham.
The triathlon itself is exciting, but the numerous triathlons planned for the event
are much more exciting for those of us who are fans of the sport.
We have five triathlon events lined up at the games, and all of them will attract some
of the finest names in the triathlon circuit to Birmingham’s Sutton Park.
These events will also include a para-triathlon, marking the sport’s second commonwealth
appearance.
In this video, we will be talking about all the things related to the triathlon event
in Birmingham and you will understand every aspect that has to be known.
Will England’s dominance continue this time at home?
Or perhaps another country will replace the hosts as the best triathlon nation at the
Commonwealth Games this year.
We will discuss it all, but before that, a bit about ourselves.
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The Commonwealth Games 2022, or XXII Commonwealth Games, will take place in Birmingham, England.
England’s largest city outside London will host these games from July 28th to August
8th, 2022.
The games will be held for the third time in England with Birmingham serving as a host
city for the very first time.
Before we go any further, it is important to know that this event was not supposed to
take place in Birmingham.
The original host of the Games was to be the South African city of Durban.
Due to financial constraints, Durban withdrew as the host, and the games were then offered
to Birmingham.
Again, before we go into the number of events and the dates, let us first get an idea of
what triathlon is like during the Commonwealth Games.
This will be Triathlon’s third consecutive appearance at the commonwealth games.
Glasgow in 2014, Gold Coast in 2018, and now Birmingham in 2022 have placed triathlon as
a significant element of their schedule.
Triathlon is an essential sport that has to be included in every commonwealth games’
sporting program.
Triathlon’s first appearance at the commonwealth games was way back in 1990 in Auckland, New
Zealand.
However, it was only a demonstration, at that time.
A demonstration is an event that is played only for the purpose of promotion and is not
a part of a standard medal competition.
In 2002, Triathlon became a medal event in Manchester, England.
Since then, it has been a part of every competition, with the exception of one in 2010.
The reason it missed the 2010 event was because the organisers did not have a suitable location
for the swimming competition.
Apart from this bizarre blip, triathlon has always been a part of these events.
This year’s commonwealth games will have five exciting events.
Individual Women’s, Individual Men’s, and ‘Mixed Team Relay’ events will be
complemented by Para Individual Women, and Para Individual Men events.
The Gold Coast 2018 triathlon featured a 750-meter swim, a 20-kilometer bike ride, and a 5-kilometer
run.
This fast-paced form of the event will be kept in Birmingham in 2022, ensuring that
spectators have a thrilling experience.
In the Mixed Team Relay, two men and two women in teams of two compete in the event.
Before tagging their teammates in a relay format, each participant will complete a 250-meter
swim, a 7-kilometer bike ride, and a 1.5-kilometer run.
The race is won by the team that crosses the finish line first.
The mixed team relay was introduced for the first time at the 2014 Glasgow games.
In 2022, triathlon will be showcased on the very first day of the Games.
The men's and women's sprint triathlon races will take place in Sutton Park on Friday,
July 29.
Two days later, on Sunday, July 31st, paratriathlon will make its second appearance at the commonwealth
games, when PTVI competitors compete in the park.
The PTVI category is for athletes who have a visual impairment.
The event will take place 6 miles north of the city centre.
Sutton Park, is a 2,400-acre National Nature Reserve.
It is one of Europe's largest urban parks.
All five triathlon events will be held at Sutton Park and the neighbouring roads to
the south of the park, in and around Boldmere High Street.
When it comes to the greatest teams at the games, so far, the United Kingdom is undoubtably
the best.
The island nation has been the best performing team at the last two events in Glasgow, 2014,
and Gold Coast, 2018.
Not only that, but they are the best-performing country in the history of the Commonwealth
Games, having won five gold medals.
Two more than the second-best country, Australia.
Australian athletes have so far won three gold medals at the triathlon events, while
Canadian athletes have also managed to get a couple of gold medals.
The English team is now back at home, ready to take on anyone in the upcoming competition.
Under team leader Jonathan Riall, they will try their best to maintain their lead as the
competition will be tougher than ever.
We are pretty sure that all the excitement will be worth it, as a medal here, not only
adds a medal to an individual’s score but also boosts their country’s medal tally.
So, mark the dates of July 29th and July 31st on your calendar and get ready to experience
the Commonwealth games 2022.
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