In a move to help position triathlon as a Paralympics event for 2012 and 1016 the ITU put on a disabled triathlon world cup. The race, held on what will be the Olympic and Paralympics course for 2012 drew a number of the world’s top paratriathletes including Coyote’s director of marketing and reigning above the knee world champion Matt Perkins. The race, a super sprint distance, (750m swim, 20k bike, 5k run) is a shorter distance then Perkins typically races at World championships, however as part of the effort to get Paratriathlon into the Paralympics the ITU is shortening the distance for Paratriathlon from the Olympic to the Sprint distance. “It was exciting to race on the multi-loop course and to come through the finish area multiple times, it makes it much more fan friendly and exciting, I just have to figure out how to race this shorter distance. Even though it is less distance, it seems more difficult because it is absolutely all out” said Perkins after the race.
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