Sunday July 24 - Paratriathalon World Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands

BY USA TRIATHLON | JULY 20, 2016, 4:16 P.M. (ET) 

"COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Six members of the 2016 U.S. Paralympic Triathlon Team highlight a team of 14 Americans vying for world titles this Sunday at the 2016 ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

The American contingent of 14 is the largest at this year’s Paratriathlon Worlds, ahead of Great Britain’s 13 athletes. A total of 100 athletes will compete across all five sport classes, completing a 750-meter swim, 20-kilometer bike, 5-kilometer run course. Complete details about the ITU Paratriathlon World Championships are available at rotterdam.triathlon.org. 

The U.S. roster for this Sunday is:

• Krige Schabort (Rome, Ga.), PT1/wheelchair*
• Geoffrey Kennedy (Rio Grande, Puerto Rico), PT1/wheelchair
• Kendall Gretsch (Madison, Wis.), PT1/wheelchair
• Mary Kate Callahan (La Grange, Ill.), PT1/wheelchair
• Mark Barr (Houston, Texas), PT2/severe impairment*
• Hailey Danisewicz (Chicago, Ill.), PT2/severe impairment*
• Allysa Seely (Glendale, Ariz.), PT2/severe impairment*
• Andre Cilliers (Washington, D.C.), PT3/moderate impairment
• Chris Hammer (Salt Lake City, Utah), PT4/mild impairment*
• Jamie Brown (Carlsbad, Calif.), PT4/mild impairment
• Grace Norman (Jamestown, Ohio), PT4/mild impairment*
• Ruth-Ann Reeves (Hattiesburg, Miss.), PT4/mild impairment
• Aaron Scheidies (Seattle, Wash.), PT5/visual impairment
• Amy Dixon (Greenwich, Conn.), PT5/visual impairment

* - denotes U.S. Paralympic Triathlon Team member

Schabort, Barr, Danisewicz, Seely, Hammer and Norman will race on Sept. 10 (men) and 11 (women) for the first ever Paralympic Games triathlon medals, as triathlon is set to make its Paralympic debut this year in Rio. Additionally, the Worlds team features a number of past world champions and medalists looking for more hardware on the international stage.  

More, https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Triathlon/News/Articles-and-Releases/2016/July/20/Paralympic-Games-Qualifiers-Headline-US-Team-for-Paratriathlon-World-Championships

Hershey’s updates label in support of Team USA

Iconic Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bar Changes Famous Silver Lettering for First Time to Support Team USA

"In support of Team USA, the 122-year old Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar will be taking an unprecedented shift and switching the traditional silver lettering to red, white and blue for the first time in the history of the bar. The Team USA line of products was revealed on Wednesday, April 27th..."

For athlete and product profiles, visit hersheysteamusa.com

"Hershey’s is also proud to announce partnerships with 2012 U.S. wrestling gold-medalist Jordan Burroughs, 2012 U.S. Paralympic swimming gold-medalist Mallory Weggemann and U.S. Olympic swimming hopeful and Hershey, Pennsylvania, native David Nolan to its roster of athletes. Burroughs and Weggemann will be featured in Hershey’s chocolate new campaign as they prepare for their trips to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio and Nolan will have the support from his hometown company in pursuit of making his first U.S. Olympic Team."

Paralympic Headlines

Rio 2016: Paralympic rowers Kathryn Ross and Gavin Bellis determined to win

07.19.16

To train on Canberra's Lake Burley Griffin six mornings a week in mid-winter requires some serious motivation.  

But Kathryn Ross and Gavin Bellis are extremely determined. 

In just over a month the two will represent Australia in the Paralympics together, rowing in the mixed double sculls event. 

They have been training for this for four years. 

He

's definitely the engine," Ms Ross said. 

"He's the engine in the boat and I hope to hold up a good rhythm and pace so that he can follow and put all the power in that he's got."

The pair came fifth in the London Paralympics but have since gone from strength to strength. They are now triple world champions and favourites for gold in Rio. More, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-19/paralympic-rowers-determined-to-win/7642080

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The IPC Shooting World Cup has taken place in Osijek, Croatia, from 10-14 July, with nearly 230 athletes from 48 nations prepare to line up for the first Rio 2016 Paralympic Games qualifier of 2015. All results can be found via the IPC Shooting website: http://www.paralympic.org/shooting/live-results.

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Sport Week: Rio 2016 Paralympic shooting venue

07.09.2016

 The Olympic Shooting Centre will host 12 medal events between 8-14 September.

From 8-14 September shooters from around the world will compete in 12 men’s, women’s and mixed events at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Every single day will feature medal events, allowing fans lots of chances to see athletes win medals for their country.

Shooters will line-up at the same venue as their able-bodied counterparts – the Olympic Shooting Centre in the Deodoro Olympic Park. More, https://www.paralympic.org/news/sport-week-rio-2016-paralympic-shooting-venue

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Long headlines USA’s Rio 2016 swim team

07.04.2016

Rudy Garcia-Tolson and Cody Bureau will also enter their fourth Paralympic Games in September, as 31 athletes in total complete the roster.  US Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee, announced its 31-strong Rio 2016 Paralympics Games swimmingteam on Sunday (3 July) after three days of intense racing at the Paralympic trials in North Carolina.

Seventeen athletes heading to Rio 2016 have Paralympic Gamesexperience, whilst 14 fresh faces are looking to turn heads in the sport’s ultimate competition. The team will also feature two US military service members, one a retired Navy veteran and one active duty member currently serving in the United States Army.

Twelve-time Paralympic gold medallist Jessica Long, Rudy Garcia-Tolson and Cody Bureau are the only swimmers on the team able to say their Paralympic Games career stretches back to the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. All three have been named to their fourth team with the trio all having competed in 2012, 2008 and 2004. More, https://www.paralympic.org/news/long-headlines-usa-s-rio-2016-swim-team

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USEF Names U.S. Paralympic Equestrian Team for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

06.16.2016

Lexington, Ky. – June 16, 2016 – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has announced a team of four athlete-horse combinations for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Para-dressage competition will take place September 12–16 at the Deodoro Olympic Equestrian Center, which is also hosting the Olympic equestrian events several weeks earlier.

The para-dressage team was chosen following the USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships, which served as the selection trial. Each combination’s two highest scores in CPEDI3* events taking place between Jan. 1, 2015, and May 16, 2016, also influenced the team selection. More, https://www.uset.org/3194-2/

NBCSN to air Road to Rio tonight

Tonight, NBCSN will air Road to Rio: 2016 U.S. Paralympic Team Trials, a one-hour special that chronicles the making of the 2016 U.S. Paralympic Track & Field, Swimming, and Cycling Teams. 1100 pm Eastern. Check local listings.