The hour of the siesta by Felipe Gutiérrez: Not everyone is happy

This week Felipe Gutiérrez talks about the situation of the paratriathlon and the categories that will be part of the Rio JJ.PP

Not everyone is happy in the paratriathlon Spanish since it became known the categories that may participate in the JJ.PP of Rio. Possibly for some to fall of possible in Rio have been without anything that can endorse them to continue training or competing without restrictions and be almost pros thanks to scholarships and grants.

On Sunday we will begin a series of interviews with Paralympic triathletes y Dani Molina will answer us in the section "TRIATLÖN AND MUCH MORE"Since he can or rather is one of those harmed with the new categories and with the new regulations. Dani will tell us his future prospects, so do not miss it on Sunday.

But in Paralympic sport this is normal, all sports and athletes want to go to the JJ.PP and it is the International Paralympic Committee that "sends and compels" the International Federations to have a number of places and categories, so neither the ITU nor the Fetri are to blame for this "retouching".

A Rio will therefore go three male and 3 female categories and it is clear that they are not the same.

Who's going? Well, the PT4 Male and Female (It includes athletes with comparable limitation in activity and deficiency: limb deficiency, hypertonia, ataxia and / or athetosis, deficit in muscle strength or range of movement, in which through the classification process the athlete obtains a score of 495,0 at 557 points included. In the cycling and running segments, athletes can use prostheses or other approved technical aids).

Iran will also PT2 Male and Female (Includes athletes with comparable limitation in activity and deficiency: limb deficiency, hypertonia, ataxia and / or athetosis, deficit in muscle strength or range of movement, in which through the classification process the athlete gets a score of up to 454,9 points. In the cycling and Carrera segments, amputee athletes can use prostheses or other approved technical aids).

There will also be Female PT5 (Total or partial visual impairment (Sub-classes defined by IBSA / IPC B1, B2 and B3): Includes athletes who are totally blind, from non-perception of light in one of the eyes, to some perception of light but can not Recognize the shape of a hand at any distance or in any direction (B1) and athletes with visual impairment with a visual acuity of less than 6 / 60 vision or visual field of less than 20 degrees with the best corrected vision (B2- B3). A guide is mandatory throughout the race. You must mount a tandem during the bicycle segment)

And the PT1 Male (Users of wheelchairs. It includes athletes with comparable limitation in activity and deficiency: muscle strength, limb deficiency, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis that impede the ability to ride a conventional bicycle safely and run. Through the classification process, athletes must have a score of up to 640,0 points. Athletes must use a hand bike in the cycling circuit and an athletic wheelchair in the race segment).

Anyway, Dani Molina explains it to us in his interview and he makes it very clear, clarito.

Personally, I think, what else does it take to go to the Games? It is true that the triathlon is above those specific dates of the JJ.PP.

But the truth is that I understand what some triathletes say because if they are not in the event they will not have economic support of any kind and they can only do triathlon like any other, there will be no help for them even if the ITU intends to sell them the idea that they are athletes elite, yes, without collecting economic awards in international and national events, they also make them go to international events such as World Cups a day earlier for the famous brieffing of the world elite, and everything running from their own account or little that they are taking out of here and there.

Not everyone is happy and Dani Molina knows that and our first interviewee in the section that starts this weekend says it.

Cheers guys, we want to keep watching you compete, maybe the future has to focus in another way. We will see it.

Felipe Gutiérrez