Sport Week: Para triathlon venue

Triathlon at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games will start and end around Fort Copacabana, with the 750m swim segment.

The 20km bike and a 5km run will take place along Av. Atlantica road, which runs alongside Copacabana Beach.

The men’s competition will be contested on Saturday 10 September and feature medal events in PT1, 2 and 4.

The women’s competition will be held Sunday 11 September with medals available in the PT2, 4 and 5 sport classes.

Competitions will run from 10:00 - 13:30 BRT.

To reach Fort Copacabana, take the metro line 1 or 4 to the General Osorio Station, about 950m from the competition area. Or take metro line 1 to the Cantagalo Station, which is about 1,050m away. Both stations are accessible.

Copacabana Beach will also host other events throughout the Olympics and Paralympics including marathon, triathlon and cycling road races.

Fort Copacabana is a military base that is open to the public. It was inaugurated in 1914. A major visiting point of Fort Copacabana besides the beautiful beaches is the Historical Museum of the Army and Copacabana Fort.

Helpful links

Rio 2016 Para triathlon spectator guide

Editor’s note: Each sport on the Rio 2016 Paralympic programme will have a dedicated week of featured content published on paralympic.org. Every week a new sport will be featured and the series will run until September’s Games, helping the public understand more about the 22 sports being contested in Rio.

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Sport fans from around the world can now buy their Paralympic tickets for Rio 2016 from authorised ticket resellers (ATRs)

The IPC’s Global ATR is Jet Set Sports, and Rio 2016 tickets and packages can be purchased on the CoSport website.

Residents of Brazil can buy 2016 Paralympics tickets directly from the Rio 2016 website.

Visa International is the exclusive payment card and the official payment system for the Paralympic Games.