We are counting down to the women’s individual triathlon race at the Olympic Games of Paris 2024 – and we have a spectacular field set to dive into the River Seine after the event was given the green light.
The world’s greatest short-course specialists will line up on Wednesday (0800 local time, 0700 UK, 0200 EST, 2300 Tuesday PST) with history beckoning as they bid for medal glory in the sport’s biggest dance of all.
Three years ago in Tokyo it was Bermuda’s Flora Duffy storming to a golden victory, with Britain’s Georgia Taylor-Brown and Katie Zaferes grabbing silver and bronze.
Duffy is back to defend her title again, but after an injury-hit preparation she will not start as favourite. Instead the big battle for gold is expected to be between Britain’s World Champion Beth Potter and French home hope Cassandre Beaugrand.
It should be epic entertainment in an iconic setting, and we have a stellar field.
Paris 2024 triathlon start list – Elite Women
The start list for Wednesday’s race is as follows:
| Number | Athlete Name | Country |
| 1 | Elizabeth Bravo | ECU |
| 2 | Julia Hauser | AUT |
| 3 | Lisa Perterer | AUT |
| 4 | Maria Carolina Velasquez Soto | COL |
| 5 | Claire Michel | BEL |
| 6 | Jolien Vermeylen | BEL |
| 7 | Julie Derron | SUI |
| 8 | Cathia Schär | SUI |
| 9 | Kirsten Kasper | USA |
| 10 | Taylor Knibb | USA |
| 11 | Taylor Spivey | USA |
| 12 | Manami Iijima | GUM |
| 14 | Sophie Linn | AUS |
| 15 | Natalie Van Coevorden | AUS |
| 16 | Lizeth Rueda Santos | MEX |
| 17 | Rosa Maria Tapia Vidal | MEX |
| 18 | Romina Biagioli | ARG |
| 19 | Petra Kurikova | CZE |
| 20 | Jeanne Lehair | LUX |
| 21 | Emy Legault | CAN |
| 22 | Edda Hannesdottir | ISL |
| 23 | Djenyfer Arnold | BRA |
| 24 | Vittoria Lopes | BRA |
| 25 | Beth Potter | GBR |
| 26 | Georgia Taylor-Brown | GBR |
| 27 | Kate Waugh | GBR |
| 28 | Roksana Slupek | POL |
| 29 | Vicky Van Der Merwe | RSA |
| 30 | Solveig Løvseth | NOR |
| 31 | Lotte Miller | NOR |
| 32 | Ekaterina Shabalina | KAZ |
| 33 | Cassandre Beaugrand | FRA |
| 34 | Emma Lombardi | FRA |
| 35 | Leonie Periault | FRA |
| 36 | Nina Eim | GER |
| 37 | Laura Lindemann | GER |
| 38 | Lisa Tertsch | GER |
| 39 | Yuko Takahashi | JPN |
| 40 | Melanie Santos | POR |
| 41 | Maria Tomé | POR |
| 42 | Miriam Casillas Garcia | ESP |
| 43 | Anna Godoy Contreras | ESP |
| 44 | Flora Duffy | BER |
| 45 | Erica Hawley | BER |
| 46 | Xinyu Lin | CHN |
| 47 | Tilda Månsson | SWE |
| 48 | Zsanett Kuttor-Bragmayer | HUN |
| 49 | Maya Kingma | NED |
| 50 | Rachel Klamer | NED |
| 51 | Alberte Kjær Pedersen | DEN |
| 52 | Ainsley Thorpe | NZL |
| 53 | Nicole Van Der Kaay | NZL |
| 54 | Alice Betto | ITA |
| 55 | Bianca Seregni | ITA |
| 56 | Verena Steinhauser | ITA |
Start time and how to watch live on TV
The race, as stated, gets under way at 0800 local time on Wednesday July 31, 2024. That is 0700 UK time, 0200 on the East Coast of the United States and 2345 PST Tuesday on the West Coast. If you’re watching in Australia, the action gets under way at 1700 Sydney time.
The action in the French capital will be available to watch via media rights holders, which vary from country-to-country. In the United Kingdom, the racing will be available on BBC Sport, with Discovery Eurosport providing coverage across Europe.
Additionally, in France the racing will be live on France Télévisions, with German viewers able to watch the race on ARD/ZDF. In North America, CBC will be providing coverage in Canada and NBC will broadcast the race in the United States.
Elsewhere, the race will be available on Nine in Australia, Globo in Brazil, Fuji TV/NHK/Nippon TV/TBS/TV Asahi/TV Tokyo in Japan, SKY NZ in New Zealand and SuperSport in South Africa.
Olympic triathlon predictons – who wins gold?
Our sage expert John Levison has provided the in-depth analysis, and you can access his podium picks and full race preview here.
