This weekend’s 2024 Oceania Triathlon Para Championships Stockton marks the first Paralympic ranking race of the year.

With just 13 races remaining before the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games qualification period ends on 1 July, a star-studded start list is ready to compete in Australia for ranking points.

Paralympic medallist, world champion and hometown hero Lauren Parker is looking to secure her fifth-straight Oceania Championship title. Parker is joined by fellow Paralympians Nic Beveridge (PTWC), Sam Harding (PTVI) and David Bryant (PTS5).

World Triathlon Para Series representatives Thomas Goodmen (PTS2), Glen Jarvis (PTS2), Jeremy Peacock (PTS4), Liam Twomey (PTS4), Jack Howell (PTS5), Anu Francis (PTS2), Grace Brimelow (PTS2), Sally Pilbeam (PTS4), Maggie Sandles (PTVI) and Caroline Baird (PTVI) taking the start line.

While three Australian para triathletes, Thomas Walvin (PTWC), Matthew Engesser (PTS4) and Natalie Shaw (PTS4) will also make their debuts at the Continental level.

Read the AUS TRIATHLON race preview online.

Paralympic Triathlon qualification: pathways to Paris 2024

On 1-2 September 2024, in France’s world-famous capital city, 120 men and women will be hitting the start lines on the Seine River to chase their Paris 2024 Paralympic Triathlon dreams.

The big prizes are the eleven gold medals in total available, with the PTS2, PTS3, PTS4 and PTS5 classes on the Sunday, PTVI and PTWC on the Monday. Read more about Paralympic Triathlon qualification: pathways to Paris 2024.