{"id":12707,"date":"2025-07-26T15:42:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T15:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/26\/elite-triathletes-hope-supertri-race-will-inspire-more-canadians-to-take-up-sport\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T10:15:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:15:55","slug":"elite-triathletes-hope-supertri-race-will-inspire-more-canadians-to-take-up-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/26\/elite-triathletes-hope-supertri-race-will-inspire-more-canadians-to-take-up-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"Elite triathletes hope Supertri race will inspire more Canadians to take up sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elite triathletes hope Supertri race will inspire more Canadians to take up sport \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<figure> \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/triathlon-1024x576-1.jpg\"\/><figcaption> \t\t\t\tCanada&#039;s Charles Paquet competes during the men&#039;s individual triathlon competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo\/Dar Yasin)  \t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> \t\t\tBy John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press\t\t<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Posted July 26, 2025 11:42 am.<\/p>\n<p>Two of Canada\u2019s top triathletes hope that a new race in Toronto will inspire more people to take up the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Paquet and Mathis Beaulieu will be racing in Supertri Toronto this Saturday, kicking off the international league\u2019s season. They feel the short-course version of the multisport race is more exciting for spectators and, ideally, will lead to a new generation of Canadian triathletes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s starting to be more popular, starting to be more known,\u201d said Paquet, who is from Port-Cartier, Que. \u201cWhen I started the sport, I think people didn\u2019t really know what triathlon was but now it\u2019s starting to be more and more popular. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully there\u2019s going to be a lot of people watching and I can inspire a few people to give it a try.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beaulieu, from Quebec City, has similar hopes, noting that there hasn\u2019t been an elite triathlon race in Canada for years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it could be really huge. I think it could be massive because there\u2019s not a lot of short-course racing in Canada,\u201d he said. \u201cI think Supertri is super light, dynamic, intense. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like it\u2019s fresh, it\u2019s new.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Supertri has shorter and faster formats, often with multiple short races in quick succession. An Olympic triathlon follows a standardized distance of 1.5-kilometre swim, 40-kilometre bicycle ride, and a 10-kilometre run.<\/p>\n<p>The league will also hold races in Chicago in August and in Toulouse, France, in October.<\/p>\n<p>In Toronto, competitors will do the Olympic distances but on shorter loops to stay within sight of spectators. That includes swimming in the sheltered waters of Ontario Place, biking on closed roads, and running along Lake Shore Boulevard and the Gardiner Expressway.<\/p>\n<p>Beaulieu has one recommendation for spectators hoping to catch the best view of the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything happens in transition,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re going to get to see us all get from the swim to the bike then from the bike to the run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people say that we take our time in transition, but it\u2019s the most important thing in the triathlon. You go as fast as you can in the transition to get any advantage you can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paquet and Beaulieu will both be in the professional race, but the triathlon festival will also have categories for amateurs. Paquet hopes that fans will be inspired not just by the elite of the sport but also the amateurs trying their best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that should be, hopefully, a good event to introduce people to triathlon like I was introduced to in the past,\u201d said Paquet, who represented Canada at the 2024 Paris Olympics. \u201cThen hopefully they can join the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old Beaulieu is on pace to represent Canada at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<h3>Top Stories<\/h3>\n<p> \t\t \t \t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/processed-82BDC98E-EE2A-4FA9-877A-412155A4011E-1024x768-1.jpe\"\/>\t\t\t \t\t \t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t1 man shot and killed in Dundas, Ont., homicide unit investigating\t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton police are investigating a shooting that has killed one person in Dundas, Ont.    Police say officers were called to the area of 77 Governors Road around 5 p.m. Sunday for a report of a shooting.    They&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t  \t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Toronto-Lake-Ontario-beach-lifeguard-1024x576-1.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t \t\t \t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tSurge in drownings across Ontario this year underscores need to be vigilant: Lifesaving Society\t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Ontario Provincial Police say a three-year-old near Cornwall and a 24-year-old Toronto man in Wasaga Beach both drowned on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t  \t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-2025-07-27T183608.916-1024x576-1.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t \t\t \t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tEmergency crews battling residential fire in Brampton\t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews were called to a home in Brampton on Sunday afternoon for reports of a residential fire.    The two-alarm blaze was reported in the area of McVean Drive and Ebenezer Road, at approximately&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t  \t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-2025-07-27T173403.834-1024x576-1.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t \t\t \t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tBrampton man, 24, charged in re-vinning operation, $56K worth of stolen property recovered\t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A Brampton man was apprehended last week in connection with an ongoing police investigation involving trailers that are believed to have been re-vined.    According to Peel Regional Police, 24-year-old&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>Top Stories<\/h3>\n<p> \t\t \t \t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/processed-82BDC98E-EE2A-4FA9-877A-412155A4011E-1024x768-1.jpe\"\/>\t\t\t \t\t \t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t1 man shot and killed in Dundas, Ont., homicide unit investigating\t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton police are investigating a shooting that has killed one person in Dundas, Ont.    Police say officers were called to the area of 77 Governors Road around 5 p.m. Sunday for a report of a shooting.    They&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t  \t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Toronto-Lake-Ontario-beach-lifeguard-1024x576-1.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t \t\t \t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tSurge in drownings across Ontario this year underscores need to be vigilant: Lifesaving Society\t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Ontario Provincial Police say a three-year-old near Cornwall and a 24-year-old Toronto man in Wasaga Beach both drowned on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t  \t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-2025-07-27T183608.916-1024x576-1.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t \t\t \t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tEmergency crews battling residential fire in Brampton\t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews were called to a home in Brampton on Sunday afternoon for reports of a residential fire.    The two-alarm blaze was reported in the area of McVean Drive and Ebenezer Road, at approximately&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t  \t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-2025-07-27T173403.834-1024x576-1.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t \t\t \t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tBrampton man, 24, charged in re-vinning operation, $56K worth of stolen property recovered\t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A Brampton man was apprehended last week in connection with an ongoing police investigation involving trailers that are believed to have been re-vined.    According to Peel Regional Police, 24-year-old&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Most Watched Today<\/h2>\n<p> \t\t \t \t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:44 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-1.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t \t\t \t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t3-year-old\u2019s drowning latest in surge of incidents in Ontario\t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Ontario Provincial Police say two more people have died in separate drownings over the weekend, including a three-year-old near Cornwall. Nick Westoll speaks with a representative for the Lifesaving Society about the increase in incidents this year.<\/p>\n<p> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t  \t\t\t \t\t \t \t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:41 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-2.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t \t\t \t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tAnother stretch of extreme heat hits the GTA\t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures are expected to ease up by the end of the week. Meteorologist Chris Potter has the long-range forecast.<\/p>\n<p> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t  \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:51 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-3.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t \t\t \t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tRAW VIDEO: Man flees police during attempted vehicle stop in Toronto\t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Video supplied to CityNews shows a driver striking several vehicles while attempting to flee police in downtown Toronto early Saturday morning. <\/p>\n<p> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t  \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t3:11 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-4.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t \t\t \t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tHeat warnings for GTA to last through Tuesday\t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Environment Canada has issued a warning for a multi-day heat event for the GTA with very little relief from the heat and humidity until Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t  \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:52 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-5.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t \t\t \t \t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tToronto staff looking for hidden treasures amid push for new museum\t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>After being closed for months, City of Toronto staff opened the doors of Old City Hall amid a growing push to turn at least part of the building into a local museum. People were asked to bring their hidden treasures for review. Nick Westoll reports. <\/p>\n<p> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t  \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t \t\t \t\t \t\t \t\t\tMore Videos\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elite triathletes hope Supertri race will inspire more Canadians to take up sport \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tCanada&#039;s Charles Paquet competes during the men&#039;s individual triathlon competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo\/Dar Yasin) \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t \t\t \t\t\tBy John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press<br \/>\n \t \t \t\tPosted July 26, 2025 11:42 am.<br \/>\n \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t Two of Canada\u2019s top triathletes hope that a new race in Toronto will inspire more people to take up the sport.<br \/>\n Charles Paquet and Mathis Beaulieu will be racing in Supertri Toronto this Saturday, kicking off the international league\u2019s season. They feel the short-course version of the multisport race is more exciting for spectators and, ideally, will lead to a new generation of Canadian triathletes.<br \/>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s starting to be more popular, ..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12723,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12707\/revisions\/12723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}