Team Ireland at the 2025 World Triathlon Para Champs Wollongong
The focus of the multisport community is on Australia this week for the World Triathlon Championships. Saturday morning saw the turn of the World Triathlon Para Championships as a whole host of contenders vied Down Under for the titles available across the paratriathlon categories.
Team Ireland was represented by Tom Williamson in the Men’s PTS5, alongside Chloe MacCombe and Aoibh Clarke; and Judith MacCombe and Eimear Nicholls in the Women’s PTVI.
The women’s PTVI was up first with an 8:17 start time in the water, the men’s PTVI followed at 10:00.
Read on to catch up on how the action unfolded.
Williamson sixth in the world
Tom Williamson went to Australia with a podium on his mind and set out his stall early, coming out of the water second and right in the mix.
On the bike course a chase pack consisting of Williamson, Marques (POR), Schulz (GER) and Mocsari (HUN) spent much of the 20k trading places. In the closing stages Williamson and Germany’s Martin Schulz gapped the rest of the chase pack to come into T2 in third and fourth respectively. Up ahead, Chris Hammer (USA) and Jack Howell (AUS) were locked in a battle for the gold.
The chasers came calling early into the five kilometre run, with Tom Williamson battling through to finish sixth in the World at the 2025 World Triathlon Para Championships.
Hear from Tom on how he found the 2025 World Championships, and his plans for the off season in the video below.
INSIDE THE TOP TEN IN THE WOmen's PTVI
An exciting women’s PTVI race was won by Paralympic Champion Susana Rodriguez (ESP), Italy’s Francesca Tarantello second and Anja Renner from Germany in third.
For Ireland, Chloe MacCombe and guide Aoibh Clarke; and Judith MacCombe with her guide Eimear Nicholls were out of the swim in 8th and 9th respectively.
On the bike course, Judith MacCombe and Eimear Nicholls moved up into seventh position behind Australian Maggie Sandles and the pair remained in close contest throughout the 20 kilometre course.
Paris Paralympians MacCombe and Nicholls made their move early on the run course to go past Sandles and begin gaining on Letitca Freitas from Brazil in fifth position. Despite limited running in recent weeks due to injury, Judith and Eimear put in an impressive 19:32 run and closed a thirty second gap down to six seconds to the Brazilians ahead of them. The pair secured a World Championship sixth place.
Chloe MacCombe and Aoibh Clarke held their eighth position from the early stages of the bike all the way to the line. Paralympian MacCombe and her guide Clarke had one of the quicker runs of the field putting in 19:39 for 5k to earn an eighth place finish at the Paratriathlon World Championships.
We caught up with Chloe and Aoibh after their race, watch the video below on our Instagram feed.
