There was first-class Para Series racing on the streets of Hamburg on Sunday, as the para athletes hit the iconic city for the first time. The weekend also marked 25 years of top-tier triathlon in the north of Germany, and the racing lived up to the billing as a preview of next year's Para World Championships. Watch back on TriathlonLive.tv. 

WOMEN'S REPORTS

PTWC (Wheelchair)
Lauren Parker (AUS) once again was able set up her victory with a strong swim, leading the field and building enough of a buffer to withstand a fast-finishing challenge. Kendall Gretsch (USA) produced both the fastest bike (32:56) and run (13:29) splits of the category but ran out of road, finishing 14 seconds adrift for silver. Emelia Perry (USA), also quick off the bike, completed an all-American podium chase with the bronze.

PTS2
Hailey Danz (USA) was quickest out of the water in the PTS2 category, but Anu Francis (AUS) produced the fastest bike split to move her way to the front from where she never relinquished the lead. Asumi Yasuda (JPN) ran the fastest 5km split of the field in 23m02s to move through for silver, while Danz comfortably held on for bronze.

PTS3
In a three-woman PTS3 field, Elise Marc (FRA) led out of the swim and held the fastest bike split to take the race into the run with the clear advantage. The former gymnast Serena Banzato (ITA) produced the fastest run of the category with a blistering 20m44s 5km to overhaul Marc and claim gold. Marc has to settle for silver, Hannah Longmire (USA) completed the podium in third. 

PTS4
Hannah Moore (GBR) was first out of the water in the PTS4, with compatriot Megan Richter (GBR) then posting the fastest bike split to lead out of T2 and onto the run. Neither could halt the progress of Camille Seneclauze (FRA), however, the French star producing the fastest run split of the field in 22m18s to move through both and win gold. Richter was able to take home an excellent silver with Moore earning bronze. 

PTS5
Grace Norman (USA) was in a class of her own in the PTS5 category, posting the fastest swim (11m55s), bike (30m51s) and run (18m36s) splits to win gold by more than two and a half minutes. Erica Da Rosa Rodrigues (BRA) held a steady second throughout to secure silver, while Lauren Steadman (GBR) came home for bronze ahead of the returning Claire Cashmore. 

PTVI (Visually Impaired)
Former swimmer Francesca Tarantello (ITA) set the early pace with the fastest swim in PTVI Women, but Susana Rodriguez (ESP) stayed close enough throughout, backing up a strong swim with the second-fastest bike split (28m56s) to lead onto the run. Rodriguez held her nerve to win gold despite Anja Renner (GER) producing both the fastest bike (28m17s) and run (19m26s) splits to close in for silver. Tarantello faded slightly on the run but held on for bronze in 1:06:00 ahead of Ireland’s Judith MacCombe. 

MEN'S REPORTS

PTWC (Wheelchair)
Frenchman Louis Noel clocked the fastest swim of the men’s wheelchair athletes and then was typically quick through the first transition, but nobody could touch Joseph Fritsch for pace on the bike as he pulled his way through the field. Florian Brungraber (AUT) was also going well up front before compatriot Thomas Fruehwirth (AUT) moved through with the second-fastest bike split of the category and held his nerve over the final 5km, the current World Champion taking the gold by a full minute from Brungraber, exciting newcomer Fritsch with the bronze on Series debut as he makes the move from Para cycling look comfortable.

PTS2
Wim De Paepe (BEL) set the pace from the gun, leading the 750m swim back in and then adding the fastest bike split to build a healthy cushion on the field. Jules Ribstein (FRA) dug in with the quickest run of the category of 20m04s, but ultimately ran out of course as De Paepe held his nerve to take gold by just five seconds. The ever-consistent Lionel Morales (ESP) came through to claim bronze, Namibia’s Jeromius Rooi fourth. 

PTS3
Daniel Molina (ESP) took a commanding lead out of the water in the men’s PTS3 only to see the gap disintegrate on the bike. It was Henry Urand (GBR) who produced a brilliant 20km to seize control of the race. Urand then dropped an 18m36s time over the 5km to soar to gold by a minute and a half as Molina took silver. Stylianos Malakopoulos’s (GRE) fastest run split of the category (18m24s) saw him scythe through to the bronze. 

PTS4
Alexis Hanquinquant (FRA) was once again untouchable in the men’s PTS5, lan excellent swim and fluid transition setting up a bike-run masterclass. After clocking 28m05s for the 20km bike, the lead was unassailable, Pierre Antoine-Baele’s 16m33s time over the 5km just inside that of his compatriot to take the fastest split and the silver, Nil Riudavets Victory with bronze.

PTS5
PTS5 produced the tightest finish of the day, with Filipe Marques (POR) taking charge of the swim to lead the group out and onto the bike. USA’s Chris Hammer was once more in full flight on two wheels but couldn’t close the gap enough to challenge for the medals as home favourite Martin Schulz rose to the occasion, holding off Canada’s Stefan Daniel in silver. Marques would get his reward with the bronze narrowly ahead of Bence Mocsari, Hammer finishing in fifth. 

PTVI (Visually Impaired)
Dave Ellis (GBR), guided once again by Luke Pollard, was able to shrug off the heat and soak up the thrill of a first Para Series Hamburg on the occasion of his 40th birthday. Heading out hard to chase down Antoine Perel and Sam Harding, Ellis was able to deliver three outstanding segments to take the tape. Australia’s Harding took silver with a 16m22 time over the 5km run, Perel hanging tough with bronze.

Full results available here