Wetsuit and swim brand blueseventy is excited to be working with Faye McClelland, arguably the most successful paratriathlete ever.
Faye has won the ITU world title every year for the last four years, and there have only been five paratriathlon world championship events to date. No other paratriathlete has won as many titles as Faye; yet, as noted by blueseventy, she’s one of the most modest athletes you’ll ever meet.
Faye competes in the Tri4 category having been born without her left hand. She led a British 1-2-3 in that category at the ITU World Championships in Hyde Park last September.
With competition heating up as the sport prepares for its Paralympic debut in Rio, Faye is looking forward to a year of intense racing, which will culminate at the ITU World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. She’s also looking forward to racing in a blueseventy helix wetsuit having struggled with the fit of others in the past.
Faye said “I find swimming the most frustrating discipline. You can work so hard to just knock a second off, but I’m still improving and can get faster.”
She added, “I get a lot of practice in open water living in Eastbourne and it’s making me stronger. I have found that I need to do volume and that helps me, and I was recommended to try a helix suit.”
Having recently completed her Physiotherapy degree, Faye now has more time to focus on training, and was one of 20 athletes to attend the British Paratriathlon winter camp in Lanzarote, Spain.
Key dates for 2014 include the Paratriathlon at the ITU World Triathlon Series event in Hyde Park at the end of May, the European Championships in Kitzbühel, Austria, in June and the ITU World Championships in Edmonton in late August.
