The World Triathlon Executive Board has appointed Laura Patti, Felix Molina and Thanos Nikopoulos as technical delegates for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games ©Getty Images

Italy's Laura Patti, Mexico's Felix Molina and Greece's Thanos Nikopoulos have been appointed by the The World Triathlon Executive Board as the technical delegates for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. with the latter also serving at the Paralympics in France.

Nikopoulos, the World Triathlon head of operations and one of the technical delegates at Tokyo 2020, will also serve in the role for the Paralympic Games in the French capital. 

All three have officiated in previous Olympics and World Championships.

"We are extremely proud of the team that will be delivering the triathlon events in Paris 2024," said World Triathlon President Marisol Casado.

"It is a huge responsibility but also an immensely rewarding task the one that Laura, Felix and Thanos have ahead.

"With this selection, we are proving once more not only that we have a strong and committed team of officials and staff members, but also that we are trusting our female officials, as we have been doing since our debut at the Olympics in Sydney 2000.

"I know that the bar is set up high, but I am convinced that their commitment, hard work and dedication will be once more key to ensure that the triathlon and Para triathlon events will shine more than ever in Paris."

Thanos Nikopoulos was one of World Triathlon's technical delegates at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games ©Getty Images
Thanos Nikopoulos was one of World Triathlon's technical delegates at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games ©Getty Images

Paris 2024 is set to host three medal events for triathlon - individual men and women and the mixed relay - although the schedule is yet to be released.

"It is a great honor and a privilege to be trusted again with the duty to lead the Games project with the position of the technical delegate," said Nikopoulos.

"Once more, in this journey I will be working together with two of the top technical delegates in our sport, Laura and Felix, and of course the support of the rest of the World Triathlon staff.

"We are ready to deliver an incredible event on the streets of Paris."

Triathlon has featured in every edition of the Olympic Games since Sydney 2000, with the mixed relay making its debut in Japan.

The sport was introduced to the Paralympics at Rio de Janeiro in 2016 with six categories across individual men's and women's events.