World Triathlon is pleased to announce that the Championship Finals Torremolinos-Andalucía will host the first-ever World Triathlon Para Mixed Relay Championships on 20 October, after two years of the event being delivered at the World Triathlon Championship Finals as a test.

The Executive Board has also approved the award of a separate set of recognition medals to athletes with Intellectual Impairment competing in the Age-Group events at the 2024 World Triathlon Multisport Championships in Townsville, Australia, taking place on 15-25 August.

The Para Triathlon Mixed Relay made its official debut on the World Triathlon calendar as an Open Race at the 2022...

Alongside the 2024 Africa Triathlon Championships, the Africa Triathlon Electoral Congress was held in Baron Palace Sahl Hashish Hurghada on the 19 April 2024, in the presence of H.E Egyptian Minister of Youth and Sports Professor Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, World Triathlon President and IOC Member Marisol Casado, and World Triathlon Secretary-General Mr. Antonio Arimany.

The meeting also witnessed the presence of honourable dignitaries from the Egyptian and African sports field, Dr. Emad El Bannany - UCSA Secretary-General, Dr. Hossam Eldine Mostafa – president of Egyptian Paralympic Committee, and Engineer Khaled Sorour- UCSA advisor, in addition to World and Africa Triathlon Staff,...

On home soil in Hatsukaichi, Japan, Kenji Nener (JPN) and Yuko Takahashi (JPN) were in exemplary form as they defended their Asia Triathlon Championships crowns on Saturday. In a race defined by moves and counter-moves throughout the swim and bike, Nener put his rivals to the sword on the run. Meanwhile, Takahashi was simply too strong for the rest as she similarly converted a breakaway into a commanding victory. You can watch back all the action from Hatsukaichi on TriathlonLive.

Nener on top again
After winning a bronze medal at the Hong Kong World Cup, Nener arrived...

A fantastic weekend of action at the Africa Triathlon Championships was crowned by the gold medal-winning performances of Vicky Van Der Merwe (RSA) and Merwann Abassi (MAR). After successfully hosting the standard-distance championships in 2023, Hurghada in Egypt again took on the responsibilities for 2024, and the impressive event was matched by the athletes’ performance levels.

Too easy for Van Der Merwe

Vicky Van Der Merwe arrived in Hurghada having not lost on the continent since May 2023, that run of success since encompassing six straight wins in Africa. Such has been her dominance, her regional rivals have been left...

As a test run for the 2025 World Triathlon Championship Finals, the Wollongong World Cup certainly delivered. The men’s and women’s races brimmed with action and the crowds were on fire. If the return to Wollongong bears any resemblance to what was seen at the weekend, the denouement of the 2025 season is set to be a real treat.

The Wollongong World Cup has also had consequences of a more immediate kind. Following both the men’s and women’s races, the Olympic qualification rankings have been shaken up once again. Barely a month remains until the end of the qualification window...

Despite the wind and rainy day, Australia’s Luke Willian brought the sunshine to Wollongong to capture a victory on home soil that delighted the crowds on the coastal oceanic city. A dramatic sprint on the blue carpet saw South African rising star Jamie Riddle capturing the silver medal, his first-ever podium on the World Triathlon Cup circuit, while Diego Moya (CHI) ended up crossing the finish line in third just a few meters ahead of New Zealand Tayler Reid, who had to stop to serve a ten seconds penalty meters before finishing the race.

The Men’s...

With another impressive sprint finish, Swedish young star Tilda Mansson reigned supreme at the Wollongong World Cup to claim the victory. The young Swedish has already three gold medals in World Cups on her tally, all of them decided by just centimeters. Second and third place were also decided with a photo finish, with Maria Carolina Velasquez Soto claiming the silver medal and Ainsley Thorpe (NZL) awarded the last spot on the podium.

Wollongong made its debut on the World Triathlon circuit with a Sprint race that had it all: 750m swim on pristine waters, followed by...