The
World Triathlon Championship Abu Dhabi 2021 has been moved to a new date, 5-6
November, for the first time in five years, the local organisers announced. The
decision, backed unanimously by the World Triathlon Executive Board, will not
only allow more time for the current worldwide travel restrictions to ease, but
will be able to serve as a test event for the 2022 Abu Dhabi World Triathlon
Championship Finals, also taking place at the end of the season.
The
organisers of the 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Abu Dhabi have
planned for a Mixed Relay event to take place the same weekend.
The
2021 season will also see some new cities hosting World Triathlon events, with
Osaka (Japan), Lisbon (Portugal) and Haeundae (South Korea) joining the top
class world cup circuit.
The
first look at the full 2021 World Triathlon calendar approved by the Executive
Board reveals plenty of elite racing ahead in the coming months, so get your
calendars ready and save the dates! The World Triathlon Championship Series and
the World Triathlon World Cups are due to restart after 1 May.
World
Triathlon Championship Series
The
local organisers of the 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Chengdu,
together with CTSA and World Triathlon, have also decided to postpone the event
to a later date in the season, considering the current travel restrictions in
China. With a new date to be announced in the upcoming weeks, the city is ready
to step up to host its first World Triathlon Championship Series event over the
sprint distance in a revamped and magnificent venue purposely built to host
triathlon events.
The
World Triathlon Championship Series season is currently scheduled to begin in
the classic Olympic distance challenge of Yokohama, Japan on 15 May.
The
Championships move to the UK the following month, with Leeds hosting on 5 June,
before a return to Montreal on 26-27 June, both cities having been regulars on
the World Triathlon calendar since 2016.
Hamburg
marks its 20th successive season as the home of top-level triathlon on 10 July,
the milestone also providing the last taste of Championship Series action
before the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games begin.
The
World Triathlon Championship Finals Edmonton will then bring the spotlight back
onto Canada’s beautiful Alberta province on 17-22 August for five days of
events and first-class racing to crown the 2021 World Triathlon Champions.
The
season moves on once more for the inaugural World Triathlon Sprint and Relay
Championships taking place in Bermuda on 15-17 October, before the rearranged
World Triathlon Championship Series Abu Dhabi wraps up 2021 on 5-6 November.
The 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Abu Dhabi will have a Mixed Relay
event to take place the same weekend.
The
dates for the World Triathlon Championships Series Chengdu will be confirmed as
soon as possible.
World
Triathlon World Cups
World
Triathlon Cup Miyazaki, due to take place on 20 March, unfortunately had to be
canceled by the Japanese Triathlon Union and the local organizing committee,
due to the current travel restrictions in the region.
With
this on mind, the World Triathlon Cup season is due to open in Osaka, Japan on
8-9 May, a city that welcomes the circuit for the first time.
Also a
newcomer in the world cup circuit will be Lisbon, that after hosting
successfully European evens, has stepped up and will organise the second stop
of the world cups, the first one in Europe, on May 22-23.
The
beautiful Arzachena (Italy) will return as host on 29-30 May. From there,
racing moves on to Huatulco (Mexico, 12-13 June), Haeundae (South Korea, 4
July), Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic, 11-12 September), Weihai (China, 25-26
September), Miyazaki (Japan, 23-24 October) and Tongyeong (South Korea, 30-31
October).
The World
Triathlon season as a whole will in fact get under way at the Winter Cup in
Asiago on 19 February, followed by the Winter Championships in Andorra on 19-21
March.
The
World Triathlon Para Championships Milan will crown the best in the world on 8
May in Italy, with the year’s Para Championship Series action taking place in
Yokohama, Leeds and Montreal on the same weekends as the WTCS action. Two Para
Cups will be held ahead of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, in Besancon, France
(12-13 May), A Coruna, Spain (20 June), followed by Alanya, Turkey (1 October)
and Miyazaki, Japan (23-24 October), before closing out in Alhandra, Portugal
(30-31 October).
September
will see the 2021 World Triathlon Multisport Championships Almere-Amsterdam run
from 3-12 of the month, promising a feast of world championship action at all
levels in Aquathlon, Aquabike, Cross Triathlon, Duathlon and Long Distance
Triathlon.
As with
those races that were able to take place in the second half of 2020, new World
Triathlon protocols will be put in place and close collaboration with LOCs is
already underway to ensure the safest possible conditions for the athletes,
teams and all involved in holding the events. All races are subject to change
given the continued uncertainty around the Covid-19 pandemic.
Word
Triathlon Championship Series
15 May:
Yokohama, Japan
6 May:
Leeds, UK
24
June: Montreal, Canada
10
July: Hamburg, Germany
17-22
Aug: Edmonton, Canada (Word Triathlon Championship Final)
5-6
Nov: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Date
TBC: Chengdu, China
World
Triathlon Sprint & Relay Championships
15-17
Oct: Bermuda
World
Triathlon Cups
8-9
May: Osaka, Japan
22-23
May: Lisbon, Portugal
29-30
May: Arzachena, Italy
12-13
June: Huatulco, Mexico
2-4
July: Haeundae, South Korea
11-12
Sept: Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
25-26
Sept: Weihai, China
23-24
Oct: Miyazaki, Japan
30-31
Oct: Tongyeong, South Korea
World
Triathlon Para Championships
8 May:
Milan, Italy
World
Triathlon Para Series
16 May:
Yokohama, Japan
6 June:
Leeds, UK
24
June: Montreal, Canada
World
Triathlon Para Cup
12-13
May: Besancon, France
20
June: A Coruna, Spain
1 Oct:
Alanya, Turkey
23-24
Oct: Miyazaki, Japan
30-31
Oct: Alhandra, Portugal
World
Triathlon Multisport Championships
3-12
Sept: Almere-Amsterdam, Netherlands
World
Triathlon Winter Championships
19-21
March: Andorra
World
Triathlon Winter Cup
19 Feb:
Asiago, Italy
World
Triathlon Powerman Long Distance Duathlon Championships
30 May:
Zofingen, Switzerland
ABOUT
WORLD TRIATHLON
World
Triathlon is the international governing body for the Olympic sport of
triathlon and all related multisport disciplines around the world, including
duathlon, aquathlon, cross triathlon and winter triathlon. Triathlon made its
Olympic debut in Sydney 2000, with a third medal event, the Mixed Team Relay,
added to the programme at Tokyo 2020, while paratriathlon was first added to
the Paralympic programme at Rio 2016. World Triathlon is proudly committed to
the development of the sport worldwide, with inclusion, equality,
sustainability and transparency at our core as we seek to help triathletes at
all levels of the sport to be extraordinary.
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