The local organizer
committee of the World Triathlon Series Montreal, along with Triathlon Canada, have decided to move the event from
June to 13-15 August, 2021, in order to give a bit more time to ease the travel
restrictions worldwide. Organisers of the 2021 World Triathlon Long Distance
Championships in Zofingen have also announced that the event, planned for May,
will be moved to 19 September.
Right after the
Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer, the best triathletes of the world will
travel to Canada for back to back Series racing. The week prior to the World
Triathlon Championships Finals in Edmonton, best triathletes of the world will
gather in Montreal for an event that will make its debut in the Series: the
Eliminator format, with qualifiers, repechage and final. Unfortunately, and
since the new dates are close to the Tokyo 2021 Paralympic Games, Montreal will
not host a World Triathlon Para Series this year, as previously planned.
The organisers of the
2021 World Triathlon Powerman Long Distance Duathlon Championships Zofingen
have requested to postpone the event from May to 19 September, 2021, due to the
ongoing travel restrictions and the current COVID situation in Switzerland,
that has quarantines in place for many countries. The request, approved by the
World Triathlon Executive Board, has the full support from Swiss Triathlon and
from the International Powerman Association.
The Duathlon Long
Distance World Championships will then follow the 2021 World Triathlon
Multisport Championships Almere-Amsterdam.
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.
www.triathlon.org
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