The World Triathlon Executive Board, met on Thursday via teleconference, has approved some significant updates in the 2021 calendar, after receiving requests from local organisers and various National Federations. Due to the ongoing restrictions related with the pandemic, the 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Hamburg can not take place as planned in July. Also, the World Triathlon Age-Group Championship races will not be held this August 17-22 as part of the 2021 World Triathlon Championship Finals Edmonton. Regarding 2021 World Triathlon Multisport Championships in Almere, only the Long Distance and Aquabike World Championships will take place this September.
WTCS Hamburg
While the Organising Committee, the
Deutschland Triathlon Federation and World Triathlon had continued its
preparations for a safe and enjoyable 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series
Hamburg, after evaluating the continued status of the COVID-19 pandemic in
Germany with local authorities and the resulting restrictions in place, we
regret to announce that the event cannot take place on July 10/11, 2021.
The organisers and DTU are working
with the City of Hamburg to secure a new race date in the year, working with
World Triathlon on refining operational plans in a manner consistent with local
community objectives and within the guidelines and recommendations set by
public health entities as it relates to COVID-19.
We want to express our gratitude to
the athletes and the whole triathlon community, sponsors, broadcasters and fans
for their continued understanding and look forward to returning with a great
event later this year.
2021 World Triathlon Championship
Finals Edmonton
World Triathlon Series Edmonton, in
partnership with World Triathlon and Triathlon Canada, regret to inform that
the Age-Group Championship races will not be held this August 17-22 as part of
the 2021 World Triathlon Championship Finals Edmonton. The unfortunate decision
has been taken due to COVID-19 and the related international travel
restrictions, that will make it impossible for most of the Age-Group athletes
to travel to Canada this summer.
With the health and safety of our athletes
and community as top priority, government officials and public health
authorities are unable to grant travel exemptions to international age-group
athletes, including vaccinated travellers at this time. And while we hoped the
COVID-19 situation regarding international travel would have improved over the
past few months, unfortunately this has not been the case.
We understand the hard-work and
dedication it takes to qualify and prepare for the World Championships. The
organising committee has been working tirelessly to make everything possible in
order to welcome the 3,000+ international age-group athletes in Edmonton this
summer in what was planned to a “Best Ever” Age-Group Championships.
While the World Triathlon Age-Group
Championships will not take place in Edmonton, World Triathlon is working with
different Organisers and National to try to find an alternate location for
these races later in the year.
The Elite races and the U23 races of
the 2021 World Triathlon Championship Finals Edmonton will take place as
planned.
2021 World Triathlon Multisport
Championships Almere-Amsterdam
After extensive consultation with
World Triathlon and all other involved parties, it was decided that the 2021
World Triathlon Multisport Championships Almere-Amsterdam will take place in an
adjusted way. Importantly, the World Triathlon Long Distance Championship and
the World Triathlon Aquabike Championship will continue to take place on
Sunday, 12 September. No other World Triathlon Championships will be organized
in Almere in 2021.
This means the World Triathlon Sprint
Duathlon Championship, the World Triathlon Standard Duathlon Championship, the
World Triathlon Cross Triathlon Championship and the World Triathlon Aquathlon
Championship will not be held in Almere this year. This means that Almere will
not have two weeks, but 'only' four days dedicated to the 2021 World Triathlon
Multisport Championships Almere-Amsterdam. "Of course this is a very
difficult decision, but at the same time the only right decision we can
make," explains Race Director Richard Belderok.
The World Triathlon Long-Distance
Championship and the World Triathlon Aquabike Championship can go ahead as
planned, both for Elite and age-group athletes. "In addition, our
Challenge Almere-Amsterdam side events will remain on our program,"
explains Belderok, referring to the Junior Challenge (September 9), Rabo
Business & Family Relay (September 9), the Open Series Middle Distance
(September 10) and the Senior & No-Limit Challenge (September 10).
ABOUT WORLD TRIATHLON
World Triathlon is the international
governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic 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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