The beautiful and quiet city on the northwest coast of Spain, Pontevedra, has been added to the 2022 World Triathlon Cup calendar, taking place the weekend of July 23. The event will also play as a test for the 2023 World Triathlon Championship Finals, recently awarded to Pontevedra.
The second-tier events, the World
Triathlon Cups, will have a new and revamped calendar in 2022, with over 10
races across the globe and a few more expected to be added in the next few
weeks. After the cancellation of the Miyazaki World Cup, the first stop will be
Haeundae in Korea at the end of April, to finish in Miyazaki (Japan) in
November, with all types of races, distances and scenarios to be contested in
between and some of the events part of the Paris 2024 Qualification period.
“We are delighted that Pontevedra,
which has proven to be a fantastic host of multiple sports in the World
Triathlon calendar, will now welcome some of the best triathletes of the world
for the World Triathlon Cup this year, a perfect set up to get the teams ready
for the Championship Finals in 2023”, said World Triathlon President and IOC
member, Marisol Casado. “To have an event at the end of July means the best
possible weather conditions in Pontevedra, with athletes but also friends,
families and fans being able to enjoy the amazing locations in the area, well
known for their mild temperatures, incredible beaches and tasty food”.
Pontevedra’s Mayor Miguel Anxo
Fernández Lores said: “The city is ready to welcome the best triathletes of the
world, the people from Pontevedra is well known for enjoying triathlon and
going out to the streets to cheer for everyone, as well as the incredible level
of the organisers. I am sure that technically will be a perfect event for all,
and the people from Pontevedra will be again perfect hosts first for the World
Cup this year, and then to get ready for the much-awaited Championship Finals
in 2023. These two events show the true commitment with this city with the
sport”, he said.
World Triathlon Executive Board has
also approved to include another event in the Para triathlon calendar, the
Alhandra World Triathlon Para Cup, in Portugal, that will take place on
September 3-4.
World Triathlon Cup Calendar in 2022:
30 April - 1 May - Haeundae KOR
7-8 May - Osaka, JPN
28-29 May Arzachena, ITA
18-19 Jun - Huatulco, MEX
23-24 July - Pontevedra, ESP
27-28 Aug - Bergen, NOR
3-4 Sept - Valencia, ESP
10-11 Sept - Karlovy Vary, CZE
24-25 Sept - Weihai, CHN
1-2 Oct - Tongyeong, KOR
29-30 Oct - Miyazaki, JPN
World Triathlon Para Calendar 2022:
14-15 May - Yokohama, JPN WTPS
11-12 June - Besancon, FRA WTPC
18-19 June - A Coruna, ESP WTPC
6-7 Aug - Swansea, UK WTPS
3-4 Sept - Alhandra, POR WTPC
15-16 Oct . Alanya, TUR WTPC
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 para triathlon 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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