World Triathlon is pleased to
announce the activation of a new level of events, the Development Regional
Cups, previously called Development Events, aimed to grow the sport in certain
regions and that will allow only the participation of athletes only from
Developing National Federations from Groups: 2-3B-3A in the World Triathlon NFs
Survey. World Triathlon is working
closely with all Continental Confederations to present bids for hosting these
events, that are considered in the World Triathlon Ranking and will give the
winner of the race a maximum of 125 points with the applicable reduction of the
sprint distance.
For competing on these Cups,
Athletes’ eligibility is as of #250 in the World Triathlon Ranking and higher.
That level should be set as of 31 December of the previous year. All athletes
will have to be between 16 and 23 years old, and all events will be run under
the sprint distance -750m swim - 20km bike - 5km run-.
Each invited National Federation
should send a minimum one male and one female athlete, accompanied by one
national coach.
Participation requirement is a
minimum of 4 National Federations and minimum of 15 athletes per gender
attending the event. A host nation can nominate a maximum of 10 male and 10
female athletes. If the minimum NF participation criteria are not achieved, the
event will not carry World Triathlon Ranking points.
Invited National Federations are
allowed to enter more athletes at their own cost.
There events are part of the overall
strategy of providing more opportunities for athletes from developing countries
to compete head-to-head at the international level, and also for National
Federations to host events and prepare their officials, coaches and
infrastructures to be involved on top level events. The Development Regional
Cups will provide racing experience in their continent/region to these athletes
and will create a competitive environment among their athletes to help inspire
their future careers.
Click here for more details of the
Development Regional Cup along with the Branding Guidelines of such events.
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.
www.triathlon.org
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