Friday 18 Sep 2020
The Professional Triathletes Organisation will provide a $20,000 professional prize purse for the Bear Lake Brawl Triathlon on September 19, 2020 at Bear Lake in St. Charles, Idaho. The Bear Lake Brawl Triathlon is held at Bear Lake Hot Springs on the Idaho side of Bear Lake. Bear Lake is often called the Caribbean of the Rockies due to its incredibly blue water set in high in the mountains. Athletes get to enjoy the stunning natural scenery while racing in the rarefied high-altitude course. more
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Tuesday 15 Sep 2020
Today, the IRONMAN Group and Cork County Council announced the addition of IRONMAN® 70.3® Ireland, Cork, on August 14, 2021. The race joins the existing IRONMAN Ireland, Cork on August 15, 2021. Together they will form Ireland’s biggest triathlon weekend, which also includes an IRONKIDS® event on Friday, August 13. It marks the first time in Irish triathlon history that three events by the IRONMAN Group will be hosted on the same weekend. more
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Monday 14 Sep 2020
If his first performance back on the blue carpet in Hamburg last weekend was an impressively assured display, the manner of 2020 World Champion Vincent Luis’ win in Karlovy Vary on Sunday morning was an even stronger statement of intent for his Tokyo Olympic credentials. more
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Monday 14 Sep 2020
Sunday afternoon in Karlovy Vary saw Bermuda’s Flora Duffy back on an Olympic-distance course for the first time since the Lausanne Grand Final, and putting in a performance to prove beyond any doubt that her injury troubles were finally behind her. Duffy took the tape for the first time in a World Triathlon race in two-and-a-half years, the 90-second margin of victory over newly crowned World Champion Georgia Taylor-Brown highlighting the dominance of her display on a demanding course. more
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Monday 14 Sep 2020
Arthur Serrieres and Morgane Riou captured the sixth annual XTERRA Malta off-road triathlon elite titles on a hot but beautiful blue-sky morning at the Majjistral Nature Reserve on Saturday, September 12, 2020. It’s the seventh XTERRA World Tour victory for both of the reigning XTERRA European Champions from France. more
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Friday 11 Sep 2020
The sixth annual XTERRA Malta off-road triathlon will take place this Saturday, September 12, 2020 at the Majjistral Nature Reserve on the beautiful island nation in the Mediterranean. Event organizers Nathan and Deirdre Farrugia of Hellfire Events have implemented a series of safety protocols in conjunction with the local health department to reduce contact between athletes, staff, and volunteers. more
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Friday 11 Sep 2020
70.3 Sunshine Coast returns to Mooloolaba on Sunday 13th September 2020. The world-class course takes in the highlights of the region as you swim, bike, run your way to success. Competitors can take in the best that Mooloolaba has to offer, starting with a swim off the surf beach followed by a fast bike course and a two-lap run course along the Esplanade cheered on by all your friends, family and the local community. more
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Friday 11 Sep 2020
The pause button may have been hit on the 2020 season back in March but this Sunday, with new health and safety protocols in place before, during and after the event, World Cup racing returns, and it is on one of the great courses of the regular calendar that the biggest names in the sport will compete. more
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Tuesday 08 Sep 2020
CHALLENGE NORTH AMERICA®- an organization led by athletes to help enhance race experiences for athletes and their families— has announced expansion efforts with an exciting new race to be held at the Homestead-Miami Speedway®. The CHALLENGE MIAMI™Triathlon Festival of events weekend will be held March 12-14, 2021 as the first premier event of 2021 at the NASCAR® track which is synonymous with many iconic moments in motorsports. more
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Monday 07 Sep 2020
The field was deep with talent and experience and the race always looked like being hugely unpredictable given the past 6 months, but it was to be France’s Vincent Luis who delivered a composed sprint-distance performance and a brilliant second consecutive world title at the 2020 Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon. After an excellent swim had helped put him in a front bike pack that included Alistair Brownlee and another Frenchman Dorian Coninx. more
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Monday 07 Sep 2020
Impressive performance by Magnus Ditlev (DEN) to claim victory at 2020 Enea IRONMAN 70.3 Gdynia while Lisa Norden (SWE) completed a Scandinavian doublet leading the female field from swim to finish. Poland welcomed athletes with extraordinary safety measures during the first IRONMAN racing weekend since lockdown. more
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Monday 07 Sep 2020
There may not have been any spectators course-side, but there was no shortage of excitement in the women’s race of the 2020 Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon as Georgia Taylor-Brown powered to the line and a superb first world title. The Brit held off Bermuda’s Flora Duffy who took silver, Germany’s Laura Lindemann with bronze. more
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Monday 07 Sep 2020
Arthur Serrieres and Laura Philipp captured the XTERRA Czech off-road triathlon elite titles in Prachatice on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. It’s the sixth XTERRA World Tour victory for Serrieres (FRA) and the second for Philipp (GER), who won XTERRA France in her off-road triathlon debut in 2017. It’s also the duos second win in as many days after taking home the made-for-TV XTERRA ShortTrack titles on Friday afternoon. more
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Friday 04 Sep 2020
With racing opportunities looking sparse and travel restrictions increasing, the PTO have been looking to support local races with a prize purse where there has been enough interest from our professionals. We are delighted to support these races as it means our professionals will not only have the opportunity to earn money, but it will help them prepare for the $1 million prize purse PTO 2020 Championship at Daytona in December. more
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Friday 04 Sep 2020
The Enea Ironman 70.3 Gdynia comes up next Sunday – Special hygienic practices required – A strong line-up of athletes Gdynia. For the first time since many months, the Raelert Brothers will take on a first competition next Sunday. Michael Raelert will start at the Enea Ironman 70.3 Gdynia. "It still feels a bit strange to be able to take part in racing again more
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Friday 04 Sep 2020
70.3 Tallinn, Estonia will take place in Estonia’s capital of Tallinn, located at the Baltic sea. The race begins with a swim in the Baltic sea near the Seaplane Harbour museum. Athletes will then continue onto a bike course which leads along the coastline and nearby villages. The final run takes participants through the historical city center of Tallinn, an UNESCO world heritage site, and finishes on Freedom Square. more
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Friday 04 Sep 2020
Les Sables d'Olonne, translated as "the sands of Olonne", is a seaside town on the western French coast, the Côte de Lumière. The region features a stunning array of landscapes, from picturesque beaches and jagged coastlines to pine forests and wetlands. After the inaugural race in 2019, the canal swim, bike through the forest, and half-marathon along Les Remblai promenade has made IRONMAN 70.3 Les Sables d'Olonne an instant sensation. more
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Friday 04 Sep 2020
It has been a long time coming but the stage is now set, and this year’s postponed Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon will take place on Saturday 5 September with two major changes. As the sole survivor of the year’s pandemic-hit World Triathlon Series calendar, the race becomes a standalone World Championships. The titles are also to be decided on a brand-new, sprint-distance course set up outside of downtown Hamburg more
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Saturday 29 Aug 2020
The disappointment among athletes was huge, but at the same time they fully understood the decision just taken by the organization of CHALLENGE DAVOS: the race had to be cancelled due to very bad weather conditions. While the race was just underway and the male pros were only two kilometers on the bike, the pouring rains developed into a heavy thunderstorm and athletes’ safety could no longer be guaranteed. more
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Friday 28 Aug 2020
It's considered the first CHALLENGE FAMILY race of the 2020 calendar and thus also the first major triathlon in Switzerland. Despite many corona-related adjustments, many international triathlon stars will not miss the opportunity to finally participate in an official race again. The organizers are very pleased to be able to present what is probably the strongest professional starting field in this class since the first edition of CHALLENGE DAVOS more
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