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34-417: The Championship Series consists of multiple rounds of competitions culminating in a Grand Final race. Athletes compete head-to-head for points in these races that will determine the overall World Triathlon champion. The elite championship races are held, with one exception, over one of two distances, the standard or 'Olympic' distance (1.5 km swim, 40 km bike, 10 km run) which lasts between 1.5 and two hours, and

68-522: A Grand Final, it was to be called the World Championship Series (WCS). The ITU believed it would help grow the sport and increase the reach to the level of major sports whilst gaining a bigger TV audience. Most athletes and professional coaches were happy at the announcement believing it would help the sport become more popular and increase professionalism and pay for the top level athletes. However, there were major monetary concerns one week after

102-555: A multi-race eliminator format which is unique to that event. The final leg of the overall series is designated and marketed as the Grand Final, and has a greater points allocation, which must be included in the athletes final score ranking for the season along with a fixed number of best other results. In addition, the week of the Grand Final event sees other stand alone World Championship events held, including an elite under-23 event, single-race elite para-triathlon championship events, and

136-472: A series of non-elite age-grade championships, similar to Gran Fondo World Championships in road cycling and World Athletics Road Running Championships . With the establishment of the International Triathlon Union (ITU, now World Triathlon) in 1989 it was quickly established that the governing body should host a yearly world championship to establish the men's and women's world champion. With

170-418: A success the event would not return until 2006. The championship would return in 2006 and 2007 before once again lacking an annual competition in 2008. In 2009, World Triathlon (then known as the International Triathlon Union or ITU) went through a major reorganization of its top level competitions, the men's and women's relay championships where merged and the title would be contested as a mixed relay. The event

204-567: A world title in 2019 under the now established season-long format, he in effect became only the third triathlete to win World Championships in both the single race and season-long formats. During the 2023 events, at least 57 participants fell ill after swimming off Roker Beach in Sunderland . An Environment Agency sample taken three days before the event indicated 3,900 E. coli colonies per 100ml, over 39 times higher than readings taken

238-557: Is completed in teams of four, two men and two women, with each member doing a super-sprint distance triathlon . The first relay event appeared in 2003 in Tiszaújváros , Hungary as the ITU Team Relay Championships , two races were run one for men's teams and one for women's teams every team would have three members who would each complete one leg and the teams combined time would be their total time. Despite being deemed

272-545: Is known as the grand final and has extra points, prize money and prestige associated with it, when a city bids to host the grand final it also bids to host many World Triathlon events such as the amateur Age-group world championships and the Paratriathlon world championship . 2020 Series was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic . Champion was determined during a single sprint race event in Hamburg, Germany. The world champion

306-4667: The 2024 Summer Olympics , and also included the first age-group mixed relay world championships. Magali Messmer Lukas Salvisberg Daniela Ryf Ruedi Wild Emma Moffatt Courtney Atkinson Emma Snowsill Brad Kahlefeldt Lauren Campbell Brent McMahon Kathy Tremblay Simon Whitfield Nicola Spirig Sven Riederer Daniela Ryf Ruedi Wild Jessica Harrison Frédéric Belaubre Carole Péon David Hauss Kate Mcllroy Tony Dodds Nicky Samuels Ryan Sissons Jodie Stimpson Jonathan Brownlee Helen Jenkins Alistair Brownlee Melanie Hauss Ruedi Wild Nicola Spirig Sven Riederer Anja Dittmer Maik Petzold Svenja Balzen Steffen Justus Vicky Holland William Clake Non Stanford Jonathan Brownlee Jessica Harrison Tony Moulai Carole Péon Vincent Luis Irina Abysova Dmitry Polyanskiy Alexandra Razarenova Alexander Bryukhankov Anja Knapp Jan Frodeno Anne Haug Franz Loeschke Andrea Hewitt Tony Dodds Kate McIlroy Ryan Sissons Sarah Groff Ben Kanute Gwen Jorgensen Cameron Dye Lucy Hall Jonathan Brownlee Vicky Holland Alistair Brownlee Cassandre Beaugrand Dorian Coninx Audrey Merle Vincent Luis Zsófia Kovács Tamás Tóth Margit Vanek Ákos Vanek Jeanne Lehair Dorian Coninx Audrey Merle Vincent Luis Gillian Backhouse Aaron Royle Emma Jackson Ryan Baillie Vicky Holland Gordon Benson Non Stanford Mark Buckingham Gwen Jorgensen Ben Kanute Kirsten Kasper Joe Maloy Charlotte McShane Jacob Birtwhistle Emma Jackson Ryan Bailie Laura Lindemann Jonathan Zipf Hanna Philippin Gregor Buchholz Charlotte McShane Matthew Hausser Ashleigh Gentle Jacob Birtwhistle Kirsten Kasper Ben Kanute Katie Zaferes Matthew Mcelroy Maaike Caelers Marco Van Der Stel Rachel Klamer Jorik Van Egdom Léonie Périault Dorian Coninx Cassandre Beaugrand Vincent Luis Natalie Van Coevorden Aaron Royle Ashleigh Gentle Jacob Birtwhistle Kirsten Kasper Ben Kanute Katie Zaferes Kevin McDowell Émilie Morier Léo Bergère Cassandre Beaugrand Vincent Luis Laura Lindemann Valentin Wernz Nina Eim Justus Nieschlag Natalie Van Coevorden Aaron Royle Emma Jeffcoat Jacob Birtwhistle Léonie Périault Léo Bergère Cassandre Beaugrand Dorian Coninx Taylor Spivey Kevin McDowell Katie Zaferes Morgan Pearson Georgia Taylor-Brown Barclay Izzard Jessica Learmonth Alex Yee Pierre Le Corre Emma Lombardi Vincent Luis Cassandre Beaugrand Alex Yee Sophie Coldwell Sam Dickinson Georgia Taylor-Brown Seth Rider Taylor Spivey Kevin McDowell Summer Rappaport Tim Hellwig Annika Koch Simon Henseleit Laura Lindemann Hayden Wilde Ainsley Thorpe Tayler Reid Nicole van der Kaay Max Studer Julie Derron Sylvain Fridelance Cathia Schär Henry Graf Lisa Tertsch Lasse Lührs Annika Koch Max Studer Julie Derron Simon Westermann Cathia Schär Tayler Reid Ainsley Thorpe Dylan McCullough Nicole van der Kaay Before

340-482: The 2016 games for fear of putting additional financial pressure on Brazil. In June 2017 with the announcement of mixed gender events being added to the Olympic program the mixed team relay has gained Olympic status and will hold its inaugural Olympic event in the 2020 Olympics . In 2018 it was decided that at three of the events of that years World Triathlon Series would also host a mixed relay event would be held alongside

374-705: The Hy-Vee Triathlon winner. He would then go on to win the 2013 ITU World Triathlon Series , his third such title. With this world championship he joined Peter Robertson as the other triathlete with three titles to his name, and is just shy of Simon Lessing who has four world titles. Later that year Gómez competed in his first middle distance race by taking first at the Challenge Half Barcelona race. In February 2014 he raced and won his second middle distance race, Ironman 70.3 Panama. In 2014, Gómez won his fourth ITU World Championships, winning four out of

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408-535: The ITU with regular distances and prize money. With a world championship and a regular season established the ITU's attention moved onto other issues including earning the sport a place at the Olympics. Then in 2008 the day after the 2008 men's Olympic triathlon race the ITU announced starting next year it would be replacing the single race world championship with a six-race World Championship points super series culminating in

442-557: The Silver medal in men's triathlon, 11 seconds behind Gold medalist Alistair Brownlee. Following the Olympic games Gómez won the Hy-Vee Triathlon against a highly competitive field. A month later in his first ever cross triathlon race, he won the 2012 XTERRA World Championship . In 2013, Gómez continued his success from last year winning the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon and repeating as

476-568: The age of 15 after previously playing football and competing in swimming. However his career suffered a setback in 2000 when a routine medical test by the Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD) revealed an "abnormal heart valve", leading to a six-year battle between Gómez and the Spanish sporting authorities regarding his right to compete internationally. He initially won this right in November 2003, but he

510-679: The announcement as the ITUs main sponsor BG had pulled out of its nine-year sponsorship deal after only two years. By its start in 2009 the series had gained a title sponsor in Dextro Energy in a $ 2 million deal allowing for each World Championship event to feature a $ 150,000 prize purse and for the Grand final to have $ 250,000, this also meant that $ 700,000 was available at the end of the series. This influx of cash meant that athletes would be to earn almost triple what they had previously helping to draw more into

544-473: The creation and hosting of the first ITU Triathlon World Championship in 1989 the ITU had established itself and the sports premier event but the sport overall lacked cohesion with races of varying lengths and prize pools, which increased the difficulty for triathletes to train and plan for seasons ahead. So in 1991 the ITU created the ITU Triathlon World Cup a year long series of races all hosted by

578-755: The creation of the mixed team relay, single gendered relay races were held intermittently. Francisco Javier G%C3%B3mez Noya Francisco Javier Gómez Noya (born 25 March 1983) is a Spanish triathlete . He is the winner of five ITU Triathlon World Championships , he holds three ITU Triathlon World Cup titles, and won the Silver medal for Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in men's triathlon . He has also won world titles for Ironman 70.3 and XTERRA Triathlon . Born to Spanish immigrants (both from Galicia ) in Basel , Switzerland , he returned to Spain and now lives in Pontevedra , Galicia . Gómez took up triathlon at

612-571: The eight possible races as well as placing third at the Grand Final, tying him for all time championships with Simon Lessing. Gómez also won the 2014 Ironman 70.3 World Championship . The next year, Gómez took his third consecutive ITU World Championship, and his fifth title overall, by finishing second at the Triathlon World Series Grand Final in Chicago. In 2019, Gómez won his first full Ironman distance race at Ironman Malaysia with

646-401: The gap with a sprint with only Frodeno responding. Frodeno sprinted away with 50 meters from the finish to claim the gold medal. Simon Whitfield took the silver medal five seconds behind, and New Zealand's Bevan Docherty won the bronze medal 12 seconds back. Gómez placed 4th, 20.64 seconds behind Frodeno. In 2010, Gómez was the number one in the World Championship Series ranking, in 2009 he

680-521: The intent of holding a combined World Triathlon Sprint & Mixed Relay Championships, which would also mark the return of a stand alone Sprint Championship after a ten-year hiatus. However, the Bermuda event was cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions, and the inaugural combined event was instead held as the Montréal leg of the 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series . The event doubled as the first qualifier for

714-467: The leg holding the Mixed Relay Championships has also included the reinstated World Triathlon Sprint Championships under the combined branding of World Triathlon Sprint & Relay Championships . The stand-alone Sprint championship had previously been discontinued in 2011. Races in the sprint world championships are held over Super-sprint distances (300 m swim, 5 km bike, 2.5 km run) using

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748-613: The men's and women's competition one of these would be the World Championship and all three events would grant points towards Olympic qualification and constitute the new mixed relay series. In 2019 the number of mixed relays in World Triathlon Series were increased to five and once again one of these would be the World Championship. In 2021 the Mixed Relay World Championships were awarded to Bermuda, with

782-526: The new mixed relay series. Only two triathletes succeeded in winning World Championships under both formats, Javier Gomez of Spain, and Helen Jenkins (née Tucker) of Great Britain and Wales. In 2020, in response to multiple race cancellations as a result of COVID-19 the Championship was once more decided on the basis of a single Championship race, won by Vincent Luis of France and Georgia Taylor-Brown of Great Britain and England. As Luis had already won

816-459: The old world championship system. ‡ The championship was restricted to a single race event due to COVID 19. † The athlete won the title of World Champion under the old world championship system. ‡ The championship was restricted to a single race event due to COVID 19. The World Triathlon Series has visited 27 cities in 19 countries since its founding in 2009. Where GF = Grand Final, MR = Mixed Relay event The final race of each season

850-459: The previous month, but the results were not published until after the competition. Northumbrian Water reported that no discharges that would have affected water quality off Roker Beach were recorded since October 2021. Currently there are three different distance disciplines: In all instances the swim will be a mass start in open-water and the cycling will be draft -legal. There is an allowed leniency of 10% on each segment of courses route for

884-428: The sport. In 2011 the sprint distance world championship was incorporated into the series giving the same points and prize money as any other event, from this point on sprint distance events would make up a part of the series. In 2012 Dextro Energy ended their title sponsorship in tandem with the series rebranding itself as the World Triathlon Series. Then in 2013 the prize pool saw an increase to $ 2.25 million certifying

918-516: The sprint distance, which is half of the standard distance and lasts around one hour (750 m swim, 20 km bike, 5 km run). Since 2018 a mixed relay series has been run in tandem, where national teams compete in mixed team relays for prize money and Olympic qualifying points. From these races, one is denominated as the World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships . Relays typically consist of four 'super-sprint' legs. Since 2021

952-470: The standard and sprint distances, with more discretion being allowed for the mixed relay. The standard distance was also known as the Olympic distance as it was the only distance competed for in the Olympics, however the World Triathlon has tried to enforce the use of the name standard distance saving the name Olympic on for official Olympic events. † The athlete won his first title as World Champion under

986-430: The world triathlon series as the richest series in triathlon. In 2018 with the growing popularity of the World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships and the disciplines' addition to the Olympic program it was decided that at three of the events on the 2018 calendar a mixed relay event would be held alongside the men's and women's competition; these three events would grant points towards Olympic qualification and constitute

1020-474: Was formerly crowned in the ITU Triathlon World Championship, a single championship race that was held annually from 1989, the same year as the formation of the International Triathlon Union (ITU), to 2008. World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships The World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships , is an annual team triathlon competition organized by World Triathlon . The competition

1054-488: Was initiated with the aim of getting more triathletes as well as the team triathlon discipline on the Olympic programme. The format appeared at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics , the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2014 Asian Games , which was considered a significant step towards adding team triathlon to the 2016 Summer Olympic programme. In July 2013, the IOC executive board ruled that they would not add any new disciplines to

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1088-483: Was not selected for the 2004 Summer Olympics and in 2005 the CSD banned him from international and domestic competition until February 2006. In the nine years from 2002 to 2010, Gómez took part in 57 ITU competitions and achieved 54 top ten positions, among which are 23 first-place finishes. In 2003 and in 2008, Gómez was ITU Triathlon World Champion (both under-23 and Elite categories respectively in 2003). In 2007 and 2009 he

1122-684: Was second, his only rivals being the Brownlee brothers Alistair and Jonathan , with whom he represents ECS Triathlon in the French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux . At the 2010 ITU Triathlon World Championship final in Budapest , Gómez came second to British triathlete Alistair Brownlee , but despite the loss in the final, he won the Championship overall. At the London Summer Olympics in 2012, Gómez took

1156-570: Was the Elite European Champion. He finished second in the World Championships in 2007 and was the runner up in 2011 ITU Sprint Distance Triathlon World Championships . At the 2008 Summer Olympics in men's triathlon Gómez was among the pre-race favourites to win. With 300 meters to go in that race, Jan Frodeno was the leader of a group made up of Gómez, Athens 2004 Silver medalist Bevan Docherty of New Zealand, and Sydney 2000 Gold medalist Simon Whitfield of Canada. Whitfield opened up

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