Following extensive consultation between World Triathlon, the Local Organising Committee and Triathlon Canada, World Triathlon regretfully announces the cancellation of the 2024 World Triathlon Championship Series and Mixed Relay Series Montreal events, originally scheduled for 14-15 September.

The event has been a regular fixture of the Championship Series since 2017 and will be sadly missed in 2024. The World Triathlon Para Series Montreal on 29 June is not affected by the cancellation, and will go ahead as planned.

As a result of the decision, the World Triathlon Cup Wehai, scheduled for 27 September, has been upgraded to a WTCS event and will now form the fifth stop of the 2024 Series. World Triathlon would like to thank the China Triathlon Sports Association for stepping up as hosts and for ensuring the same number of events can be maintained in the 2024 Series.

With the last minute cancellation of WTCS Abu Dhabi in March, 2024 World Triathlon Championship Series ranking points will be awarded at the four Series events of WTCS Yokohama, WTCS Cagliari, WTCS Hamburg and WTCS Weihai, at the Continental Championships, plus the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the Championship Finals Torremolinos-Andalucia. The athletes with the most points achieved at three of those six potential events plus the Championship Finals will become our 2024 World Triathlon Champions.

The 2024 World Triathlon Championship Series dates in full:

11 March
World Triathlon Championship Series Abu Dhabi (cancelled)
11 May
World Triathlon Championship Series Yokohama
25 May
World Triathlon Championship Series Cagliari
13-14 July
World Triathlon Championship Series Hamburg
27 September
World Triathlon Championship Series Weihai
17-20 October
World Triathlon Championship Finals Torremolinos-Andalucia

Eva Vrabcová Nývltová se postaví letos na start Maloskalského půlmaratonu. Bývalá česká atletka, běžkyně, účastnice pěti olympijských her a medailistka ME už je přihlášená. Kdo ještě váhá, tak on-line přihlášky končí v úterý 23. dubna. Na místě je startovné dražší. A kdo chce mít jméno na svém čísle, musí se přihlásit do neděle 21. dubna. 

Už dvanáctý ročník Velké ceny Města Jablonce nad Nisou v judu se bude konat ve dnech 20. a 21. dubna v jablonecké Městské sportovní hale u přehrady. Každoročně se sjíždějí na tyto prestižní závody nejlepší judisté z celé republiky. 

World Triathlon is welcoming bids for the World Triathlon Championship Series, World Triathlon Cups and World Triathlon Para triathlon events in 2025. Bid applications are also open for cities to host the Winter Triathlon World Championships and Winter Cups and World Triathlon Development Regional Cups next year.

World Triathlon’s top-tier events are broadcast in 22 countries (or larger regions) including the biggest global markets, as well as reaching out to more than 360,000 viewers per year on the OTT platform TriathlonLIVE. Hosting these events therefore offers a perfect opportunity for bidding cities to enjoy socio-economic benefits for tourism, business, and sports development, and to ensure a sustainable sporting spectacle for the city and local organising committee.

“We are fully committed to finding the best host cities for our sport, and engaging earlier with our host venues to collaborate on creating a sustainable, long-term strategy that keeps major events on track with modern priorities. The legacy piece is important, and using the Olympic and Paralympic movements to align our major events strategy with our members is vital as we move past Paris and into the following Major Games cycles”, said Marisol Casado, World Triathlon President and IOC member.

The World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS) is the world’s most prestigious triathlon series, featuring the best triathletes on the planet competing head-to-head around the globe and culminating with the flagship Championship Finals, where the year’s World Champions are crowned.

The Series encompasses races over the Olympic Distance (1.5km swim, 40km bike, and 10km run), Sprint Distance (750m swim, 20km bike, and 5km run), and the Eliminator format (two-day Semi-Final/Final super-sprints), as well as the Mixed Relay Series events.

Over the 15 years since its inception in 2009, the World Triathlon Championship Series has established itself as the pinnacle of Olympic and Sprint distance triathlon racing.

Hosting Championship Series events provides cities with opportunities to showcase themselves to millions via live international television broadcasts and TriathlonLIVE.tv, as the Series events regularly draw annual on-site spectators upwards of 1 million.

Stats for coverage on official World Triathlon platforms where all the events are promoted include:
+ 2m YouTube views per year
+ 39m TikTok views per year
+ 750,000 followers on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter
+ 17m total number of people reached on Facebook per year

*Numbers constantly updating

Interested cities must submit their applications before 15 July, 2024.  The selection and announcement of the Host Cities will take place on 16 September, 2024.

Each year, the World Triathlon Cup circuit provides the next tier of events, delivering world-class racing opportunities for both experienced names and emerging talent aspiring to enter the World Triathlon Championship Series. These events, aligned with the World Triathlon Development programs, offer prize money, live TV coverage and significant media exposure, providing the allure for tourist destinations and major cities alike to show their landmarks. World Cup host cities can expect to attract a global audience, including live internet streaming on Triathlonlive.tv, feature distribution, interviews across all World Triathlon social media platforms, and coverage in international news and print media.

Bids are also open for next year’s Para triathlon events, including the 2025 World Triathlon Para Series, World Triathlon Para Cups, and Continental Triathlon Para Cups. Cities wanting to host an event are asked to submit their applications before 15 July 2024, with successful candidates announced on 16 September 2024.

Cities interested in hosting Winter Triathlon events are invited to submit bids for the 2025 and 2026 World Triathlon Winter Championships and World Triathlon Winter Cups. Triathletes from around the globe compete across a 6km run, 12km mountain bike, and 9.6km ski course. As with the other bids, we ask interested cities to submit their applications before 15 July, 2024 and the successful bids will be announced on 16 September, 2024.

Applications are also open for the 2025 World Triathlon Development Regional Cups, events that are designed to support developing nations’ racing experience within their continent/region and that create a competitive environment among their athletes to help inspire their future careers.

These events have been part of the World Triathlon Calendar since 2022. The Development Events are managed as a joint programme between World Triathlon, the Continental Confederation and the Host National Federation. At these events, World Triathlon only allows the participation of athletes from certain predefined National Federations according to the World Triathlon Competition Rules. Continental Confederations may propose to World Triathlon the hosting of such events in their Continent.

Bidding documents:
2025 World Triathlon Championship Series
2025 World Triathlon Cups
2025 & 2026 Winter Triathlon events
2025 World Triathlon Para events
2025 World Triathlon Development Regional Cups

Tomáš Čížek v dresu Držkova, který hraje I. B třídu východ, střílí góly, kam dorazí. A soupeři už někdy preventivně sledují, jestli nastoupí nebo ne. V jarních zápasech je jeho střelecká muška už také projevila. Patří mu titul kanonýr víkendu.

Pristine waters, scenic coastal routes for cycling, and a challenging lighthouse course for running. The set up is ready in the beautiful coastal town of Wollongong, Australia, for its debut on the World Triathlon Cup circuit. With a stellar line up filled with talent and Olympic dreams, the female field is ready to tackle a demanding course that will offer a 750m ocean swim with a beach start, followed by a demanding 20km hill climb on each of the five laps of the cycling course, culminating in a challenging 5km hilly run.

Wearing the one this Saturday will be Rachel Klamer (NED). The experienced Dutch woman is looking to secure her ticket for Paris 2024, which will be her fourth Olympics, and her second place last season in Karlovy Vary World Cup proved that she is always one to be considered when it comes to hard courses like the one in Wollongong.

Ainsley Thorpe, also battling for a spot on the Olympic team for New Zealand, will be toeing the start line looking to grab some valuable points that will allow her to make the team for next summer. Some strong European athletes have made it all the way to Australia to kick off their season, including Ilaria Zane (ITA) or Lisa Perterer (AUT). Both of them strong bikers and runners, they will likely try to keep the fast runners like Tilda Mansson (SWE) or Maria Carolina Velazquez Soto (COL) behind them as soon as possible.

The local squad will be led by Jaz Hedgeland, currently the second Australian athlete on the Olympic rankings, who is fighting for a spot on the team for Paris. Wearing the gold and green during the weekend will also be Charlotte McShane, Ellie Hoitink -who just won last weekend the Oceania championships-, Charlotte Derbyshire, Emma Jeffcoat, Kira Hedgeland, Tara Sosinski and Richelle Hill.

Team World Triathlon - the sport’s global development squad for athletes with Olympic potential from smaller National Federations - will be well represented in Wollongong. Fresh off top-10 World Cup finishes in both Hong Kong and Lievin, Zuzana Michalickova (SVK) will be one to watch again in Australia. The young Slovakian athlete has enjoyed a sparkling start to the season and is inching closer to a first World Cup medal and Paris qualification. She will be joined in Wollongong by compatriot Romana Gajdošová (SVK) who won her first World Cup medal in Yeongdo last season.

Erica Hawley (BER) will also be starting in Wollongong as she hunts for the precious final points that could secure her qualification for Paris. A 12th place finish at the Napier World Cup at the start of the season aided Hawley’s cause and a similar finish would be a major boon for her campaign.

You can check the Wollongong start lists HERE.
Watch the race LIVE and on demand on TriathlonLIVE.tv

The picturesque coastal setting of Wollongong, in Australia, is ready to make its debut on the World Triathlon Cup circuit this weekend, an event that will also play as a test for the upcoming World Triathlon Championship Finals in 2025. With valuable Olympic points on sight, the athletes will face a 750m swim with a beach start, followed by 20km bike on a hill climb on each of the 5 laps of the course, to finish with a hard 5km hilly run course. A hard and honest course that will test the skills of the field.

Wollongong offers a picturesque coastal setting that perfectly encapsulates the spirit of the sport. The location is just perfect for a superb triathlon race. Surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, rolling hills and lush greenery, the course offers a dynamic terrain for triathletes, combining its crystal-clear waters, scenic coastal roads for the cycling leg and challenging Light house course for the running section.

Wearing the golden number 1 will be home hero Matt Hauser. The Aussie has already set the tone for his Olympic year winning last week the Oceania Championships in Taupo, and is looking for back-to-back victories, this time on home soil. Hauser, who has already secured his spot at the Olympic Games in Paris next summer, will be leading a strong Australian squad that has quite a few athletes battling for the other spots on the Team, including Luke Willian, Brandon Copeland, Callum McClusky and Olympian Jacob Birtwhistle, who seems to be back in full form after his fourth place last weekend in Taupo, logging the fastest run of the day.

Even though the swim is not expected to be a choppy and hard one, as the athletes swim inside the harbour, the fastest swimmers on the field like Hauser, Jonas Schomburg, Jamie Riddle (RSA) or Diego Moya (CHI) will try to have an impact on the race from the early stages. And a tough, technical and hilly course like this one is just perfect for small breakaways.

Another athlete looking to secure a spot on the Olympic team will be Jonas Schomburg, fighting for the last spot on the German squad that will head to Paris this summer, and that is always one to be considered when it comes to hard and honest courses like the one in Wollongong. Other fast runners, like Richard Murray (NED), Jake Birtwhistle (AUS), Tayler Reid (NZL), Ben Dijkstra (GBR) or Matt Hauser are always a threat if it all comes to a run race.

The Team World Triathlon - the sport’s global development squad for athletes with Olympic potential from smaller National Federations - will be well represented in Wollongong, as they continue to chase Paris 2024 qualification. Racing for Bermuda will be Tyler Smith as he seeks to advance his Olympic hopes on the men’s side. Henry Räppo (EST) and Badr Siwane (MAR) are two further Olympic aspirants from Team World Triathlon to race in Wollongong. Diego Moya (CHI) is the final member of the Team to start although he is in a rather different position. Moya has essentially locked up Olympic qualification and so will use the race as a chance to increase his medal tally at the World Cup level.

You can check the full start list HERE.
Watch the Wollongong Men’s race Live and on demand on TriathlonLIVE.tv.

 

 

 

Výborný nápad házenkářů! V Libereckém kraji navštěvují základní školy a ligoví hráči představují žákům házenou. A nejen teoreticky. Ukázku tréninku, různých pohybových aktivit a také krátkého zápasu si s nimi děti vyzkouší na vlastní kůži. A že se jim to líbí, o tom svědčí noví zájemci o tento sport.

V I. B třídě porazily Přepeře soupeře ze Smržovky 1:0 a chystají se do Držkova. Harrachov se chystá na derby s Jablonečkem. Půjde o Klíč Krkonoš. Jilemnice má před s sebou zápasy, které ji prověří.

Trenér jabloneckých hokejistů týmu HC Jablonec Vítězslav Jankových, je s průběhem uplynulé sezóny svých svěřenců, juniorů, spokojený. Ale netají, že výsledek mohl být lepší. A také ho lepší očekával.

Fotbalisté Cvikova se před sobotním zápasem I.B třídy proti Hrádku nad Nisou B dozvěděli šokující zprávu. Těsně před utkáním jim klubový předseda oznámil, že jejich trenér Pavel Sehnal nečekaně zemřel. Letos oslavil 60. narozeniny.

Youri Keulen překvapil na Singapore T100 triumfem v mužské kategorii, zatímco Ashleigh Gentle dominovala v ženském závodě. Radka Vodičková závod dokončila na 11. místě.

Brzké jaro dovolilo rozehrát jarní fotbalové soutěže a první zápasy ukazují, jak kvalitní byla zimní příprava jednotlivých týmů a případně jak zapadly nové posily. První zápasy nastavily zrcadlo i pěnčínskému A a B týmu. 

V Železném Brodě se v jeden den konaly hned tři sportovní akce. Jednalo se o postupové kolo projektu "Česko se hýbe", zároveň Českomoravský pohár ve sportovním aerobiku a fitness týmech pro začínající závodníky, aerobik team show a přehlídku pódiových skladeb.

Termín velikonočních svátků v tomto roce byl shodný s datem konání mistrovství Evropy v disciplíně hand to hand combat. Dějištěm šampionátu byla rumunská Transylvánie. Českou republiku reprezentovalo trio – Martina Ptáčková, Josef Ptáček mladší a Josef Ptáček starší.

Wednesday 17 April marks exactly 100 days until the opening of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. That means 104 days to the individual men’s triathlon, 105 to the women’s and 110 to the Mixed Relay. The countdowns to the biggest races of the year are well and truly on.

Swim-Bike-Run | 1.5km-40km-10km

The Paris 2024 individual triathlons will be the ultimate athletic test of speed and endurance all wrapped up in the unique pressure pot of the Olympic Games. It is a race that will last nearly two hours, but in which the finest details can be the difference between a medal or disappointment. It is a race that nobody will be able to predict, and nobody will want to miss.

Then there’s the raw speed and team element of only the second ever Olympic Triathlon Mixed Relay to savour: super-sprint swim-bike-run x 4, men out first leg, the women bringing it home on the anchor leg, one of them the gold. Goosebumps guaranteed.

Those dates for the diaries are as follows:

Friday 26 July Opening Ceremony
Tuesday 30 July Men’s individual (8AM local)
Wednesday 31 July Women’s individual (8AM local)
Monday 5 August Mixed Team Relay (8AM local)

Between now and then, World Triathlon will bring you up close and personal to the athletes bidding to win the biggest prizes in the sport and becoming our next Olympic Triathlon Champions.

Launching today, 100 days from the opening ceremony, is the #OlympicTRI hashtag. Following it will bring fans right to the heart of all our Olympic triathlon coverage on social media in the coming months, both from the official World Triathlon channels as well as direct from the athletes chasing qualification and at the Games themselves.

Then, one month out from the Games, World Triathlon will launch the new docu-series Chasing The Dream, in which we go deep with some of the main contenders for Paris 2024, discovering when and where their personal Olympic flames were lit and what has driven them to be among the best in the world at the very toughest of sports.

First up, of course, is the matter of qualification. Only a handful of men and women have met their Federation/NOC criteria to confirm their places in Paris. For the vast majority, the Series and World Cup races between now and WTCS Cagliari are vital.

Watch the Wollongong World Cup this weekend on TriathlonLive.tv, then it is on to Chengdu World Cup, WTCS Yokohama, the Huatulco World Cup and Relay Qualification Event and Samarkand World Cup, before the qualification window closes after WTCS Cagliari.

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After successfully hosting the Africa Triathlon Championships in 2023, Hurghada, Egypt, will once again welcome some of the continent’s biggest stars for the 2024 edition of the event. In addition to continental prestige, Olympic hopes will be up in the air, with avenues open in both the New Flag and Universality routes for aa handful of athletes.

A challenging yet fast standard distance course will be on offer in the Red Sea resort. While the men’s race looks decidedly open, the women’s event looks to have a clear favourite.

All to play for in the men’s race

With none of the 2023 podium returning, we are guaranteed to see some new faces step atop the men’s podium in Hurghada.

Jean Gael Laurent L`entete (MRI) will fancy his chances of claiming the gold medal. L`entete is the highest-ranked male, with respect to the world rankings, on the start list. As things stand, he is also in line to earn the African New Flag slot for the Paris Olympics. Hurghada will therefore present the opportunity to assert both his continental and Olympic credentials as one of Africa’s leading talents.

Right behind L`entete will be Siefeldeen Ismail (EGY) and Seifeddine Selmi (TUN). Both could vault into New Flag contention with a win while Ismail will have the added incentive of performing well before a home audience.

Moreover, keep an eye out for Zakaria Chtoui (TUN). The reigning African junior champion will be making the step up into the senior and U23 event this time round and could upset some of his more established rivals.

Eloi Adjavon (TOG) is another rapidly developing talent and should feature in the hunt for gold. Any medal by Adjavon would be a first for Togo at the Africa Championships. Like Ismail or Selmi, he could be an outsider to overhaul L`entete in the New Flag race. Equally, Adjavon could earn a Universality place at the Paris Olympics. A strong performance in Hurghada, then, should do his Olympic ambitions no harm at all.

Can anyone stop Van Der Merwe?

Vicky Van Der Merwe (RSA) has been unstoppable on African soil this year, having claimed three Africa Cup wins and the African Games title. Thus far, none of her regional rivals have had an answer to her, particularly on the third discipline.

Van Der Merwe has all but locked up Olympic qualification via the New Flag track, though that route still hangs on compatriot Shanae Williams, who will continue her bid to reach Paris via the individual rankings at this weekend’s Wollongong World Cup.

With Van Der Merwe looking to defend her continental title from 2023 and considering her extensive winning streak, it would be a shock to see her lose now. Nevertheless, an upset is by no means impossible. Among the candidates to dethrone her will be Kahina Mebarki (ALG), who won the bronze medal at the African Games, and Andie Kuipers (ZIM), who took 4th place at the same event.

Both will look to keep Van Der Merwe honest throughout the race as one misstep could open the door for a shock defeat. Similarly, Rahma Ahmed (EGY) will be one of the athletes to fly the flag for the home team and could be a dark horse.

For the full start lists, click here.

The Australian duo of Matthew Hauser (AUS) and Ellie Hoitink were in a class of their own as they sealed the golds at the Oceania Championships. For Hauser, the win was a perfect way to launch his Olympic year - the winner of the 2023 WTCS Montreal has already qualified for the Australia team in Paris and has set his sights on bringing home at least one Olympic gold this summer. Meanwhile, Hoitink remains in the throes of a tight race to claim a spot on the Australian women’s team. Winning in Taupo will have certainly given her hopes a welcome boost.

Hauser asserts his dominance

From the first strokes of the swim, Hauser was at the front of the men’s race. He would eventually share the lead out of the water with Brayden Mercer (AUS) and led a select group of six men that initially threatened to break clear on the bike. TTayler Reid (NZL) was one of the more obvious dangers in the lead pack. Shortly after, the pack grew as the likes of Brandon Copeland (AUS), Oscar Dart (AUS) and Saxon Morgan (NZL) rode up to it.

Over the course of the bike, the leaders would put significant time into the rest of the field. They arrived in T2 the best part of a minute to the good. Having been untroubled by the first two disciplines, Hauser then gradually pulled away on the run.

Reid managed to stick with the Australian for the longest and his efforts were rewarded with the silver medal. Copeland then secured the bronze ahead of a charging Jacob Birtwhistle (AUS) who logged the fastest run of the day from the chase pack.

Hoitink’s breakthrough performance

When she arrived in Taupo, Ellie Hoitink had never won an international triathlon. She had come away with medals on previous occasions however a maiden win remained elusive. At the Oceania Championships over the sprint distance in Devonport, she had finished 4th behind a podium of Jaz Hedgeland (AUS), Brea Roderick (NZL) and Tara Sosinski (AUS), all of whom were racing in Taupo. Hoitink, though, summoned something special to break her duck.

Sosinski was the fastest swimmer of the day although most of the contenders remained in contact at the front. Natalie Van Coevorden (AUS) set the early pace with Thorpe on two wheels while Hoitink gathered herself at the front.

Without any major changes to the status quo on the bike, the race came down to the run. It was there that Hoitink unleashed the fastest split of the day to power to victory. Taking silver behind her was Richelle Hill (AUS) as she made a breakthrough of her own by winning her first senior international medal. World Cup medallist Thorpe then rounded out the podium.

You can follow the progress of Oceania’s triathlon stars as the season unfolds across all World Triathlon channels and watch the Wollongong World Cup over on TrathlonLive.tv

Photo credit: Simon Dawson Photography

V dalším kole I. A třídy si tři body připsal Sokol Pěnčín za porážku Semil 5:0. Mšeno doma inkasovalo dva góly. Rychnov domácí fanoušky taky nepotěšil. Prohrál 0:3 s Bělou.