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A wide-eyed and ambitious schoolboy when it was announced that London would host the 2012 Olympic Games, a 24-year-old man when he took the tape and the first of his two Olympic titles, Britain’s Alistair Brownlee has today announced his retirement from the sport at the age of 36.

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / November 21

The top stats of the female stars of the 2024 WTCS

Earlier this week, we dove into the top stats of the leading performers in the 2024 men’s WTCS. Today, it is the turn of the women. The goal of this article is to survey the average performances of the best athletes in the women’s Series by looking at how they ranked in each discipline across the various WTCS stops and Paris Olympic Games.

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / November 20

The top stats of the stars of the 2024 men’s WTCS

What separates the best from the rest? With plenty of moving parts, triathlon can be a complicated sport at times and the ingredients of success hard to identify.

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / November 17

Van Riel supreme in Dubai to win first T100 Triathlon World Championship Crown

Marten Van Riel defied the intense heat and then outran the world’s best triathletes to win the inaugural T100 Triathlon World Championship Final and take the first-ever T100 Triathlon World Championship Title in commanding fashion this afternoon in Dubai.

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / November 16

Knibb dominates in Dubai to claim the first-ever T100 Triathlon World Championship crown

Taylor Knibb delivered a flawless swim, bike and run performance to win the inaugural T100 Triathlon World Championship Final and take the first-ever T100 Triathlon World Championship Title in dominant fashion, despite the sweltering heat in Dubai today.

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / November 15

How they stand: World Triathlon Rankings at close of 2024 season

The World Triathlon Championship Series may have been wrapped up almost a month ago, but the subsequent World Cups in Tongyeong, Miyazaki and Brasilia helped to define the final World Triathlon Rankings at the end of a packed year on the blue carpet.

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / November 9

Mighty Messias takes the win in Brasilia

It was the last World Triathlon Cup of the 2024 season and it finished with a bang. The men’s race at the Brasilia World Cup was a brilliant display of running legs, especially for Brazil’s Manoel Messias, who took victory on home soil with an impressive run.

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / November 9

Hueber-Moosbrugger power performance delivers golden day in Miyazaki

At the end of an extended trip to Japan, arriving from the near-miss of fourth place in Tongyeong a fortnight ago, Maxime Hueber-Moosbrugger of France pulled out a sprint-distance masterclass to win the Miyazaki World Cup on Saturday morning.

Gwen Jorgensen News / Triathlon.org / November 8

Down but never out, Gwen Jorgensen summons mighty Miyazaki finish for gold

Off the 20km bike in Miyazaki, the scene looked set for another World Cup run to the sun for USA’s Gwen Jorgensen on Saturday morning, before a tumble threatened to derail all the hard work.

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / November 6

Tapia Vidal wears number 1 for the World Cup season’s finale in Brasilia

World Cup racing returns this Saturday to Brazil for the season’s finale, and it is the capital city, Brasilia, the perfect scenario for a superb sprint distance race.

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / November 6

Miguel Hidalgo, ready to close the season with a bang on home soil in Brasilia

This Saturday, the World Triathlon Cup Brasilia will bring the 2024 season to an exciting close. Get ready for the last blue carpet action before the winter break.

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / November 5

Kenji Nener hunting big finish to a huge year at World Triathlon Cup Miyazaki

The final weekend of 2024’s World Cup calendar lands in the south of Japan on Saturday morning, and a familiar favourite in its sprint-distance guise: Miyazaki.

Gwen Jorgensen News / Triathlon.org / November 5

Gwen Jorgensen wears the number one for big World Triathlon Cup season closer in Miyazaki

The 7th edition of the World Triathlon Cup Miyazaki sees the final weekend of blue carpet action shift to the south of Japan on Saturday. A sprint-distance

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / October 29

Marten Van Riel leads start list for inaugural T100 Triathlon Championship Final in Dubai

Belgian Olympic star Marten Van Riel is in pole position to win the inaugural T100 Triathlon World Tour, as the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon confirmed the men’s line up for the first Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final on 16-17 November.

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / October 29

WADA publishes 2025 Prohibited Substances and Methods List

The 2025 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) during its meeting on 12 September 2024 and enters into force on 1 January 2025.

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / October 28

Knibb vs Gentle headlines women’s start list for Dubai T100 Finals

American Taylor Knibb will go head-to-head with Australia’s Ashleigh Gentle in the climax to the inaugural T100 Triathlon World Tour, as the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon confirmed the women’s line up for the first Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final on 16-17 November.

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / October 26

Dylan McCullough dominates 2024 Tongyeong World Triathlon Cup

This was a tale of two protagonists. David Cantero del Campo (ESP) arrived in Tongyeong having won both the Valencia World Cup and the World U23 Championships, two races in which he definitively confirmed that he was the fastest runner of those heading into today’s Tongyeong World Cup.

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / October 25

Jolien Vermeylen claims win at Tongyeong World Triathlon Cup

Long before Tongyeong became a home of triathlon, it was a city of poets. Indeed it was in Tongyeong that Kim Chunsu, one of South Korea’s leading 20th century poets, was born.

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / October 23

Tongyeong World Cup to pose battle of styles in men’s race

There will be no respite for many of the world’s best triathletes after the WTCS Finals in Torremolinos as the Tongyeong World Cup comes knocking. The popular South Korean event has attracted a talented field with no fewer than eleven athletes out to impress for the home team.

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / October 23

World Cup medallists set for clash in Tongyeong women’s race

A staple of the Asian triathlon scene, the Tongyeong World Cup is back for yet another edition. This year will be the seventeenth time Tongyeong has welcomed athletes to the event and it has drawn a field brimming with potential winners.

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / October 22

Statement regarding the absence of Triathlon at the Commonwealth Games

World Triathlon is disappointed to learn that Triathlon will not be included in the sport programme for the 2026 Commonwealth Games that will take place in Glasgow.

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / October 21

XXXVII World Triathlon Congress elects Antonio Fernández Arimany as President

On Monday afternoon in Torremolinos, Spain, Antonio Fernandez Arimany was elected by members to become the third President of World Triathlon at the 37th Congress of the sport’s world governing body.

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / October 21

World Triathlon announces sustainable and packed 2025 racing calendar

After the electrifying performances seen during this Olympic and Paralympic year and throughout 2024, get your agendas ready and save some dates! With a commitment to sustainability and an ambitious racing schedule, World Triathlon has announced the 2025 season calendar, which is set to engage athletes and fans alike around the globe.

Triathlon News / Triathlon.org / October 21

Five things we took away from the WTCS Finals in Torremolinos

Not to be melodramatic, but the WTCS Finals in Torremolinos were rather good. After a season of fantastic racing across five previous Series stops, as well as the electrifying Paris Olympic Games, the best triathletes in the world came together to deliver the captivating finale the 2024 WTCS deserved.