With the Auckland Grand Final of the ITU World Triathlon Series fast approaching in October, precious world championship ranking points are at stake at the ITU WTS’ penultimate stop in Yokohama this coming weekend.
This year, athletes will start with a two-lap 750m swim in the sea near Osambashi pier. An Olympic distance race, the bike and run legs start and finish in Yamashita Park and in and around Yokohama’s waterfront. The bike snakes around the giant Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris Wheel, while the run will take athletes around the Kanagawa Prefectural Government Building.
The International Triathlon Union’s World Triathlon Series (ITU WTS) returns to Yokohama for the third time. The series first appeared in Japan in 2009. The Japanese portal city skipped the 2010 series, but it reappeared on the WTS calendar in 2011. Due to the devastating earthquake last year, the event was postponed to later in the year with ranking points counting towards to the 2012 season.
Schedule:
- Elite women – Saturday 29 September – 08:00 (UTC/GMT +9)
- Elite men – Saturday 29 September – 11:00 (UTC/GMT +9)
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