This month’s Omegawave World Triathlon San Diego, which will feature an Olympic-caliber field of the world’s top triathletes, will be televised live in the United States on Universal Sports Network and UniversalSports.com on 19-20 April.
The women’s race will air Friday, 19 April, from 6:30-9 p.m. Eastern (2:30-5 a.m. GMT), followed by the men’s event on Saturday, 20 April, from 7-9:30 p.m. Eastern (3-5:30 a.m. GMT)
Following the live telecasts, Universal Sports will air encore presentations of both races — the women on Saturday, 20 April, at midnight and 1:30 p.m. Eastern (4 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. GMT); the men on Sunday, 21 April, at midnight and 1:30 p.m. Eastern.
Locally in the San Diego area, a one-hour highlight broadcast of the Omegawave World Triathlon San Diego will air on CBS 8 (KFMB-TV), Sunday, 28 April 4-5 p.m., PDT (5-6 a.m. GMT)
CBS 8 and parent company, the KFMB Stations, have been named the Official Local Media Partner for the Omegawave World Triathlon San Diego. CBS 8 will air 30-second television promotional spots and sister stations, 100.7 JACK FM and 760 KFMB AM, will air 60-second radio advertisements.
Four of the six medalists from last summer’s Olympic Games — including the entire men’s podium — highlight the Omegawave World Triathlon San Diego start list.
London 2012 men’s gold medalist Alistair Brownlee of Great Britain, silver medalist Javier Gomez of Spain and bronze-medal winner Jonathan Brownlee of Great Britain are currently slated to compete. Australian bronze medalist Erin Densham headlines the women’s competitors.
In all, 53 (29 men, 24 women) of the 110 athletes who competed at the 2012 London Olympic Games — including American stars Sarah Groff (Hanover, N.H.), Gwen Jorgensen (St. Paul, Minn.) and Hunter Kemper (Colorado Springs, Colo.) — are scheduled to toe the starting line in San Diego.
The elite start lists are subject to change until race week.
One of just eight International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Triathlon Series events around the globe in 2013, the second edition of the Omegawave World Triathlon San Diego will feature an Olympic-caliber elite field competing on a historic course next to the birthplace of the sport.
Along with the elite and para-triathlon races, the Omegawave World Triathlon San Diego features topflight Olympic- and sprint-distance age-group races, as well as an Olympic-distance relay and an aqua-bike event, offering amateurs the chance to compete in the same epic venue as the world’s best athletes. The 2013 Omegawave World Triathlon San Diego also serves as the USA Triathlon Club National Championships.
Nearly 2,100 amateur triathletes from ages 14-to-90-years-old from 42 states and 16 countries competed at the 2012 World Triathlon San Diego.
