Men’s and women’s race coverage from the Las Vegas stop of the elite 2014 USA Triathlon Super Sprint Series will be televised on Universal Sports Network on Wednesday 1 October, showcasing a unique triathlon format on the rise in the US.
A 60-minute national broadcast of the Super Sprint Triathlon Grand Prix, which was held on 11 September under the lights in Las Vegas, will premiere at at 20:00 (Eastern and Pacific Time) on 1 October.
Ten women and 10 men completed two continuous circuits of a 300m swim in a portable pool, followed by a 5K bike and 2K run in the finals with a share of the US$70,000 prize purse on the line. The women’s final featured five Olympians and a sprint finish in the final straightaway, while top-10 world ranked Australian Aaron Royle and American mile record-holder Alan Webb participated in the men’s final.
Universal Sports Network’s broadcast team will be Craig Hummer on play-by-play alongside analyst and 2008 US Olympian Julie Ertel Swail.
Universal Sports will also show encore presentations of the event on 1 October at 23:00, 2 October at 03:00, 3 October at 01:00, 4 October 04:00, and 4 October at 22:00. (all times Eastern.)
Universal Sports Network, home to the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final and World Championships in Chicago, is available on Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Cox Communications, Verizon FiOS, satellite providers DIRECTV and DISH and numerous regional cable and IPTV operators in markets across the US.
The USA Triathlon Super Sprint Series was launched in 2013 to showcase the world’s best elite triathletes in an exciting, spectator-friendly format, and returned to Las Vegas for the second year. The race was produced by USA Triathlon and KANGA Productions at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
www.usatriathlon.org/ss14lasvegas
