London is preparing to host the world’s best international triathletes at the PruHealth World Triathlon London, just one month from now on 31 May. Five thousand amateur athletes will also have the opportunity to compete on the same Hyde Park course that memorably hosted the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Provisional start lists set up the exciting prospect of both Brownlee brothers, Alistair and Jonathan, taking on the current world number one and ITU World Champion, Javier Gomez (ESP).
The women’s race could see Britain’s ITU World Champion Non Stanford return after her injury lay off to start alongside current world number one and two, Jodie Stimpson and Helen Jenkins.
The events are confirmed to be taking place back-to-back over the sprint distance with the men’s race at 14:30 GMT and the women’s at 16.05. The elite paratriathlon is at 08.00.
Although grandstand tickets sold out in just an hour, spectators are able to enjoy the events free of charge in Hyde Park.
The PruHealth World Triathlon London also doubles as the final selection race for Team England at the Commonwealth Games. Aaron Harris put in his bid for selection with a career-best seventh place finish in Cape Town and competition for places should inspire exciting performances from the home athletes.
A small number of places are still available in the amateur events. A total of 5000 athletes will take part over the weekend.
Saturday 31 May 2014
08:00 – 10:00 Paratriathlon
10:45 – 12:45 Sprint Relay Challenge
14:30 – 15:30 Elite Men
16:05 – 17:05 Elite Women
Sunday 1 June 2014
07:00 – 19:00 Open Race Triathlon (Individual & Relays)
The PruHealth World Triathlon London 2014 event is the fourth outing for this year’s 2014 ITU World Triathlon Series:
| April 5-6 | Barfoot & Thompson World Triathlon Auckland |
| April 26-27 | ITU World Triathlon Cape Town |
| May 17-18 | ITU World Triathlon Yokohama |
| May 31 – June 1 | PruHealth World Triathlon London |
| June 27-29 | ITU World Triathlon Chicago |
| July 12-13 | ITU World Triathlon Hamburg |
| August 23-24 | Vattenfall World Triathlon Stockholm |
| August 26 – September 1 | TransCanada Corp. World Triathlon Edmonton |
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