Universal Sports Network will air exclusive national US television and online coverage of the 2014 ITU World Triathlon Chicago on 28-29 June. The women’s race will air live on Saturday 28 June at 13:30 ET, followed by the men’s event on Sunday 29 June at 17:00 ET. Both races will also air online to authenticated users.
Following the live telecasts, Universal Sports will air encore presentations of both races — the women’s race on Saturday 28 June at 20:00 and 23:00; and the men’s on Sunday 29 June at 21:00 and then on Monday 30 June at 12:30am.
Chicago is the fifth of the eight stops of the 2014 ITU Word Triathlon Series in which the world’s best athletes meet to compete head-to-head throughout the year. Chicago will be the third US city to ever host the series, and this year’s event will feature 130 elite triathletes, 60 elite paratriathletes and 4,000 age-groupers competing along the shores of Lake Michigan and in front of some of Chicago’s greatest landmarks before finishing at the iconic Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park.
The world-ranked number one women’s triathlete and five-time ITU World Triathlon Series champion Gwen Jorgensen (St Paul, Minnesota), who captured her most recent win this season in London last month, is scheduled to compete alongside Olympian and World Champion Helen Jenkins (GBR), 2012 Olympic gold medalist Nicola Spirig (SUI) and 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Emma Moffatt (AUS).
Top-ranked Javier Gomez (ESP), the defending ITU World Triathlon Series Champion with three series wins under his belt this year, is scheduled to lead the men’s competition that includes four-time US Olympian Hunter Kemper (Colorado Springs, Colorado) and 2008 Olympian Jarrod Shoemaker (Clermont, Florida).
Universal Sports Network is the exclusive, national home to the ITU World Triathlon Series including the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final in Chicago. Universal Sports is available on Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, Verizon FiOS, satellite providers DIRECTV and DISH, and numerous regional cable and IPTV operators in markets across the US.
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