The stage is now set, and this year’s postponed Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon event will take place on September 5-6, 2020 with some major changes.
As the sole survivor of the year’s pandemic-hit World Triathlon Series calendar, the race becomes a standalone World Championships. World titles are also to be decided on a brand-new, sprint-distance course set up outside of downtown Hamburg and under new measures and protocols to ensure safe distancing and testing of all involved. And on Sunday, Mixed Relay World Champions will be crowned at the same venue.
Some 10km north of the traditional WTS Hamburg venue, the 750m swim in Lake Stadtpark transitions to a flat 20km bike with ‘six fast laps ready to shuffle the pack and determine which athletes head out of T2 and onto what could be a lightning-fast 5km run with the best chances of becoming World Champion.’
- Elite Men start: Saturday 5 September, 16:00 CEST
- Elite Women start: Saturday 5 September, 18:00 CEST
- Mixed Relay start: Sunday 6 September, 1.30pm CEST
Defending champions Vincent Luis and Katie Zaferes will take on the likes of Alistair Brownlee and Mario Mola, Flora Duffy and Jessica Learmonth. The race action as it unfolds can be watched on TriathlonLIVE.tv.
The full athlete line ups will be made available two hours before the race.
