On Sunday, September 12, there’s a lot at stake at Challenge Almere-Amsterdam: as athletes from all over the world will compete for the 2021 World Triathlon Long Distance Championships.
‘The second oldest triathlon race in the world’ will host the long distance and aquabike world championships, attracting a strong field of elite athletes.
The World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships and the World Triathlon Cross Championship have were originally planned to take place in Almere, Netherlands this year. However, due to travel restrictions in the Netherlands, the organisers were only able to go ahead with the long distance and aquabike events.
The Challenge Almere-Amsterdam race weekend gets underway on Thursday, September 9 with the first side events, including the Junior Challenge and the RABO Business Relay.
On Friday, September 10, the programme includes an Open Series Middle Distance race. Sunday, September 12 also has an Open Series Long Distance, in addition to the World Triathlon Championships Long Distance and Aquabike World Championships.
On Sunday, the World Championship Long Distance will be broadcast live on YouTube in full. The livestream will include commentary and can be found at www.challenge-family.live. Here fans will also find a live tracker and social media updates.
In addition, there is an app to follow athletes directly and the race will be broadcast via Facebook Live. Due to COVID-19 measures spectators are not permitted.
The event organising team note that the weather forecast is fairly favourable, with temperatures around 20ºC, not too much wind and a chance of at most an occasional rain shower.
That’s good news for the participants, because Challenge Almere-Amsterdam is characterised by a course that is below sea level and where the wind can strike mercilessly.
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