For the fifth consecutive year, the World Triathlon Cup Karlovy Vary will bring its challenging Olympic-distance course to bear this weekend, as racing returns to the World Triathlon Cup circuit on Sunday, September 12, for the first time since Huatulco, Mexico, in June.
As a popular tourism destination, due to its thermal springs, Karlovy Vary is a spa town in the West Bohemia region of the Czech Republic.
In the wake of Tokyo 2020 and the Edmonton World Triathlon Championship Finals, this year the fields will look rather different. The World Triathlon team note that the focus for this latest edition… ‘shifts to the rising stars eyeing up Paris 2024 rather than the biggest names hunting pre-Olympic preparations, and it is in races just like this that reputations can be forged.’
The course features a two lap 1.5km swim in Rolava Lake. The two-part bike segment snakes for 6.5km from the lake into the town before taking the athletes on seven laps of the cobbled, hilly centre with its steep climbs and fast descents. Racing finally closes out with an equally demanding 4-lap run.
Fans can watch all the action unfold on September 12, with the men underway at 10:00 CEST and the women at 15:00, on TriathlonLive.tv.
