Following a draft during an opening ceremony, the second edition of the Collins Cup has confirmed the 12 elite athlete match-ups for the head-to-head-to-head racing this Saturday, August 20th.
‘In an auditorium packed to standing room only, PTO professionals and triathlon fans alike learned the full line-up of 2022 Collins Cup matches for the first time – setting the stage for some tantalising battles.’
The second edition of the event, at the x-bionic sphere sports resort in Bratislava, Slovakia, will see athletes from Teams US, Europe and International paired against each other.
Athletes will go head-to-head-to-head over 100km – a 2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run. The race has three Olympic Champions on board and a host of world champion athletes.
| Match | Team Europe | Team US | Team International |
| Match 1 | Daniela Ryf | Sarah True | Flora Duffy |
| Match 2 | Laura Philipp | Chelsea Sodaro | Ashleigh Gentle |
| Match 3 | Kat Matthews | Skye Moench | Paula Findlay |
| Match 4 | Nicola Spirig | Sophie Watts | Vittoria Lopes |
| Match 5 | Holly Lawrence | Jocelyn McCauley | Ellie Salthouse |
| Match 6 | Anne Haug | Jackie Hering | Tamara Jewett |
| Match 7 | Kristian Blummenfelt | Ben Kanute | Hayden Wilde |
| Match 8 | Sam Laidlow | Sam Long | Lionel Sanders |
| Match 9 | Magnus Ditlev | Rudy von Berg | Max Neumann |
| Match 10 | Patrick Lange | Jason West | Aaron Royle |
| Match 11 | Gustav Iden | Matt Hanson | Jackson Laundry |
| Match 12 | Daniel Baekkegard | Chris Leiferman | Braden Currie |
The Collins Cup was introduced by PTO in 2021. Modelled after golf’s Ryder Cup, it sees teams of European, Internationals and USA athletes pitted against one another.
In 2021, 36 of the world’s top professional triathletes battled it out over a 100km course in 12 individual race matches, each staggered ten minutes apart, with three athletes going head-to-head, one from Team Europe, Internationals and the USA.
With US$1.5 million on the line again this year, ‘the largest purse in the sport’, the racing will be broadcast to a global audience in more than 170 territories.
