World Triathlon is now welcoming bids for a number of events in its international roster in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
The events up for bid include:
- The 2024 and 2025 World Triathlon Championship Finals,
- The 2024 and 2025 World Triathlon Sprint & Relay Championships; and
- the 2025 World Triathlon Multisport Championships.
Applications are also open for cities bidding in 2023 to host a World Triathlon Championship Series, World Triathlon Cup, World Triathlon Paratriathlon events, World Triathlon Multisport Cup or World Triathlon Winter Championships & Cup.
World Triathlon Championship Finals 2024 & 2025
Host cities, with the endorsement of their respective national federation, can now bid to host a World Triathlon Championship Finals in 2024 or 2025. The finals are positioned as the crown jewel of World Triathlon’s annual calendar.
Previous hosts have included such cities as London, Budapest, Beijing, Auckland, Chicago, Gold Coast, Lausanne and Edmonton, with upcoming events planned in Abu Dhabi in 2022 and Pontevedra in 2023.
The World Triathlon Championship Finals host city will also welcome the annual World Triathlon Congress, with delegates from up to 167 countries. The city can also expect to attract an ‘audience of millions of people from around the world.’ This includes international TV distribution of live coverage, international mainstream TV and print media distribution, full coverage on Triathlonlive.tv and extensive social media presence.
Bids for the Championship Finals 2024 & 2025 have to be submitted before 30 August 2022, with the announcement of the host cities planned for 28 November 2022.
World Triathlon Sprint & Relay Championships 2024 & 2025
World Triathlon is also welcoming bids from host cities, with the endorsement of their respective national federation, for a World Triathlon Sprint & Relay Championships in 2024 or 2025. The host of the inaugural edition of this event will be Montreal in June 2022.
The World Triathlon Sprint & Relay Championships can add a significant number of international tourists to the host city, with around 4,000 competitors, support teams, officials, family and friends. With the addition of local races, the number of competitors can exceed 8,000.
Bids for the Sprint & Relay Championships 2024 & 2025 have to be submitted before 30 August 2022, with the announcement of the host cities planned for 28 November 2022.
World Triathlon Multisport Championships 2025
World Triathlon is welcoming bids for the 2025 edition of the World Triathlon Multisport Championships,. This event that includes the World Triathlon Long Distance Championships; World Triathlon Duathlon Championships (Sprint and Standard); World Triathlon Cross Championships; World Triathlon Cross Duathlon Championships; World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships and World Triathlon Aquabike Championships.
Taking place over approximately 10 days, the World Triathlon Multisport Championships is positioned as an important development opportunity from the grassroots to elite level, giving athletes from a wide range of age-groups the opportunity to race.
The estimated number of athletes participating at the championships is close to 4,500. The deadline for presenting bids for the Multisport Championships ends on 30 August, with the selected city to be announced on 28 November 2022.
2023 events
Cities interested in hosting the 2023 World Championships, World Cup races and Paratriathlon events in 2023 or Winter Triathlon events must submit their bid documents before 31 July 2022. World Triathlon will review all candidatures and will announce the winning cities on 15 September 2022, after the approval of the Executive Board.
