Pro triathletes Sam Long and Fenella Langridge have both finished the 2022 season with a US$25K bonus after each winning the 2022 Challenge Family Pro Athlete World Bonus.
The final points scoring race took place at Clash Daytona in early December. Overall, 194 professional athletes collected points throughout the season for the Challenge Family Pro Athlete World Bonus and a share of the US$125K end-of-season payout.
Fenella Langridge said “It wasn’t our plan at the beginning of the year to go after the Challenge Family World Bonus, but it just happened through the passion and love of Challenge events.
“It goes without saying the competition in triathlon and especially in the women’s field is getting stronger and stronger. So, it’s a real privilege and honour to say I am number one. Thank you fellow competitors and thank you Challenge Family.”
Sam Long said “It feels great to win the World Bonus; this was one of my main goals for me this year and I believe I’m the first American to ever win this.”
The Challenge Family Pro Athlete World Bonus initiative was established to provide professional athletes with the opportunity to race for a share of a US$125K end-of-season bonus as well as the prize purse at races.
The World Bonus pays five deep across both men and women with the top ranked pros taking home US$25k; second earns US$16.5k; and third wins US$12k; fourth $6k and fifth US$3k.
The ranking is decided through a points system based on placings earned at the athletes’ six best performances at Challenge Family (and CLASH USA) races during the season, of which no more than one can be a long distance race.
The final Challenge Family Pro Athlete World Bonus rankings for 2022 are:
Men
Sam Long 875
Niek Heldoorn 700
Magnus Ditlev 600
Reinaldo Colucci 500
Patrick Lange 500
Kieran Lindars 500
Women
Fenella Langridge 1,050
Sara Perez Sala 850
Lucy Byram 620
Lucy Buckingham 600
Anne Haug 600
www.challenge-family.com/world-bonus
