The World Triathlon Championship Finals are heading back to Australia as the coastal city of Wollongong has been named the 2025 host.
AusTriathlon has joined forces with the New South Wales Government and Wollongong City Council in a three-year partnership that will take World Triathlon championship racing down under.
The Championship Finals are positioned as the crown jewels of World Triathlon’s annual calendar, with over 4,000 athletes, family and friends expected to travel to Australia for the 2025 finals. Athletes from 32 countries were present in the last edition of the Championship Finals, hosted in Spain, and World Triathlon expects the number to grow in the next two editions.
At the World Triathlon Championship Finals Wollongong, an hour’s drive south of Sydney, world champions will be crowned for the Elite, U23, Junior and Para triathlon, the Mixed Relay World Championships for U23/Juniors and Para triathlon, as well as Age-Group Standard distance, Age-Group Sprint distance, Age-Group Aquabike Standard distance and Age-Group Mixed Relay World Championships.
Previous hosts of the Championship Finals have included cities such as London, Budapest, Beijing, Auckland, Chicago, Gold Coast, Lausanne, Edmonton, Abu Dhabi, and Pontevedra, with the next edition traveling to Malaga, Spain, in October 2024.
As part of the deal, the city of Wollongong will host not only the 2025 finals but two other major World Triathlon events: the 2024 World Triathlon Cup – scheduled for 20-21 April 2024 – an additional World Triathlon event in 2026 as well as AusTriathlon’s marquee Australian Standard Distance Championships for Age Group, Junior Sprint and Para and Intellectual Impairment Championships.
“I am thrilled that we are back in Australia with this long-term plan that will lead to another magnificent Championship Finals down under,” said World Triathlon President and IOC Member, Marisol Casado.
“Australia has proved multiple times that they are truly committed with our sport and deliver excellent events; and indeed Wollongong will follow in the steps of other events that have marked the history of World Triathlon.
“With the breathtaking landscapes of Wollongong, triathletes from all over the world, and of course their friends and relatives, will be able to experience another truly remarkable and unforgettable celebration of our sport.”
AusTriathlon CEO Tim Harradine said “AusTriathlon is pleased to announce Wollongong as the host of three major international events over the next three years.
“The World Triathlon Championship Finals have been hosted in some picturesque locations around the world, and we are excited to work with World Triathlon, the NSW Government and the City of Wollongong to bring this event down under.
“Bringing these three marquee international events to our shores is a great opportunity for AusTriathlon and our community, as we continue to build on the green and gold runway to the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
