Short-course triathlon event organiser Supertri has announced a new unified calendar for the 2026 season, bringing professional and amateur racing together under a single brand.
The expansion includes a series of triathlon festivals across North America and Europe, culminating in a Supertri Pro Series Final featuring a US$800,000 prize purse.
The new format is designed to increase participation while aiming to establish a more resilient commercial structure for the organisation. By hosting elite and amateur athletes at the same venues, Supertri aims to foster a closer connection between professional stars and the wider triathlon community.
In 2026, the Supertri Pro Series will consist of three events leading into the championship final:
- Ascension Seton Supertri Austin, TX – May 25, 2026
- Supertri Blenheim Palace, UK – June 6, 2026
- Supertri Toronto, Canada – July 26, 2026
At these events, professional athletes will compete in a draft–legal, sprint distance format, mirroring the course and distance used by many amateur participants. These races will serve as qualifiers for the Supertri Pro Series Final, with the top three men and top three women from each race earning a spot.
The Supertri Pro Series Final, the date and location of which are yet to be confirmed, will feature the qualifiers alongside Supertri’s central roster of contracted athletes. The event will offer one of the largest single-day prize pots in the sport, with the winners of the men’s and women’s races each receiving US$100,000.
To encourage elite athlete development, all Supertri Pro Series events will pay prize money down to 10th place. Unlike previous iterations of the series, all athletes in the 2026 season will compete as individuals rather than as part of a team structure.
Michael D’hulst, CEO and Co-Founder of Supertri, said “Professional athletes are some of the most inspirational forces in sport. Their efforts seem almost super human to most of us. To be able to see them up close to us, racing the same distances on the same courses gives us a true yardstick and motivates us to push ourselves to our own limits as well.
“By unifying professional and amateur racing, we aim to deliver the next level of inspiration to amateur triathletes and bring the short course triathlon community closer together.”
Supertri, which has staged professional racing since 2017, has frequently featured Olympic medallists such as Alex Yee, Cassandre Beaugrand, and Georgia Taylor-Brown. The organisation expects to announce its central athlete roster for the 2026 season in the coming weeks.
