The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has today announced changes to the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series and ITU World Cup calendar. Stockholm has been added as a new host city, replacing Lausanne, which had to withdraw from the series due to insufficient funding. Meanwhile, the Guatape World Cup in Colombia has been rescheduled.
2012 ITU World Triathlon Series
The Stockholm event will still take place on 25-26 August and includes the ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championships as well as the sixth round of the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series. A total prize purse of US$170,000 will be on offer across the two races. The event marks the first time since 1997 that the Swedish capital will host an ITU event and is seen as a great boost for triathlon’s growth in the Nordic region.
The new schedule for the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series is:
- Apr 14 – Sydney, Australia
- May 11-12 – San Diego, USA
- May 26-27 – Madrid, Spain (final race in Olympic qualification)
- Jun 23-24 – Kitzbuehel, Austria
- Jul 21-22 – Hamburg, Germany
- Aug 25-26 – Stockholm, Sweden (includes Mixed Relay World Championships)
- Sep 30 – Yokohama, Japan
- Oct 20-22 – Grand Final in Auckland, New Zealand (includes Junior, Under23, Paratriathlon and Age-Group World Championships)
2012 ITU World Cup
ITU has also announced that the Guatape World Cup in Colombia, originally scheduled for 1 July, has been re-scheduled to 9 September due to local challenges with staging the event in July.
ITU is pleased to confirm the first ever ITU World Cup events that will take place over a sprint distance will be:
- Jul 8 – Edmonton, Canada
- Jul 14-15 – Tiszaujvaros, Hungary
- Oct 7 – Cancun, Mexico
The event in Tiszaujvaros will be held over two days and will feature a new format with the semi-finals on Saturday and the finals on Sunday.
