ITU confirmed the World Triathlon Series 2020 calendar, schedule dates, venues, locations.
ITU is pleased to announce the 2020 ITU World Triathlon Series (WTS) calendar, in a year that will be marked by the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, with eyes of the top triathletes in the world set on both goals.
In May, teams will have a last chance of qualifying for the Olympics at the Chengdu Mixed Relay Qualification event, a race that will be exclusively for the Nations which haven’t secured 2 male and 2 female athletes for the Olympics after the last Mixed Relay Series event in Abu Dhabi.
The elite triathletes will head to Japan for the one of the most important dates in the 2020 calendar: the Tokyo Olympic Games, that will see triathletes competing on the 27th of July for the Men, 28th for the Women and the 1st of August for the Mixed Relay.
And once the Olympic champions will be crowned in Tokyo, will be time to head to Edmonton, Canada, for the ITU Grand Final that will decide the World Triathlon champions of the year.
ITU 2020 Calendar: All you need to know about World Triathlon events dates, schedule, host venues.
After successful hosting a Grand Final in 2014, again Canadian city Edmonton will welcome thousands of age group athletes for sprint and Olympic distances for 2020 ITU Grand Finals, along with junior, U23, & elite athletes for another week of triathlon at its best, enjoying one of the most attractive and rewarding venues of the circuit.
2020 ITU World Triathlon Series calendar: schedule dates, host cities.
• Abu Dhabi, UAE – March 7 - 8 – Sprint and Mixed Relay
• Bermuda – April 18-19 – Olympic
• Chengdu, China – May 9-10 – Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification Event
• Yokohama, Japan – May 16-17 - Olympic
• Leeds, Great Britain – June 6-7 - Olympic
• Montreal Canada – June 27 - 28 –
• Hamburg, Germany – July 11-12 – Sprint and Mixed Relay World Championships
• ITU Grand Final 2020 - Edmonton, Canada – August 21-23 – (Junior & U23 World Championships)
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