The 2026 T100 Triathlon World Tour kicks off in Queensland with a significant shift in the women’s race. Defending champion Kate Waugh has withdrawn through injury, leaving the door wide open at the first World Tour race of the new season. Taylor Knibb enters as the clear favourite — and she will be difficult to…
T100 Triathlon World Tour Returns to Gold Coast The inaugural T100 Triathlon World Tour season gets underway on the Gold Coast, Australia on 21–22 March 2026, marking a new era for professional long-distance triathlon racing. After the success of the 2025 T100 series, the 2026 format has been elevated with a $275,000 prize pool per…
WTCS Yokohama 2026: Third Race of the New Season The 2026 World Triathlon Championship Series heads to Yokohama, Japan on 16–17 May for the third race of an expanded 10-race calendar. Following the season opener at WTCS Samarkand (26 April) and WTCS Alghero, Yokohama represents one of the most anticipated venues on the annual WTCS…
With the Abu Dhabi WTCS opener postponed, Samarkand, Uzbekistan steps up as the first World Triathlon Championship Series race of 2026. Set for 26 April, this is where the LA28 Olympic qualification cycle begins — making every second count for athletes targeting Paris’s successor. The Course Samarkand offers an Olympic-distance format: 1500m swim in a…
On 10 March 2026, Suunto marked its 90th anniversary with something extraordinary: the Suunto Vertical 2 Titanium Limited Edition. Just 1,936 units were made — one for each year since Suunto’s founding in Helsinki in 1936 — in a striking yellow-and-black colourway that pays homage to the legendary 1998 Suunto Vector LCD watch. For triathletes…
IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside is the iconic kickoff to the North American triathlon season, and the 2026 edition on Saturday 28 March is shaping up to be one of the strongest fields in the race’s history. Set along the Southern California coast in Oceanside, CA, this event traditionally attracts the world’s best professional triathletes looking to…
The Canary Islands host their first-ever World Triathlon Cup this weekend as Lanzarote makes its debut on the 2026 World Cup calendar. Racing takes place on Saturday 14 March in Costa Teguise, with the women’s race starting at 16:00 local time. With the WTCS season opener in Abu Dhabi postponed due to the ongoing Iran…
French triathlete Pierre Le Corre made headlines at IRONMAN New Zealand on 7 March 2026 when he finished second in his first-ever full-distance IRONMAN — having prepared specifically for the event for just two weeks. The performance sent ripples through the triathlon community and raised compelling questions about athletic crossover, training methodology, and what elite…
Women’s Race: Kat Matthews Destroys the Course Record Britain’s Kat Matthews delivered one of the most dominant performances in IRONMAN New Zealand history at Taupo on 7 March 2026, crossing the finish line in 8:28:55 — more than 10 minutes faster than the previous course record. Matthews led from the front throughout and extended her…
Los Angeles 2028 is now firmly in the sights of the world’s top triathletes. The LA28 Olympic triathlon qualification cycle officially opened in June 2026 with the World Triathlon Championship Series Abu Dhabi — now postponed to a later date — meaning Samarkand on 26 April has become the first race where meaningful qualification points…
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