Para triathlon has been part of the Paralympic programme since Rio 2016, and it’s raced under the same World Triathlon governance as able-bodied elite racing — but the category system that decides who races whom, and how, isn’t always well explained. Here’s the practical version. The Nine Sport Classes World Triathlon groups para athletes into…
Professional triathlon’s fragmented calendar is about to get a single name. On 24 July 2026 in London, the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO), World Triathlon and Challenge Family jointly unveiled the Triathlon World Tour — a unified elite competition structure due to launch in 2027. How We Got Here The move follows an acquisition announced in…
The headlines around the new Triathlon World Tour are all about elite racing and prize money — T50, T100, World Championship finals in Hamburg and Qatar. If you’re an age-grouper wondering what any of this actually changes for you, here’s the practical version. Nothing Changes in 2026 Every Challenge Family event on the 2026 calendar…
Racing a triathlon for charity adds a layer of accountability that can genuinely carry you through the hardest weeks of training — but a lot of charity entrants leave fundraising until the final few weeks and then scramble. The single biggest factor in how much you raise isn’t how compelling your cause is, it’s how…
Every triathlon you’ve ever raced ran on volunteers — the marshals directing traffic on the bike course, the people handing out water at aid stations, the ones checking your timing chip at the finish. Races genuinely cannot happen without them, and volunteering is also one of the most useful things you can do before your…
Nearly every triathlete feels some version of race morning nerves, and that includes the athletes on the start pontoon at world championship level. The goal isn’t to arrive at the start line feeling completely calm — a totally flat, unaroused athlete usually races worse, not better. The goal is to manage the nerves so they…
Chafing rarely bothers you in a 30-minute training swim or a short brick run. Stretch that same friction out over two, five or eleven hours of race intensity, add saltwater or chlorine, sweat, and hours of repetitive motion, and a spot that felt like nothing in training can end a race. The good news is…
Dame Flora Duffy, Bermuda’s greatest-ever athlete and one of the finest triathletes the sport has produced, announced her retirement from professional triathlon on 15 July 2026, at the age of 38. In a statement released through World Triathlon, Duffy said she felt “at peace and content with the decision,” bringing to a close a career…
Two-time Olympic triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee has taken on one of the sport’s most unforgiving tests — and come away with a podium finish to prove it belongs on his palmarès. At the 2026 edition of the Norseman Xtreme Triathlon in Norway, Brownlee finished runner-up, going toe-to-toe with a field that included past champions of…
A disappointing result stings more than most non-triathletes understand — months of early alarms and structured sessions distilled into one bad day, whether that’s a mechanical, a bonk, or simply not showing up as fit as your training suggested. The instinct is to immediately book another race to “fix” it. That’s usually the wrong move….
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